Club A-Life

I wonder if the name at all corresponds with the NY urban brand A-life? Regardless it was one of the best nights I have had yet. Aska invited me to a party hosted by a group called Zero. It a bunch of Sophia and Waseda college students who throw parties. From what I understand they rent out the clubs then organize bashes. They even have a bunch of sponsors. Aska said they are the best party people, so I decided early to go.

Advanced tickets were half the price, so Jocelyn and I decided to go with those. Only problem is that you have to get them directly from a Zero member. Aska's friend forgot the tickets the day before, so we were put on the waiting list. It is a pretty exclusive thing, the night of I had to say "Zero, no bob, no guest desu" as confirmation? I don't know exactly what it was for, but it got us in for $20.

We got there around 7pm and the party started at 4. So a good number of the people in there were already drunk. I was actually amazed how many people were there considering it was so early. The dj altered between trance/techno and American hip-hop every half hour or so. We were both surprised at both the turn out and atmosphere.

The demographics were good. I would say all of the people there were college students. Pretty much everyone knew most of the other people there. Nearly everyone was Japanese. But since most of them were educated in international schools, they switched easily between speaking in Japanese and English, although Japanese was primarily spoken. It was also one of the best dressed clubs I have been in. None of the girls were wearing anything particularly skanky. Actually I really liked the dresses, shirts, and outfits that they had on. Its def different from the US in a good way. I like how you don't have to deal with the tight, low-cut stuff that a lot of American girls wear. Oh and also, the guys don't hit on you like crazy like they would in the US.

Halfway through the night they even had people perform. Like two girls did a hip-hop dance routine. Then a group of three guys had something like an America's Best Dance Crew show. It was soo good. Really the best thing I have ever seen live. After two guys did a show to the beat of a rap song. In sync they would catch the soccer ball on the small of their back, flip it up and balance it on their head, juggle it with their feet. It's really hard to explain and I really am not doing it justice. The last group was a guy beat boxing. He was really amazing. Sounded like something was being mixed, he had 5 or more sounds/rhythms going at the same time. But then while he was doing it, the rest of the group came out. Two guys who were yo-yoing to the beat, a dancer, and a soccer juggling guy. It was the craziest thing to see them doing it all at the same time. Such a good group of performers. I hope to upload one of Jocelyn's videos soon!

When we were sitting watching the whole club going crazy, I was thinking what better dancers Japanese are then American guys. Really it seems like they are not only concerned with how they look, but also how well they can move. Really saw some guys that stand out. The white exchange students were doing their 2-steps looking awkward and the Japanese guys were totally showing them up. Lol even big guys can dance. I have determined the superiority of male Japanese dancers.