Lost in Karaoke

Have you seen the movie "Lost in Translation"?
I used to think that singing in the karaoke room, which appeared in that movie must be amazing... and it really is! We've checked it out with Daniel in Tokyo, while the typhoon was passing by the city.

Before going to Tokyo we made sure, which karaoke place appears in the movie. It turned out to be Karaoke Kan - a popular karaoke chain in Japan, with a characteristic blue and red neon sign. The Karaoke where the movie was shot is located in Shibuya (30-8 Utawgawacho), not far from the Shibuya station. It's supposed to be open from 11am until 6am, so anytime is perfect to go there. In case the room 601 would be taken, another one where the movie was shot is 602.
At first we went to Shibuya's Karaoke Kan the night before but then, we thought that the best time to go there is just before dusk because we will have a chance to be there at both - day and night. It was raining cats and dogs all day, so the plan turned out to be perfect. The same guy, as the day before, welcomed us at the entrance and we followed him to the cash desk. As Daniel was speaking Japanese to him, I had no idea what were they saying. I just reminded Daniel, which was the room number from the movie that we wanted to go to so much. Of course Daniel had to do it his own way and asked for the room with a window! The guy looked at us with a strange face, most probably because it's a huge room and we were just 2 people but well, whatevever, there were no other customers. We got the receipt and went up to the 6th floor, ordered first free drinks (Daniel: strawberry shake, me: greeeen melon soda) and kept on singing and taking photos for 2 hours in a row. I was a bit annoyed by not a very wide selection of non-japanese songs but as I've found my favourite - "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette, the rest didn't matter afterall. One of the songs, which Daniel sang, was "More than this" - the song sang by Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation". For sure, this was the part of the trip to Tokyo, which I liked the most.

I have completely forgotten to write about a funny couple that we met at the Shibuya crossing after leaving the metro station. As it was heavily raining and we didn't have umbrellas (first one got stollen at the hostel and the other one got broken in Odaiba - Tokyo's artificial island - by the typhoon), a couple from Singapoure owning 2 umbrellas stopped next to us, asked where do we want to go and offered help with walking in the rain. I found it very friendly but Daniel thought that it was suspicious. Anyway, I still regret we didn't invite them to go to karaoke with us.