Recording summary · November 2016
I went to a night club in Japan and it was sh!t
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Overview
In November 2011, Daniel attended a guesthouse Halloween gathering and visited a Shibuya basement nightclub during a working holiday trip in Japan, leaving around 4 AM and resolving never to return to a nightclub after an uncomfortable night.
Daniel faces mixed feelings and apprehension regarding an upcoming work Christmas party involving dancing and drinking followed by a night shift, citing a general dislike for loud, crowded environments lacking quiet spaces or seats.
Themes
Daniel's 2011 nightclub experience in Shibuya, Japan, during a working holiday.
Daniel's anxiety and mixed expectations regarding an upcoming work Christmas party and subsequent night shift.
Developments
Daniel travels to Japan for a second time on a working holiday visa in November 2011.
Daniel, the guesthouse manager, Seiji, and Mac take a 40-minute train ride to Shibuya to attend a guesthouse Halloween event at a pub.
The pub event ends around midnight, after which the group, joined by a woman from Hong Kong, walks the streets and enters a basement nightclub with free admission.
Inside the nightclub, another American man takes photos with a DSLR camera, Mac and the manager compete to flirt with the woman, and the woman pulls Daniel onto the dance floor.
Daniel leaves the nightclub around 4 AM, sits on the street, observes the manager leave with the woman, and waits at the train station until morning trains run around 5:30 AM before returning to the guesthouse around 7 AM.
Uncertainties & gaps
Daniel is uncertain whether Mac's legal name was Gary.
Daniel is uncertain whether Halloween falls in October or November.
Daniel is uncertain regarding the exact heritage and label for the woman joining from Hong Kong.
Daniel is unsure whether the DSLR camera used in the club was a Canon 5D.
Daniel is uncertain of the destination of the guesthouse manager and the woman, guessing they went to a love hotel.
Daniel is uncertain about how to act at the upcoming Christmas party, whether others will engage Daniel, whether anything interesting will occur, and whether the improved mood will persist.