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DISCOVER Japan Your Way As twilight hits, Japan’s dark side

Quirky Nights
is unleashed. Ghosts and ghouls
join handcuffed diners at Lock
Up in Shinjuku (www.lock-up.jp),
while writhing women and robo­
pandas dance to taiko techno at
Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant (p27).
Order a bento box, grab a drink,
and enjoy the spectacular show.

Diners ensconced in
shell-shaped chairs at
the Robot Restaurant

JAPAN
AFTER DARK

When the sun sets, Japan’s streets transform under bright neon
lights. From deliciously dingy dive bars to psychedelic robot
cabaret, frenetic nightclubs to chilled out live music events,
the country’s heady nightlife is not to be missed.

Japan Live!
Music lovers flock to Tokyo
everything from mellow gui­
tarists to roaring punk bands.
Try Shimokitazawa Three for
the next big thing (www.
toos.co.jp/3), while AKB48
Theater in the Akihabara
Electronics dis trict (www.
akb48.co.jp) is the place for
sickly sweet J­Pop. Outside
the capital, Osaka Muse is
altogether more gritty (www.
arm-live.com/muse/osaka).

Jazz drummer on
a cabaret stage
tapping out a beat
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