Oh, good Lord. Yet another idiot gaijin who thinks he’s integrated into Japanese culture. Get the stick out of your ass, Roppongi is a great place with plenty of restaurants and bars. Let me guess, the “I’m too cool for Roppongi” foreigners never once leave Gaien Higashi-Dori. Figures. Roppongi is a big place. I know people who have lived in Japan since the 80s, and they still visit Roppongi regularly for the nightlife.

http://www.air-tokyo.com/

its fun if you like dj music.

I know what you mean about not knowing where to go. In a place as big as Tokyo there are millions of places to go, but unless you hear of them by word of mouth, they can be hard to find since the best places can often seem hidden or unimpressive from the outside.

The one club where I had the most fun is called “Genius” and is in Ginza. Since we cannot post links on the comment section I’ll put the Genius website in words: www genius-tokyo dot jp. If you go before 8 you only had to pay 2,000 yen instead of 5,000 although you will be the first one there and the price has probably gone up. The crowd is mostly well dressed Japanese looking to relieve some stress by dancing on the 80’s music floor or down on the bottom floor which plays hip hop. Most guys are in suits although business attire is generally accepted. I have a lot of fond memories of that place and hope to head back the next time I’m in Tokyo.

Another club is called “Air” and is somewhere in Shinjuku although I regret that I cannot find the website or give directions and it is extremely hard to find.

In Roppongi, the only places I would ever go is “Spacelab Club Yellow” which plays trance and seems to be a pretty hip crowd, although the party doesn’t get started until midnight and you won’t be able to take the train home until morning. There is also another club not far from Club Yellow,” just take a left out of Roppongi station, and go past the street where yellow is till you hit the intersection. There is an ice cream shop on the corner and you take a left there, walk on the same side of the street and is about just one minute from the Ice Cream shop. Anyone know the name? I forgot.

Finally there is “The Orbient.” Website is www orbient dot jp. I’ve never been there but it looks cool.

Other than that I would usually just go to Watami and The Hub in Takadanobaba or Ikebukuro with friends, get hammered and then sing karaoke.

Concerning the guy who lost $7,000, I agree with the rest of you. It was probably his own fault and he should just get over it and try not to get so drunk that he cannot see the bill. Or if he really did get scamed then he should have called the police right after he walked out the door. Probably couldn’t speak Japanese though.