This is one of the things you get used to in asia, where real estate is high and population is so condensed you step on each other, and it might seem strange to a westerner, but at a certain point you get used to living in a vertical entertainment universe, where six or seven different clubs and bars are on separate floors of what seems like a normal condominium. |
And when you have limited space, where you bar just can not be seen from the street, this is where the neons and the lit signs come into play, each one more brilliant, more shinny, more dynamic in the light movement, and more alluring in the pictures they display. It is not a wall, but a colorful menu. |
The dark side of Tokyo is darker than even my home town of Bangkok, and that is not easy. I think that this is the reason why they try to illuminate it so, thousands of neons in all colors and dazzling screens of glowing wonders, all just trying to hide the darkness underneath. |