Lost in Translation Karaoke

Quite some time ago, my friend Finton decided he wanted to do Karaoke in the exact same room as the scene from Lost in Translation. Through the magic of the internet, he found the place and the room that the scene was filmed in. Last night we got a group together and had a wicked time singing Karaoke. We sang lots of the classics, plus I even tried out a Bjork song which was a hilarious disaster!

Actually, even though the Karaoke was really fun, and it was super cool to be in the Lost in Translation room, the highlight of last night was when we left Shibuya Station. This part of Tokyo is the one with the giant video screens (like in Lost in Translation, if you've seen it, when Bill Murray is arriving in Tokyo he goes by an intersection and sees a giant dionsaur, that's Shibuya crossing). So we're at Shibuya crossing last night, the light's about to change and thousands of people hurry to make it across the giant intersection. Someone in our group decided (since we were late), to make a break across the street, but as soon as we started running, the light changed. It was us, and only us, running across this massive intersection (the worlds busiest apparently). It felt like we had an audience of thousands of people, set against the backdrop of neon signs and giant video screens. Such a rush! After crossing we all had a good laugh about it, and today as I write this I realize I had yet another unique Japan moment.

Heres a clip from Lost in Translation for comparason: