Went to a club

It was called Club Karma, and we went because the music mix that was listed seemed similar to Mixtape. You have to pay to get into pretty much every club here, so it's important to choose the right one!! This was about 3500 yen, to the Japanese 1000 yen is kind of like ten bucks. So not THAT cheap when you look at it through our NZ eyes...I suppose we should feel lucky that we have lots of free options when we go out, because it's not normal!

Took some pics of the DJs and the crowd as it was definitely a different experience to going out back home...

The DJ's - there were about three or four of them - look the part and take themselves very seriously.

You can still smoke in bars here. The DJs chainsmoked, and relished any opportunity they had to use the smoke as a "cool" DJ accessory.

Doing some "serious mixing" here.
The funniest thing is - they used CDjays - and BADLY!!

Jesus Christ Pose.

More "serious mixing".

They acted like they were Justice or something, and they were only playing Kaiser Chiefs and Lily Allen!

But it was the crowd...

The crowd fed these DJs on. Everyone dances to the DJs, looking adoringly at them. Getting in a sweaty mess (while keeping their distinct personal space).

This guy kept doing air guitar, air drums, air saxophone, air anything (pretty well). He looked like a nerd who lived at home still. I asked to take his picture and got this. I thought it was a mistake so asked to take another...

That's my finger going "wait, now!" then I realised he was choosing to make that face. It adds to my theory of Japanese photo posing lessons as part of their schooling.

It was a great night because of these guys.
Memories of mixtape came flooding back when we heard the Cure and The Rapture.

I made a new friend!

And she is totally cool. Her name is Sarah and she's from Ireland - I met her through my Saturday job! I went to visit her yesterday in Nishinagahori, part of Osaka, near Shinsaibashi. She actually lives near where I went with Josephine and Caro, and so I got to take another look at the place where we were - "Amerikamura"

Remember those hosts I took pics of? I saw their advertisement on a building!!
I chose Issa for my husband.

Not sure what these are exactly, but I like them.
They were outside of a restaurant or a hotel. Or a restaurant in a hotel.

Sarah.
After this, she took me shopping to a place called Thank You Mart, where everything is 390 yen.

I'll get married wearing these glasses instead of a veil.

Sarah found some shamrocks.

Some Japanese graffiti in a wheelchair toilet.
Does that say what I think it does...?

Photostickers - or purikura as they're called. We did some. I like them.

Big Stuff in Japan

There was this strip mall in Shinsaibashi in which I realised I had taken several photos of big things - signage, billboards and that type of thing.

Happy light man.

Octopus - tako!

Crab.

Fugu.

Your Dad.

You.

Shoes I've Seen

Sitting on the train, had to get a pap shot of these triple tongue mothers.

I'll always love white converse.

Caro trying on some thousand dollar shoes. I can't remember the designer or anything, but they were sky high, suede and impeccably tailored.

You may not think these shoes are anything out of the ordinary; however the context is.
This is Josephine Rout, trying on pastel green Reebok Hightops.