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I Took Over a Girls Bar in Tokyo’s Deepest Nightlife Zone

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Hello everyone. Welcome to another

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video. I'm in Shimbashi tonight, Tokyo's

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famous solarman town, and I'm going to

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actually take you to a really cool

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place, a very interesting nightlife

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area, and you're going to enjoy. So,

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someone is waiting for me here and she's

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going to guide us around and also she's

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going to take us

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inside her place that she

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works. She's

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here. Hello.

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All right, let's go to the place. Do you

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speak English? A little bit. A little

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bit. Okay. What's your name? Um Leah.

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Leah. Oh, Leah. Very beautiful name.

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Thank you.

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So, uh we are in Shimashi.

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Shimashi is famous for what? Actually,

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so Shimashi is really like a drinking

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area especially

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for

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[Applause]

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Uh

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no. Ah, so I asked is Shimashi always

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lively like this? Yeah. She says yeah,

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specifically on weekdays also weekend as

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well. So she's actually she's changed

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her uh place, working place. Now she's

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been working at this place. We're going

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to go and see uh for 1 month.

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So I ask recommended food in Shimashi

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area. She recommended on the left side

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of us in front of is going to be Fut

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Fut. The name of the restaurant is

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Futago. So it's a Yakiniku is like

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a famous like Japanese grilled beef.

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Futago. She recommends that

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one.

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Okay. So today is actually warm. We are

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getting closer to see the Sakura season.

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Maybe next week.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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So, so we Yeah, because today is also

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it's good. As you see, it's very lively

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here. And let's see. We're going to go

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and have fun at her

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place. All right.

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As you see, very lively Shimashi. A lot

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of bars, girls bar and a lot of nightife

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area. Oh, here. Oh, this is the actually

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the restaurant. What was the name?

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Futago. Oh, futo. This

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one. Futago. Wow. It should be very

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delicious because it smells really good

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in it. It smell really good. So that was

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the actually Yakiniku restaurant that

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she recommended. If you are in Shimashi,

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try it out

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as I've done a lot of videos in

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Shimashi, but I actually Yeah, I I've

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I've been inside some of the bars, girls

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bar and stuff, but this place is really

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unique. So, let's go and see.

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So, Shimachi is generally a lot of

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places open until morning, but the place

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that she works is only until 3. Okay,

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let's go from here. This is the

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building. Okay, let's go in.

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Oh, there we go.

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Okay. All right. We going to go use the

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next elevator.

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So she's been working for one month now.

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She knew in this

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area. So she's actually new at this

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job. So there are many places actually

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in this

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building bars and stuff in here.

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You won the

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uh so she usually go to Shibia for fun

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because her friend live in that area.

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So she is actually a

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student. Awesome. So she's uh studying

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in university third year. Oh

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okay.

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So

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there the elevator is very small.

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So she studies the language in

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university in third year. So should be

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really good at

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English. Okay.

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Okay. Okay. This is the place. All

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right. Oh, he's so cool here. Wow. White

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Angel. The name of the place is White

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Angel.

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And it's so cool. All right, let's sit

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here.

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Okay. Oh, that's pushy.

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All

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right. Okay. Can you explain the system

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of this place?

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Uh, so it's 60 minutes 4,000 yen or you

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can drink.

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Okay. Ah, so beer habal and lemon sour

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plus 1,000 yen. Okay.

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Also soft drink. They have option soft

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if you like soft drinks.

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So if you buy drink for the girls

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Nissan

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drink. Okay. 2000 for girls drink. Okay.

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Okay. So, shot is 3,000 yen. Buying

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drink for the girls is 2,000 yen. Also,

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they have other snack. It's like 1,000

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yen. Okay.

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Ah. Oh, so they have actually. So this

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is a gears bar also. They do like a

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concept cafe too. So the concept is they

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are like angel and uh they wear like a

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dress white.

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Oh so the the girls wear like white like

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angel and then that's the concept of

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this as a concept.

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Oh, they have different type of costume.

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Okay.

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Okay. Hey.

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Hey. Whiskey.

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[Music]

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[Music]

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So, okay. Now, she's actually preparing

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the

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drink. And as you see, the concept is

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white and gel is written there.

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And so you can

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enjoy the all you can drink menu. So but

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the drink

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um is different from the set that you

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order all you can

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drink and the place actually is good.

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It's very

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cozy. Very

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nice. All right. She just prepared the

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drink.

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[Music]

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Okay. So, this is

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sorry.

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Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. We This is mine

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actually. The same drink. All right. One

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more time. All right.

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Come. This is actually Japanese shojo

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with like tea. Japanese

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tea. So shu is a Japanese drink. So they

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make from potato as well as like a ghan

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rice.

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Just got

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So she likes tequila more. How about

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Japanese?

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Uh, so she likes Sorry.

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Okay.

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So, she

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loves so she's actually student third

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year and she studies

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language English. English.

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Oh, Spanish.

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English. English. So she thinks English

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is

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easier. I ask why you studying

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language.

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Ahi. Ah. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.

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So she thinks studying

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languages difficult but yes she's

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[Music]

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trying so she hasn't decided what to do

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with them after

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Oh, steak house. Ah, so she used to work

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at the steak house. Wow. How was that

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one actually? That

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job. Ah, so she used to work at a steak

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restaurant and she loves steak. Oh.

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Oh, was easier. Oh, okay.

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Okay. Okay. Can you explain what that

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is?

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Ah, so that's actually you put the

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tequila 12 uh like a shot of tequila and

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then drink with so the customers over

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there is that and then you drink with

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customers. Oh, drinking with children.

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So, so how much is the tequila if

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customer orders that? Um, some salmon.

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So, it's like

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a

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30,000 yen for one the set of te like 12

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shots. Then you can enjoy drinking with

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the automo.

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So, both of them are like a tequila shot

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set. You can order take

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shot. So they have a kokei as well. So

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you can uh

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uh sing uh all you can sing as many as

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you want here with your favorite songs.

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And

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after is a system that you can actually

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eat dinner with girls and then come to

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the shop. So before

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starting here you can actually

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uh invite the girls for dinner and then

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you pay for them and then come back here

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for

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eating after

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after

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after so also you can after business

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hour is finished here it's like 1:00

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a.m. You can actually uh invite the

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girls for drinking or bar hopping and

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also depends on the customer and girls

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you can uh you know adjust the

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tie. So she hasn't done it

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yet. So you can exchange line with

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customers.

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Uh so also foreigner also okay you can

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exchange line with the girls and then

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invite them for dinner. Come here for

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eat drinking with them and then also you

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can even go bar hopping after business

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hours is finished here and enjoy

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drinking with them

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as after

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Oh yeah, it's part of the job actually.

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So it's that dhon and so it's part of

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the

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job. Uh so 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. you

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can actually uh go out with the girls

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and have dinner for 2 hours. But

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starting a business starting time is uh

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8:00 here. So, so we have to be here by

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8.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay. All

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right. All right. So, I'm going to get

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another drink now. And so, she's going

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to get another drink.

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the this place actually is really big

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compared to other girls but now I came

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earlier so the customers actually

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they're going to come a bit later

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because as I said today is a Friday

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night and is a business town people are

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still working but uh later at night it's

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going to be too crowded here in every

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corner and then this place actually is

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huge is

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big a really nice

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Yeah. All

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right. Thank

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you. All right. Cheers.

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All right. Have you been to any other

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countries? actually

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Korea.

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So, which one was your favorite?

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America.

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Ah, New York. Okay.

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Oh, did you sit in two months in

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America? Yeah. So good. Then so actually

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and then what actually did do you like

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American food?

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American food.

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[Music]

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What's your favorite Japanese food?

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Actually

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tempura. Tempura. Oh, you like tempura.

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Nani tempura. Bro,

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eggplant. Oh, you must

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[Music]

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matcha. Matcha. Matcha.

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Matcha. So she likes matcha

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too. Do you go do you go traveling

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around Japan?

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So I asked uh do you travel in Japan?

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She said because she's a student when

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there is a holiday like a university

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holiday. Yeah, she goes traveling around

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Japan. Yeah, she likes unsen too.

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Okay. She she's doing this way. You look

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very fit.

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[Music]

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Ah, so she's been doing car and

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volleyball. So she should be very

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strong.

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She's strong. You have to be

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careful. All right.

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So I asked her if for example if you

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have foreign customers and they come

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here can you exchange the line with

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them? She says yes because there is a

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business uh duhan and after in order to

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know to make duhan and after you have

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to you have to make uh what is it you

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exchange number uh so yes she does like

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exchanging the number so as long as you

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paid for like a services like a food and

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stuff yeah you can do that Okay. This

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way.

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Oh, outdoor. She likes outdoor.

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Uh, so I asked, "What's your hobbies?"

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She says, "Because I'm

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outdoor on holiday." On holiday, she

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goes to

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uh like a mountain by

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herself. Ah, taco. Takosan is a famous

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mountain near Tokyo. It's only maybe 1

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hour from Tokyo and it's only 500 m

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high.

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Oh, so she goes to the top because there

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is a ropeway. I asked if you use

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ropeway. She says, "No, I walk by

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myself." She goes, "Yeah, she likes

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Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

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Ah, so yeah, she tries to go every

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season because Takan is really actually

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a beautiful place. The mountain just in

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Tokyo so

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beautiful. Oh, so she Yeah, she likes

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traveling alone. She goes to Enoshima

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Island, which is like 2 hours from

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Tokyo.

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So, she also enjoy being with friends

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too, but sometimes also she wants to go

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travel alone.

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Uh so she went America with her mother

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and father but she stayed there for one

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another one months by herself

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or so yes she had uh people there so it

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wasn't uh difficult.

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Okay. Okay.

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Okay. Chair.

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So much.

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Mhm.

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Okay. So, do you like anime too? Do you

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watch any?

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What do you

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watch? I don't know. It's a girlish

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anime and

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anime. Ah, mystery. Ah, mystery anime.

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How about How about movie? Do you watch

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movie too?

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She likes horror

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movie. Silent of the silent of

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the silent of the lamp. Ah, silent of

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the lamp. Oh, okay. Okay. So she loves

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that movie. It's like a horror movie.

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Wow. Papa got a papa. So because her

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father likes that movie, so she likes it

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too.

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Okay. All right. Thank you very much. It

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was really fun. Thank you.

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And

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byebye. Byebye.

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The video features a visit to Shimbashi, Tokyo's famous nightlife district, known for its lively drinking scene. The host is guided by Leah, a third-year university student who works at a unique "girls bar" called White Angel. Leah recommends Futago Yakiniku restaurant in the area. White Angel is a concept cafe where girls dress as angels in white. The bar operates on a 60-minute all-you-can-drink system for 4,000 yen, with additional charges for specific drinks, girl's drinks, and shots. It also offers karaoke and services like "Dohan" (dinner with girls before work) and "After" (drinking/bar hopping after work), allowing customers to exchange Line IDs with the girls. Leah, who studies English, shares her hobbies, which include calisthenics, volleyball, hiking (especially Mt. Takao), and traveling alone to places like Enoshima Island. She also enjoys anime and horror movies, particularly "The Silence of the Lambs."

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