Syrians in Japan - Part 1

There are 175 legally registered Syrians in Japan. So I heard today from a reliable resource.

Interesting isn't it?

Today I had the pleasure to share the evening with 2 friends of a friend. They have been living and working in Japan for the last 20 years.... 20 years, that's a lifetime...!

It also gave me to opportunity to checkout the nightlife scene in Roppongi. It as just as I as informed about reading about "The only place in Japan where you will be potentially bugged is in Roppongi" and there where right!

After meeting my first acquaintance, we went strolling down the main street of Roppongi. It was just after 8:30pm and I have been here before... but not later than 6:00pm (remember I have an Okasan here (a mother) who would be worried if I do miss dinner :-)

Many people, (more acurallty, pimps) prodomantly Black People (sorry, was that politically incorrect? what should I say? should I say "African-Americans? I am not sure if they are americans?...)

Ok, mostly africans, where giving us "free drinks copouns", as well as a promise to access to certine parts of the female physque... ok.. I am going to stop here... I will let your wild imagination enrich you with the rest..

Hey hey hey! I am just reporting the facts ok!? The s-e-x scene in Japan is just overwhelming! I mean, you're getting bombared on an hourly basis with a lot of info about where to go and what to do... There an "AV" shop at every main street in a business street... There was one right accross the street from my language school...

Back to my night with Syrians... I hope that we are not getting off-track here...

So we arrive to the bar, for a couple of a non-alcholic drinks and coffee. And the bar tender was a Syrian from Damascus...

The converstition was pretty pleauent... (I did get over the smell of Alchohol long time ago... so it doesn't really distrube me anymore. I just check that I am being served, that all..)

It was a nice refreshing change from the "Broken English", a weeks of Japanese sounds which I would occationally understand 1% off in the last month or so.

The results of the converation can be read in my following post.