Apparently, in Japan when you enter a karaoke shop, you magically become an anime school girl...Sometime after the Fuji debacle, TBA-chan, some new friends I made, and myself decided to have a fun night out. At this point, I had been in Japan for about 3 months and had yet to do an activity that most Japanese love, karaoke. Karaoke is a phenomenon in Japan. While I believe most of the western world scorns this self respect depriving activity, Japan (where it originated) has created an entire industry based on karaoke. One can walk down the streets of popular night life locations across Japan and find karaoke shops. We decided to visit one in Kabukicho which offered nice sized rooms for groups. We spent the night singing such classics as:
-1985 by Bowling for Soup
-Sung expertly by GHFW-chan, named because he started a flame war based on a guitar hero video
- The Power of Love by Huey Louis
-Sung by myself and accompanied by Napoleon-chan, named because she's french and, according to some, apparently has a "french side" which makes her unfriendly
-Piano Man by Billy Joel
-Sung by TBA-chan and myself
All in all, a great night. I must note that after a few drinks, everyone sounds a lot better than they actually are. I'll give you an example in another post!
Our group would later go to karaoke again, to celebrate the end of finals, and the impending departure from this amazing country. But that's for the next post
Ganbatte,
-DPN
1 comment:
I like the girl with the tamborine.
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