Tokyo Midnight: a cautionary tale

Last night I went to roppongi, a part of tokyo known for its night clubs. I roamed all over and kept getting hassled by people asking me to come up to their club. Well, the first time it happened I didn't really realize what was going on. A large man who spoke English came up to me and told me I could enter his club for ¥3000 I told him no way would I pay that much, then he said ¥2000, and then ¥1000. When he realized I wouldn't budge he invited me up to view his club for free, I curiously obliged. I began to get nervous once we were in the elevator going up to the club, but I knew worst case scenario I could defend myself, plus japan has a lot of security cameras and policemen everywhere, however they're notorious for not showing a lot of compassion towards foreigners. The doors of the elevator opened to a small desk at the entrance with a host. I walked past the curtains to look at the dark little lounge inside, empty of people except for two couples, I immediately walked out. When I asked for the elevator they kept offering more deals, I kept denying, my heart started beating faster and harder, It was all I could hear. I still don't know if it was fear or embarrassment, regardless, I didn't like the attention. Finally, they offered me a free beer and I considered it and took then up on the offer just to get them off my back. The manager of the club had a female host sit down with me at my table, I kept quiet and did not indulge in conversation, only thing I said was I have girlfriend, the rest were all one word answers, more like grunts than actual words. As I drank my free beer, partly out of fear but mostly because I knew how they use people to get you to buy more drinks, I don't like that kind of bs. I finished my beer in a hurry and rushed out the door saying I was on my way to meet my friend. I got out safely and free of charge, another blessing that I am grateful for. I wandered around some more and people kept coming up to me trying to get me in their clubs, but this time I was ready. I would just use their time and play games with them, I already knew I wasn't going to oblige to any of their terms, I just wanted to see how low I could get them to go. I kept looking for a place with a nice vibe, but no matter where I looked all the clubs were empty because it was a Monday night. I ended up at green land club, I heard it was popular and it offered unlimited drinks for an hour and a half for only ¥1000. I went down into the club, there was only a few people, I started off with a Long Island iced tea and sat down at a table with some guys from France , they were very nice and very interesting it was actually enjoyable, but my goal in that club was to get my money's worth of drinks. After my tea I had the waiter bring me a margarita, it was a semi-decent drink that they usually charge ¥600 for. Proceeding my margarita I got a nice Guinness, possibly my most enjoyable drink that night. I kept a cool head the entire time and was enjoying myself and all the drinks this club has to offer, some drinks I wouldn't even finish because honestly these were very cheaply made drinks. By 11:30 I had drank about ¥5000 worth of drinks, yes that's $50 worth of mediocre alcohol, but I only paid $10. I don't think this club realized I had been raised to get the most out of "unlimited" as I can, honestly a part of me was surprised they didn't cut me off after my fifth drink. I still remained level headed but I was a little groggy and tired, but not nearly drunk. I made my way to the subway as quickly as possible, I ended up getting mixed up with the lines and I missed the last train on the heido line, but luckily the oedo line could bring me to where I wanted to go as well. I got on the last train just in time and took a seat, I suddenly woke up and was at the end of the line, I missed my stop. I used my last bit of battery to get an idea of which direction to go, but it didn't last long, all I knew was that my place was 3.2 km away. After the first 30 minutes of walking rain began to pour from the sky and the winds began to blow the chill straight into my bones, I was only wearing a shirt, a flannel, and ripped blue jeans. I wandered the freezing wet streets for over 2 and a half hours in the dark constantly getting my directions mixed up, which was a first for me and honestly I am embarrassed to even admit it, I usually never get lost. The only thing I had to keep me warm and moving was piping hot vending machine coffee, the best part of tokyo is the hot vending machines （≧∇≦）. I finally arrived into my somewhat warm bed at 3 a.m soaked and drained of all energy. Once a again I hope you guys use this story as a warning, it was a pleasant blunder on my part but it involved risks I would not want to take again.

A bloody marry and a Mai Tai from the night, both weren't that great.

My delicious $6 dinner I enjoeyd before I went to Roppongi. This meal was the highlight of my night. You cooked it while you ate it.