This was a pretty great weekend.  I aimlessly went in to Tokyo assuming something would be going on and I could meet some friends, and, sure enough, Ian called around 10 Friday night and asked what I was up to.  We met under the Spider at Roppongi Hills and, after 5mins at a Chinese restaurant, left for Shibuya with Mayumi, Kaziya, Kota, Shun, Nao, and Sarah.  Mayumi is Ian's girlfriend, Sarah was a Parisian girl in Japan to learn Japanese, and all were unknown to me.  But we took the train to Ebisu and roamed around getting to know each other before going to Womb.

I'm never surprised anymore at how nice Japanese people are in general.  After a couple conbini (convenience store) beers and a short walk to hachiko, we were all getting along swimmingly, talking about girls, hip-hop, and everything in between in the sort of hybrid Japanese/English that seems to come out in these mixed groups.  Nao and Kota had been to Madlib the week before in Tokyo, and I tried not to let my jealousy destroy the conversation.  But we shuffled in to Womb by about 1AM and had a great time listening to the Minimal/Techno/House mix that echoed throughout the club, featuring Swedish House-duo, Minilogue.  It was a better mix that last time at Womb with Jon, Michelle, Rosie and Dave.