Asakusa Samba Carnival

Strangely, Asakusa enjoys its Samba Carnival.

It attracts a lot of spectators with a camera and a huge zoom lens in their hands.

Those are the amateurs of fetish photos.

The Asakusa district authority wisely chose the spectacle in the early 80s to stimulate its local economy.

Unlike other exotic attractions in Japan, some of which have a very short life, Asakusa's Samba celebrates nearly 30 years of its existence.

The difference is the presence of bikini girls.

Our Guest Book

Mon Chi-chi has set a guest book page on our Asakusa Underground.

He has also added the mail form to send messages to us.

It is important to hear what the readers think about our site.

Beside, if someone kindly correct our English, we will be more than happy.

After all, the language of Shakespeare is not our mother tongue.

Sleeping at a Karaoke box in Tokyo

You can sleep in a Karaoke Box in Tokyo.

Sleep at a Karaoke Box.

This is a new article on Asakusa Underground.

I am translating Romance-hunting in Ueno.

Both articles are written by Chi-chi.

Jeff-san

Jeff lives somewhere in Japan, probably, somewhere in Shikoku, one of the main island in Japanese archipelagos.

I wonder how it is to be an expatriate in Japan.

Having spent more than half of my life outside Japan, I came to think that Japan is a theme park for adults.

A little like a Disneyland solely for fairly wealthy adults.

Why, adults only?

Because you need to have a certain level of understanding about the civilization to fully enjoy it. 

Besides, to do it, you need to have an ample budget.

Though our site Asakusa Underground advocates backpacking in Japan, I suspect that it would give you one dimensional idea about the country.

After all, you should spend a night or two at a fairly luxurious ryokan hotel in an onsen hot spring resort to experience a truly Japanese experience, and it is not cheap.

Jeff-san knows it well, and he and his Japanese colleagues will tell you how you invest your travel budget wisely.

But the best way to enjoy the Adult Only theme park is live there like him. 

Neculai-san

Mr Neculai Amalinei is a Romanian.

He studies Japan and Japanese culture in Romania.

He has a site about learning Japanese and Japan's culture in English and Romanian.

We placed the link to his site on the article about a Japanese legend.

Romania and modern Japan and ancient Japan sit next to each other.

How wonderful!

Without Internet we couldn't have met each other.