Coming to visit

[rafikione]

Not sure if these are the right type of forums, but going to give this a shot anyways.

I will be spending a week in Tokyo at the end of September with a friend. I am looking for the standard do's and don't but more from the actual community instead of general online searching.

Looking for unique things to do outside of the normal tourist comfort zone, especially at night. But I also don't want to walk into a situation I shoudn't be in, etc.

I'll leave it at that for now and see where the thread goes.

[Iraira]

Daytime: do the touristy things so I can gawk at you. Kamakura is nice, especially if it's a warm, sunny day, there are girls in bikinis everywhere.
Nighttime: just avoid any Roppongi dive bar where some chick magically seems interested in you and offers to get you a drink. She'll probably only relieve you of your wallet later, leaving your kidneys intact...where's the fun in that?

Are you interested in Kabukicho and other "red light districts"? Be downright honest and direct with whatever fetishes you are trying to satisfy, then our board of trained specialist pervs will be better able to offer advice on where you can watch blind midgit amputees mud wrestle domesticated water fowl.

[james]

where you can watch blind midgit amputees mud wrestle domesticated water fowl.

damn.. i've been missing out!

[Yokohammer]

Skinny dipping in the imperial palace moat seems to be a popular "outside the normal tourist comfort zone" activity. So does slagging off high-profile right-wing politicians while there's a squadron of yaks around. Personally I wouldn't recommend either of those.

You'll probably have to be a bit more specific about how far outside the normal tourist comfort zone you want to go.

[Midwinter]

Skinny dipping in the imperial palace moat seems to be a popular "outside the normal tourist comfort zone" activity.

Because once is never enough...

[flv]swimmer[/flv]

[Taro Toporific]

...spending a week in Tokyo at the end of September with a friend....

The Japan Rail Pass (must be purchased outside of Japan) will pay for itself if you want to go to somewhere more than 2 hours away from Tokyo. Otherwise, the local Tokyo Zone Pass is the bargain you want.

Weird things to see:

• The great Golden Turd Building
• Parasite Museum
• The Fuji Latex building (from the airport bus)

Typical things you don't want to see:

• Total trashpit of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo
• Overpriced Ginza night clubs
• Capsule hotel (Manga/Net cafes are a better value)
• Tokyo Tower and it's mascot

[Iraira]

Weird things to see:

• The great Golden Turd Building
• Parasite Museum
• The Fuji Latex building (from the airport bus)

Typical things you don't want to see:

• Total trashpit of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo
• Overpriced Ginza night clubs
• Capsule hotel (Manga/Net cafes are a better value)
• Tokyo Tower and it's mascot

Add the Museum of Tobacco and Salt next to some overly colorful (always packed with tourists) coffee shop in north Shibuya to the "why the fuck did I go there?" list.
The Coca-Cola Bottling factory in Kiyose is worth it, just so you can ask the tour guide, "I understand the 'Cola' part of the name Coca-Cola, but what does the 'Coca' mean?"
She will lie and say "Nobody knows."
Pull a knife on her and demand that she tells everyone the truth. This is especially effective if many children are present.

[wuchan]

Find one of those buildings that smells like tobacco and is covered in neon lights. Go inside with your video camera rolling, that way you can show all your friends what japanese people do when bored.

[Behan]

How about Hato Bus tours? Was thinking about going on one this summer but didn't end up working out.

[IkemenTommy]

Gas Panic-Roppongi. Lots of (drunk, hoegly) girls from inaka-ass Chiba, DaSaitama, Ibaraki, etc on the weekends pulling all-nighters waiting for the big fat gaijin cock to sweep them from under.

[Behan]

hey, some Chiba girls are cute. When you have beer glasses, anyway.