Going out in Japan sucks.
I went to Club le Baron de Paris the other night, well, the Tokyo branch. Le Baron is a chain of clubs owned by Simon Le Bon (I didn't know who he was but turns out he's in Duran Duran...) and my God I wanted to punch every single person there. First of all, everyone on the dancefloor was staring at the DJ the whole night who wasn't even renowned. What's the point of going to a club and staring adoringly at the DJ instead of dancing with friends. Secondly, there was no one in the toilet every-time I stepped foot in the enamel paradise. I'm assuming that no one takes drugs in Japan while out clubbing, kind of explains why everyone resembled a lacklustre Japanese emoticon---->(-_-) It doesn't help that I paid almost 20 quid to get in and my friend who was randomly there kept rubbing in my face how she got in for free due to ~connections~ -_-
I met a 20 something English guy who was from Swindon. I spoke briefly to him mostly because I wanted to sit down at his table as there were no seats left where the "peasants" who had no connections (i.e. me) would sit. You see, if you've never been there before Le Baron is a rather odious club where status is EVERYTHING and you can't reserve a seat unless you brown nose. The English guy I spoke to is what I imagine an English monarch prior to the English Civil War to act like. His air of self-importance was terrifying. I asked him what he did for a living and apparently he introduces Asian bands to America/Canada and the like. urm, no thanks and more importantly DEAR GOD WHY. I have limited knowledge of asian bands (for good reason) but name-dropped a couple of bands I knew and every band I spoke of he seemed to have organised some sort of party for/introduced them to a newly godforsaken country. "Like, just last week I organised a party on behalf of MTV for 2NE1". Don't get me wrong, what he does is respectable but the way he sounded so damn gleeful/pompous aggravated me. I suppose Japan does that to white men.
This brings me on to another thing I hate about Japanese nightlife; the self-important attitude of western men. I've spoken to far too many westerners who show off about how easy it is to sleep with a different Japanese girl every night. You see, westerners although not strictly rare in Japan are still a bit of a novel commodity and thus are considered somewhat "exotic". However, some men are taking advantage of the situation and are being far too hedonistic and disrespectful to usually well-meaning Japanese girls. I just want to tell Japanese girls that they should be careful if they are looking for a meaningful relationship with mutual respect. If not, fuck away but definitely use a condom.
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