It's 1030am now. We've juz had 2 hours of sleep (during which there was an earthquake measuring 6.0 somewhere else in Japan..) Ben felt the room shaking but i was too fatigued to feel anything. Anyway, that's so common it's part of their lives here. no biggie. Had to check out of our rooms by 10am.. So the plan is to juz relax in the hostel's lounge and leave for Shinjuku's bus terminal around 4-5pm. Ben's asleep right above.. be my turn later after i find a place to stay in Hiroshima..We went to Roppongi Hills and clubbed at Shibuya's Atom last nite.. And... i saw my favourite star in Roppongi!!! Unbelievably unbelievable.. but yes! Right in front of us.. Less than 3 umbrellas length away.
What a night! i'm not much of a clubber but Tokyo's clubbing scene and people are wonderful!Highly interactive as we made plenty of friends on the dance floor.. Initially the plan was to visit some club along Roppongi Hills as that seemed to be the more happening place.. however, after scouring the area for a good atmosphere club, we decided it was too touristy (Too many foreign travellers) and headed back to Shibuya again.. where we were shopping during the earlier part of the day. And our club of choice was Atom, as there were rave reviews of how this place attracts a more local young crowd.
The walk from Roppongi Hills to Shibuya took about half an hour and around 12 mid night we arrived. Based on our mental notes of the map provided on Atom's website (http://www.clubatom.com/), we spent the next 30 min trying to find the place. Almost giving up hopes of clubbing at the last instant; my tummy was rumbling and i thought that we might as well settle for food and chill the night away while waitin' for the 1st densha (train) at 5am. A guy ran past us towards a small side road that we've not searched and dropped his handphone in front of me.. I handed it back to him and told Ben.. "Maybe is fate. let's follow him and try one last time.. " SURE Enough.. within a minute... we found a still vibrant thriving scene at 1238am!
There wasn't any signboards that said "ATOM" but several young early drunks lining the pavements outside was a good sign. And the nail in the coffin was when a flyer distributor gave us a booklet for the club.. Written on it was "Club Atom". HAPPY! finalllyyyy... Entrance was 3000yen (S$40) with 1 free drink. very mild stuff. Additional drinks were 500 yen (S$6.50).. So it was. Until 5am when the deejay stopped spinnin' and returned for an encore... The crowd never died out.. full house till the last second.
We stepped out of Atom into bright daylight (Sunrise at 430am). it's a SUPERB place to visit.. to experience the local clubbin' culture.. Their friendliness, the mood, and their dress sense. Any friends visiting Tokyo - Atom is a must go.
There's no photos here unfortunately as we didn't bring our cam along. But we'll describe it in more detail when we see u pals/gals...
Stuart stoned, not by drinks but by insufficient snooze.
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