Night life in Shinjuku. We just got back from Tokyo on Sunday, and boy was it fun! It was our second journey to the magical city since living in Japan. This time we stayed with our friend Preston (from our CO days) and his girlfriend Junko. They are both really fun people and they showed us a lot of night life along with cool museums and one of the most famous shrines in Japan. We bought really cheap nori-hodai (all you can ride) tickets from the main train company and made a nearly 12,000-yen trip (or 7,000 yen, if you can get Economy tickets) in 2,300 yen. It took us 7 hours by local and rapid trains, but we got to stop in the city of Shizuoka for lunch where we met a Japanese man who trained in Thai cooking in Thailand. So cool! When we arrived at Tokyo Station we had a few hours to fill before meeting Preston after work, so we walked through some haute couture shopping districts until we found ourselves in Shinbashi, at dozens of restaurant...
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