Rupongi – Red light district
We travelled to Rupongi looking for interesting bars to have a drink at. They are very hard to find! In Tokyo, very little is at street level. Most buildings have 7 floors or more. You have to travel to each floor to find which bars are worth visiting. What makes this complex is that many floors contain hostess clubs, massage parlors or brothels. We did eventually find a couple of cool places like bar Sheesha, which has big hooker pipes for people to smoke a wide range of flavored tobacco. Overall the area has a real Kings Cross feel, there are plenty of people on the street trying to get you into their venue. You really have to know where to go to get the most out of it. Luckily, when we visited the area a 2nd time, we had Donna’s friend as a guide.
