Comments on: Now for something completely different: Visual Kei http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/03/now-for-something-completely-different-visual-kei/ All the intriguing and seedy aspects that keep Japan running. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jake Adelstein http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/03/now-for-something-completely-different-visual-kei/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Jake Adelstein Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:25:41 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=902#comment-1259 I'll ask around! I'm not sure I'll get an answer. I thought Asakusa was Kokusuikai territory but I haven't really paid attention to the place in years, not as a reporter. I’ll ask around! I’m not sure I’ll get an answer. I thought Asakusa was Kokusuikai territory but I haven’t really paid attention to the place in years, not as a reporter.

]]> By: schultzzz http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/03/now-for-something-completely-different-visual-kei/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 schultzzz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:30:26 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=902#comment-1256 Thanks for the link. I am really really kicking myself for missing that lecture. But that's not why I'm writing - I'm writing because I was in Asakusa and there's a dilapidated karaoke bar right next to the main temple (on the back side). And on Friday at noon there were around 25 mobsters going in the place with another 7 or so standing guard in front, plus who-knows-how-many drivers with their cars waiting in the surrounding parking lots. Is that an average day in Asakusa? Or if it is an unusually large meeting, do you know the context? It seemed weird because the whole neighborhood looked run-down and semi-deserted . . . like even if it IS a mobbed-up 'hood, how can they be making any money? Thanks for the link. I am really really kicking myself for missing that lecture.

But that’s not why I’m writing – I’m writing because I was in Asakusa and there’s a dilapidated karaoke bar right next to the main temple (on the back side). And on Friday at noon there were around 25 mobsters going in the place with another 7 or so standing guard in front, plus who-knows-how-many drivers with their cars waiting in the surrounding parking lots.

Is that an average day in Asakusa? Or if it is an unusually large meeting, do you know the context? It seemed weird because the whole neighborhood looked run-down and semi-deserted . . . like even if it IS a mobbed-up ‘hood, how can they be making any money?

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