It's really hard to get genuinely angry on the net... kinda like how you'll type "lol" but you'll be putting on a straight face. And I understand that it's your vacation, but I just don't like it when people will post their experience as if they were going to learn more about the country as a whole, rather than a sub culture and it's shady spots.

It's annoying to hear people believe that the selling of panties is a common place and is everywhere. And yes, I know about the women taking hormones for the hostess club. But if you think about it, an entire nation has watched a video of 2 girls defecating into a cup, and then eating it, and watching reaction videos that rank up to the millions... (hint: my country of birth).

It's just that blogs/entries, etc like these are only contributing to the misconception about the whole of Japan, and it only makes more people go to Japan, only go to sex shops, take photos, share them, and continue the plague. It's perfectly cool with me if people said, "check out this awesome sub culture of Japan!". But it annoys me when I hear conservatives, even well learned pundits/commentators, comedians go "Oh, you know the wacky/perverted Japanese".

It's like my parents and their home country is some kind of Jester or something, that has absolutely no pride anymore, and is just a plaything for everyone to use...

... so yes, you're right, I do need to chill XD

Yunosuke has got to be a chick. I mean...seriously, is he like one of those chicks with a dong or something? Because...I mean just look at him...her...it....Now Yuto, that looks like a man that knows how to treat a lady. If I had a daughter I'd be trying to buy her some time with Yuto...until that stupid Yunosuke sweeps her off her feet with his man breasts and chick dong. Man my hypothetical daughter is into some freaky shit.

was it expensive?

How much yen does a coffee cost?

Coffee? It's all about tea there, right?

Hmm, how old is this hypothetical daugher and why exactly are you taking her to hosts club?

The Girls take hormones for hostess clubs? What's this? I'm talking about the guy hookers. And there sure were a lot of them. And I didn't say I learned about the country as a whole. I did just say Tokyo, though I've been to Japan before. But it's not just shady spots in the dark. Roppingi, Shinjuku, Akihabara, Shibuya, Harijuku and Ginza cover a crap load of the city.

And yes, the sex stores were freaking everywhere. Every city has sex stores, but not like Tokyo. And while the red light areas had nothing on Bangkok. Nothing at all, it was pretty unique for it's equal weight given to guys and girls and the fun fashions. It was also odd in how many Africans worked outside the sex clubs trying to get you to come in. That was definitely unexpected.

I'm sorry if you feel your home country is being wronged, but a lot of this isn't selective exaggeration. It's simple observation. Entire sections in videostores devoted to underage girls, dozens of men in convenience stores looking at comics with porn inside, Genuinely bizarre fashion that's unmatched around the world, Pachinko madness is truly insane, the pervy anime thing that really is out of hand.

Tokyo has a lot of eccentricities. It's true

Are you sure these aren't FF14 character designs?

Glad you enjoyed yourself. I lived there for three years (just got back to the states in May). Great city and wonderful people.

Nice post, hope to go there one day myself.

Oh gawd. I'm somehow more interested in Tokyo because of that post.