Deep in Shinjuku, after combing through a bunch of "modern-day-Geisha" buildings (into which foreigners are not allowed to enter), I refer to them more as prostitutes but apparently there is no sexual exchange... only 'conversation'... anyway, once you've walked through street and street of those buildings and Tokyo gambling-arcades you find an area which I believe is called Golden Gai: a whole network of allies with small bar after small bar. Each of the tiny bars embraces a theme and they seat at most six people, sometimes only two. Not all are welcoming to foreigners though. It really dazes you about how surreal some things are here. It caught me off guard and it's one of the many reasons to love Tokyo.
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