Tokyo does not sleep

Last friday was my first night out in Tokyo. It started with a dinner of a new dish I had not tried before: okonomiyaki, which is something similar to a tortilla (ok, this similarity might not be clear for other eyes…), with different vegetables in it.

After that, we went to a karaoke, Japan’s national entertainment. This was quite fun, but I will elaborate more on the karaoke concept some other time, because the idea we have in Europe of a karaoke is quite different from the japanese style.

After karaoke (around 4.00 am), my party colleagues went to a disco, but I preferred waiting for the first train (5.00) to go home. So, what could I do? I went to a place called Don Quijote (I might be wrong with the spelling, but it’s how it sounds, and it is a well known brand in Tokyo), which is a sort of department store where you can find almost everything at a good price, and bought a futon for my forecast guests. Yes, after 4.00 am.

I think we can include without problems Tokyo in the list of cities in the world who do not sleep, together with New York and Benidorm. 😛 Tell me in which other place you can buy a mattress at 4.30 am without moving from the pub area.

By the way, just imagine me carrying the mattrasse back home in the metro… I was even photographed…