Tokyo in the wee hours

tazzy · (#1 (**permalink**))

A friend has convinced me to go to a late gig in Tokyo on Fri night/Sat morning. I'm rather looking forward to it.
We have one problem however....it'll be finished before 5 and the shops and stuff in tokyo dont open till 10.
getting a hotel for such a short stay is a waste. we live only 2 hours from tokyo and may as well take the first train home as do that, whilst in tokyo though i would like to geek out in akiba rather than running right home.
is there anything we can do in the small hours to fill our time?

Columbine · (#2 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by tazzy

A friend has convinced me to go to a late gig in Tokyo on Fri night/Sat morning. I'm rather looking forward to it.
We have one problem however....it'll be finished before 5 and the shops and stuff in tokyo dont open till 10.
getting a hotel for such a short stay is a waste. we live only 2 hours from tokyo and may as well take the first train home as do that, whilst in tokyo though i would like to geek out in akiba rather than running right home.
is there anything we can do in the small hours to fill our time?

Find a 24hr manga cafe?

samokan · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by tazzy

A friend has convinced me to go to a late gig in Tokyo on Fri night/Sat morning. I'm rather looking forward to it.
We have one problem however....it'll be finished before 5 and the shops and stuff in tokyo dont open till 10.
getting a hotel for such a short stay is a waste. we live only 2 hours from tokyo and may as well take the first train home as do that, whilst in tokyo though i would like to geek out in akiba rather than running right home.
is there anything we can do in the small hours to fill our time?

TSUKIJI !!!

MoneyMan68 · (#4 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Columbine

Find a 24hr manga cafe?

these seriously exist??

tazzy · (#5 (**permalink**))

The manga cafes exist yeah, they're quite famous as places people who miss their last train crash.
Some friends of mine had a right pain finding one when they had the idea to sleep there though, they don't look kindly on foreigners.

In the end I didn't go to my all night thing and just slept at a friend's house. Nonetheless for the future I am still interested in this!