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you have never been to tokyo on friday night/saturday morning. business dudes sleeping it off on benches are not uncommon at all.

anonymoushn 4y ago
For whatever reason we were in Ginza on a Tuesday at like 2pm, and already two salarymen were carrying their boss who was clearly incapable of walking back to the office
0des 4y ago
It's on my list of places to go. For now, all I have is PaoloFromTokyo, which is family friendly so there isn't much nightlife content. I had no idea there was this level of public good will.
- thrownblown 4y ago
  that was one of the things that surprised me on an early saturday bike ride, also in regards to street crime in japan, at least in my experience it is so exceedingly rare that most people there are incredibly naive to it.
  - 0des 4y ago
    What street dangers are there?
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    - armada651 4y ago
      You don't have to fear getting mugged in the streets, but you can still get ripped off. One example are the notoriously expensive bars in Roppongi, at night there will be touts in the streets trying to convince tourists to join them for a night of drinking. They'll then go to the bar that hired those touts where, after a night of drinking, the tourists will be presented with a bill that's the equivalent of getting robbed.
      - 0des 4y ago
        Just curious, how much are we talking here? Sometimes out here the bar tab can get up to 300-400 for 2, especially if you order bottle service, since the law states they can only sell per drink and not full bottles.
        snlnspc 4y ago
        Thousands (USD) for a drink or two, tens of thousands for a bottle or two. It's a very well known scam in some parts of Tokyo, and similar forms exist in many parts of the world. Long and short, don't let someone on the street talk you into going into a bar or tea shop or whatever, and especially don't follow them to a second location.
        0des 4y ago
        wow sweet jesus, they get away with that?
      - ethbr0 4y ago
        That was my experience in Japan and Thailand. The line for "acceptable robbery" was "no physical violence" + "someone consensually gives me their money." Which is still possible (and easily doable if that mark is drunk), but is substantially different from American (and European?) style physical robbery.
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- Tijdreiziger 4y ago
  In that case, you might also be interested in Tokyo Lens, TAKASHii from Japan, That Japanese Man Yuta and Let's ask Shogo, all on YouTube. Dogen is also highly recommended.

anonymoushn 4y ago

For whatever reason we were in Ginza on a Tuesday at like 2pm, and already two salarymen were carrying their boss who was clearly incapable of walking back to the office

0des 4y ago

It's on my list of places to go. For now, all I have is PaoloFromTokyo, which is family friendly so there isn't much nightlife content. I had no idea there was this level of public good will.

thrownblown 4y ago
that was one of the things that surprised me on an early saturday bike ride, also in regards to street crime in japan, at least in my experience it is so exceedingly rare that most people there are incredibly naive to it.
- 0des 4y ago
  What street dangers are there?
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  - armada651 4y ago
    You don't have to fear getting mugged in the streets, but you can still get ripped off. One example are the notoriously expensive bars in Roppongi, at night there will be touts in the streets trying to convince tourists to join them for a night of drinking. They'll then go to the bar that hired those touts where, after a night of drinking, the tourists will be presented with a bill that's the equivalent of getting robbed.
    - 0des 4y ago
      Just curious, how much are we talking here? Sometimes out here the bar tab can get up to 300-400 for 2, especially if you order bottle service, since the law states they can only sell per drink and not full bottles.
      - snlnspc 4y ago
        Thousands (USD) for a drink or two, tens of thousands for a bottle or two. It's a very well known scam in some parts of Tokyo, and similar forms exist in many parts of the world. Long and short, don't let someone on the street talk you into going into a bar or tea shop or whatever, and especially don't follow them to a second location.
        0des 4y ago
        wow sweet jesus, they get away with that?
    - ethbr0 4y ago
      That was my experience in Japan and Thailand. The line for "acceptable robbery" was "no physical violence" + "someone consensually gives me their money." Which is still possible (and easily doable if that mark is drunk), but is substantially different from American (and European?) style physical robbery.
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Tijdreiziger 4y ago
In that case, you might also be interested in Tokyo Lens, TAKASHii from Japan, That Japanese Man Yuta and Let's ask Shogo, all on YouTube. Dogen is also highly recommended.