Dinner becomes drinks, drinks become another bar and suddenly everyone knows someone new.
Social, energetic and naturally keeps the group moving. You like Tokyo loud, famous and full of people you met an hour ago.
Your four letters
SpontaneousPlanning
Likes flexibility, improvisation and changing plans.
The other side is P, Planned.
You are already the one making it work for everybody, and you were going to do that whether anyone asked or not. Somebody should plan one day for you.
Tokyo, the CSBN way
Where to stay
Shinjuku. Everything you need is within stumbling distance.
Golden Gai, Shinjuku
Two hundred tiny bars in six alleys. You'll know three bartenders by midnight.
Omoide Yokocho
Smoke, skewers and strangers at your elbow. Start the night here.
A karaoke box, all night
The plan was one hour. It's never one hour.
What to skip
The 7am anything.
Your people, and your problem
NOMIKAI飲み会
“The people and energy are half the experience.”
A nomikai is the after-work drinking party where the real conversation happens. Nomikai travelers want the Tokyo everyone talks about, and they want it with people. No spreadsheet required: the plan is whoever's around and wherever's good.
How to travel: Stay somewhere central and well connected, keep the evenings open, and let the famous neighbourhoods do the work. Your trip is measured in stories, not stops.
Not sure this is you?
Two minutes, no wrong answers. Koko works out your four letters and picks places in Tokyo to match.
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