Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Being Gay in Tokyo
Friday night, and urban ethic demands a few hours of inebriated decadence. So after failing to buy any gear for the coming weekend's adventure, I headed back to the flat and found that Matt and Nanaka were heading out to Shinjuku. And thus I found out that both my flatmates are gay. I learnt some interesting things about gay culture in Japan.
First of all, it is not so foreigner friendly, rather foreigner segregated. The first bar we went to was called "word up"
And it is not accepted or denied, because it doesn't really exist. It's a phase. Or so most people consider. So there is no need worry about your son's lack of interest in women, because after college, he'll get a stable job, get married and make babies. Which is, apparently, what tends to occur, said Matt in a rather disappointed tone.
We walked down the road, to this tiny bar on a street corner, whose mostly gaijin patrons were spilled out onto the street. Some buff guy attemtped to prove his hours spent toiling in the gym were worthhile by lifting another person, and bench pressing them mid-air. It looked childish, yet impressive. Although, thinking about it, i am quite sure that they guy must work at DisneyLand.
Walked into the bar, sat down and then the barman starts talking in broken Engrish to me. I am still trying to get the image out of my head, after he decided to tell me that he was a gymnast, and then showed me a picture of himself on his mobile phone. Naked, of course. So I headed across the road, and sat at a snack stand that sold midnight munches for the drunken. These turned out to be chicken heart and chicken gut, grilled. They were as disgusting to eat as to describe.
Perhaps because of the craziness of the night, and perhaps because it was so different, I actually had a good time, which lasted until 4am, when I was sat on the kerb outside the club, with Nanako waiting for Matt. Eventually got home by taxi (15 sterling was not as outrageous as some of the myths i have heard) to get 3 hours sleep before the weekend began.
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