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zmcnulty posted:Which didn't really matter since Feria sucked anyway. You shut your drat mouth. Feria was amazing at being what it was. Feria from like 2015 to its close was peak international school kid clubbing at its best. Though admittedly A-life picked up the same niche shortly after (and actually most of the staff was actually former Feria anyway) but with a less bullshit crowded dance floor. Never once heard of or saw commands to stop dancing at Feria though; when was this? Could have been before my era as I never went as a student. Perhaps my greatest regret considering I spent most of my student life living in Akasaka and I think never once went to a club in Roppongi. Too much bukatsu and not enough living. V2 definitely still there and actually decent imo, but now that you say it I remember they have you sign a form saying you understand that there's "no dancing allowed" when you go in. Probably serves as enough excuse in case they get raided again, which kinda answers my own question about what clubs "took it seriously" after a fashion.
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zmcnulty posted:Japan finally managed to get rid of the dumb "no dancing" law right around the same time I stopped going to places where it may have made a difference. i'm sorry you no longer go to k-books
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LimburgLimbo posted:Did it ever really make a difference? I don't recall ever going to a place where they were serious about it. The ones that were strict ended up shutting down out of no business. Color did and it killed them. And Quest cracked down for a while and then gave up when they were losing business. zmcnulty posted:But there were raids over the years... Vanity, Feria, GP Bar(? whatever the successor to GasPanic was), and a-life before it closed, are the ones I remember. From what I can tell though the raids were mostly a result of the clubs having too many incidents of crime or noise complaints against them, and the cops just used the "no dancing" law as an excuse to conduct the raids to shut them down for a time. How can you forget Muse getting raided?! A lot of the smaller places got raided too, such as like Jumanji. LimburgLimbo posted:You shut your drat mouth. Feria was amazing at being what it was. Feria from like 2015 to its close was peak international school kid clubbing at its best. Though admittedly A-life picked up the same niche shortly after (and actually most of the staff was actually former Feria anyway) but with a less bullshit crowded dance floor. Vanity made you sign the form before they were raided as well, so probably unrelated to that. Feria they definitely stopped you both before and after they got raided if security was within like 10 feet of you. On the bottom floor they didn't want to hassle with pushing through half the crowd it seemed.
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Mar 29, 2018 09:13
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GasPanic is still open
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Is Gas Panic named after the subway sarin attack? Or is that just an unhappy coincidence?
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simplefish posted:Is Gas Panic named after the subway sarin attack? Or is that just an unhappy coincidence? More likely the WWI thing, and/or the Oasis song. btw the tripadvisor reviews of Gas Panic are gold: As a gaijin, I know I'll be paying more than I should be in this club, but I never realized how bad it truly was until my trip last year. Getting into the venue was easy enough, but once inside, it was dark, hot and confusing. I ordered a beer since I couldn't really say many other words that well, and the prices are astonishing. It's cool to be hit on for the first 5 minutes or so, but after that I had hoped the ladies - and some men - would just leave me and my friends alone. I'll always be a gaijin in Japan, but I will not be a gaijin in this establishment ever again. ~~~ Drinks are relatively cheap (for Tokyo), and is filled with nice looking women. Got fairly merry and started chatting up a pair of Japanese girls, one of whom was married. My girlfriend was seriously unimpressed and stormed off along with the other people we were with. Having only been there two weeks & suddenly all alone I started to get the fear, since.. 1) Had no idea where I actually was 2) Didn't know the address of the flat 3) Therefore had no idea how to get home* (didn't have a mobile) Wandered around a bit and eventually found them in the Irish bar across the road. I was was very relieved, GF was still incandescent with rage... Retrospectively, a pretty funny night out...Cheers Gas Panic! PS GF is now longtime ex GF ~~~
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A couple weeks back I visited Tokyo for the first time in seven or so years. I did pretty much the same things as when I was living there or visiting regularly and not much has changed in the places I usually go to except for Golden Gai being absolutely full of foreigners and bars advertising things like "we speak English -- come and talk with us!" A friend who has had a bar there for around fifteen years or so was not very pleased with how noisy it has become. Here are some boring pictures.  In the past Kichijoji and Inokashira Park would be a typical low-key weekly visit for me so I was excited to go back but scheduling-wise it made the most sense to go on a Sunday while sakura was blooming..  oof  My old favorite cafe in my old neighborhood is still around and they have let the vines grow freely. The place is completely covered; windows inside are left open and the vines are now continuing inside. It is already a very rickety old building and I remember being in there during an earthquake long ago.   Good bird on its leash at night in Daikanyama/Ebisu  Visited the most packed record store I have seen.  That the owner was able to dig things out that I had asked about was one thing but I was also proud to have been able to spot a friend's CD stuck to a far wall.  Then Jindaiji for soba all day which has always been a recommendation of mine for people visiting Tokyo.  Sakura in Chofu during the walk from the station up to Jindaiji. This by far beat all of the typical sakura viewing spots we had been through.  And for the last night the great Shanghai Xiaochi.
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guri posted:A couple weeks back I visited Tokyo for the first time in seven or so years. I did pretty much the same things as when I was living there or visiting regularly and not much has changed in the places I usually go to except for Golden Gai being absolutely full of foreigners and bars advertising things like "we speak English -- come and talk with us!" A friend who has had a bar there for around fifteen years or so was not very pleased with how noisy it has become.
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Apr 9, 2018 16:04
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I miss cherry blossom season. 
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I missed cherry blossom season
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guri posted:soba all day which has always been a recommendation of mine for people visiting Tokyo. What does this mean? I get tired of it after like 1 plate.
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peanut posted:I missed cherry blossom season i went to tokyo once and they bloomed early. i asked some cop near that big park (yoyogi?) and he bowed and was like "so sorry - global warming" very japanese to apologize for the weather 
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Apr 10, 2018 15:57
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zmcnulty posted:What does this mean? I get tired of it after like 1 plate.
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Apr 10, 2018 16:06
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Some towns will also have soba making classes, it's fun, I recommend you try it
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Apr 11, 2018 23:51
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What does Shanghai Xiaochi serve? Authentic Chinese cuisine? Or a Japanese spin on it?
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I've never been to China so I can't comment on the authenticity but it definitely isn't the typical Japanese spin on it. They have a huge Shanghai cuisine-focused menu that goes from basics like fried rice and stewed(?) clams to curried bull penis, frog, pork brain, and deep fried bugs. I recommend going at least once for the experience alone in regard to the overall atmosphere.
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