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  • Go out drinking in Roppongi on a Saturday night and you'll half-believe you're in LA, or at least Hong Kong, among the Romanian restaurants and Filipina hostess clubs; then, on Sunday morning, walk down Omotesando street, past all the note-perfect French cafes and high-end boutiques, with the Kings Road of Takeshita street just a short hop away.

    Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top Pico Iyer 2010

  • I think there are some from Odaiba, and one is taken of the Mori tower in Roppongi … which is about an hour away from Yokohama in downtown Tokyo.

    Stunning Tokyo Night HDR Photography 2007

  • For the 50th anniversary of the International House of Japan in Roppongi in 2002, Takeshi Ishiguro created a machine which pops out smoke rings automatically from a box which is placed in the large garden - every 5 minutes.

    Vapour City 2006

  • For the 50th anniversary of the International House of Japan in Roppongi in 2002, Takeshi Ishiguro created a machine which pops out smoke rings automatically from a box which is placed in the large garden - every 5 minutes.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • For dinner, we checked out an area called Roppongi, known for their nightlife.

    Japan Food Hunt #1: 6am Sushi, Orgasmic Ramen and Chicken Butt e d b m 2006

  • For dinner, we checked out an area called Roppongi, known for their nightlife.

    Archive 2006-05-01 e d b m 2006

  • Marines, Pakistani pimps and assorted polyglot freaks - reinforced the notion of Roppongi as ground zero for Tokyo's gilded, fecund nightlife.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • The crowd - American bond-traders in Brooks Brothers suits, visiting models, second-rate rock stars, African bouncers, Israeli street vendors, drunken U.S. Marines, Pakistani pimps and assorted polyglot freaks - reinforced the notion of Roppongi as ground zero for Tokyo's gilded, fecund nightlife.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2001

  • The photo above shows Roppongi which is the center for foreigner night-life in Tokyo.

    Stunning Tokyo Night HDR Photography 2006

  • For reasons I don’t entirely understand, my guy was running a biker bar in Roppongi.

    Yatterings » End of the World Blues – Jon Courtenay Grimwood interviewed 2007

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