I went to Tokyo again! It was sweet. Before getting to the club, we went to Kamamura to see the world’s largest Buddha statue. We didn’t because we misread the map. We made it to Kamamura, but we saw a sweet Shinto shrine instead. Just as good, I’d say.
But, Gilles Peterson was sweet. We ate an Indian dinner before hand, and then went to seedy Roppongi. Club Yellow Space was there, and that’s the club where Gilles was playing. But, Roppongi was very dirty and dodgy. Full of character, Aroop said.
We stayed up all night - Gilles played till 7am. We got breakfast, went to the Tokyo Tower (a terrible copy of the Eiffel tower - painted ugly, built around, and very industrial). Nothing like the crown jewel of a central park in a capital city of Europe. And then shopped for music. Tower records is twice as expensive as US prices. But, we found a discount store next door, so everything was fine in the end. They had everything - Eels, the Lips, Belle & Sebastian, much and more.
I’m wrecked tired, so I’m gonna go off to bed now.