Tokyo - The city that never sleeps

Continuing Friday the 24th of October: After visiting the emperor's castle and the fish market, which was no fun at all as it was raining very heavily I had the opportunity of enjoying Japanese night life. I met this German guy in the hostel and we decided to spend Friday night in Roppongi, Tokyo's nightlife district. We went out for a Mexican dinner and lingered around the streets of Roppongi, when we bumped into a group of Japanese guys, who offered us to join them at a Karaoke bar (what an experience, apart from the fact that they wanted to rip us off when it came down to paying, luckily I didnt have much money on me). So the German guy and I were in the Karaoke bar until 3 o'clock and after that wandered around the streets waiting for the first subway to come. Unfortunately there is a lot of prostitution around this area so you are constantly hassled by people that try to make you visit their stripclub. Well no one can drag me into any of those. So after coming home at around 6 o'clock my plans for the following day were shortened. I just visited a couple of different districts and very view sights including the Meji Temple. In the late afternoon I went to Yokohama, which is the harbour district of Tokyo, and I must admit: it was the part I liked about Tokyo the most (beautiful promenades, a very vivid Chinatown and nice live music to enjoy).

The last day in Tokyo I walked around my neighboring districts including Akihabara (electronics, electronics and more electronic gadgets), Asakusa with the Sensoji Tempel and Ueno where I had the chance of listening to a Japanese school orchestra, playing classical, musical and traditional Japanese tunes in an open auditorium in Ueno park.

Later that night I took the overnight-bus from Tokyo to Osaka, as my flight to Malaysia was from Osaka Kansai Airport.
So the chapter Japan can be closed from now and I must say: there were many things I loved and admired about Japan, but also a few things I really had to question as for a European these customs are quite peculiar (e.g. you are allowed to slurp while eating noodles but blowing your nose is considered as having no self control).