Thursday, August 17, 2006

Roppongi

Wow, even Iran's president has a blog....

Anyway, I live in the expat neighborhood of Roppongi. Some descriptions of the area below:

Most foreigners visiting Tokyo, will probably visit Roppongi at least once on their trip. If you are into bars and nightclubs, Roppongi is the place to be.

One important point to remember, is that Roppongi is the nightlife capital of Tokyo and is well known among foreigners for this reason alone. Many of the bars and nightclubs are open all night and it is usually a bustling area after dark.

Roppongi is home to many foreign businesses and the foreign expat community. It is busy most nights of the week, but business really starts to pick up on Thursday night and peaking on Friday and Saturday nights.

Roppongi (六本木) is a section of Tokyo's Minato ward infamous for its nightlife. Unlike most nightlife districts in Tokyo, there are thousands of foreigners visible from any vantage point, and almost all restaurants and clubs cater to the English-speaking crowd. But Roppongi has recently become respectable again even among the Japanese thanks to the opening of Roppongi Hills, a massive shopping and dining complex.

Roppongi Tokyo's best-known nightlife district for young Japanese and foreigners, Roppongi has more bars and nightclubs than any other district outside Shinjuku, as well as a multitude of restaurants serving international cuisine. The action continues until dawn.

Sounds fun huh? Don't you wanna come visit? ;)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

didn't have to convince me visit! watch out roppongi!!!

Anonymous said...

Do they have a good selection of the clear?

Anonymous said...

i'm just excited about your heated floors. it doesn't take much :) not only do i get to read your blog every day, but livia's comments also keep me quite entertained!

can't wait to come visit!

Anonymous said...

Hi Jenn. It's uncle Ging
just testing this out before I delve into some thoughts.

Anonymous said...

Okay, looks like I got this working. I thought I had to create a blogger account in order to comment.
Anyway, it sounds like you're slowing adjusting to life in Tokyo.
Hey, I was the one who told you about the Tokyo Tower.
Re your comment on living overseas: there's an Arabian saying that goes: "When you live, you learn alot; when you travel, you learn even more".
My line is " I was raised in Brooklyn but I grew up in Vietnam".
It's too bad this blogging wasn't available (and you didn't have this assignment) when I was still working-- I would have more time for this! LOL

Anonymous said...

hey "anonymous"! the clear will definitely be found! :)