A Night out at a Fake Tokyo

people wonder what Otaku’s do for a good night out. OUT not in the house watching hentai. So a couple of friends and I went out to Tokyo 21. yeah, we go eat sushi and pretend that we are in Tokyo like some dumbasses.

The place we go to, Tokyo 21 is in the heart of chicago’s hoe district. Hoe whaaaaaaaaaaaat? yeah, as the bartender who works next door at some spanish tapas bar club thing place said “it’s like a fuckin Fanta commercial.” indeed it is. I saw some ugly as chicks all jazzed up with makeup and maybe only a strip of a got damned towel for clothes. And the dudes are all shoulder padded with these cheap ass suits pretending that they got all the money in the world. yeah, they might be driving beamers but the beamer probably belongs to their mama. haha!

anyway, Tokyo 21 is a pretty smooth place. they have signs that says beware of Perverts. and they also have a sign that says *looking for a japanese girlfriend* I always wondered about that sign. why the hell would you need to say that you are looking for a Japanese girlfriend unless you are a douche bag. If you wear the shirt just cuz it looks cool as hell and noboby ould know what the hell it says…. that’s alright I suppose. But if you are wearing it hoping that some Japanese girl will come up to you and say “I’ll be your girlfriend” Then you are a complete dumbass. And I would say beware of the girl who likes you because of that shirt.

Anyway. Tokyo 21 is cool. They have the usual maki and sushi rolls. But they also have some appetizers like fried calamari that comes with two different sauces. They have dinner plates to. I think Katsu chicken is one of them, but hell, usually I start off with Sake and beer so I dun give a damn what I am eating, all I do is order soemthing with cream cheese because it is good as hell. I probably sound like a dumb ass… whatever.

So we shoot the shit most of the night, until this one *rapper dude* starts hitting on one of the girls at the table. the girl is chinese and he starts talking about how he works at some sushi place. he seemed cool. But then I started to get the impression that he was one of those *gotta have an asian chick* Otaku. he knew nothing about anime… not saying that he had to, but still… So he tells her to go to his myspace and she was like …”um… sure” I know the moment that ummmmm crept in there he might as well cry double waterfall tears, she wasn’t ever to go to his page.

so we moved over to the bar area. why, well since Tokyo 21 is in the clubbin district, the music they play is not only loud as hell. But it is also annoying as hell. it is typical american dance music. So it takes you out of the atmosphere of Tokyo and reminds you that you are still in chicago with the fanta girls and the boys who wear *tag* thinking a bevvy of girls (not to mention the dudes probably all wear I want a japanese girlfriend T-shirt under their shoulder padded suit) will chase them.

So we drink more, watch some of that T.V, show where the Japanese dudes are completing obstacle courses to win prizes, and try to talk about anime above all the crazy music. It was fun tho. So an Otaku’s night out? Is at a Sushi place, where we can romanticize about being in Tokyo… even if the place isn’t owned by Japanese.

here some pics of the people I hung out with

So where is Tokyo 21?  it’s somewhere around weed street.  parking is a bitch, and you can’t see the street for all the skanks that hang out around there.  But it’s worth it for a great time chillen.  I give it a A-.  due to the fact that the music was just too got damned annoying