As planned I managed to
make it into Nagoya on Saturday night. The club we went to is called ID Café,
and was (in my inexperienced opinion) very cool. It felt crazy to be leaving
Gifu at five thirty all dressed up, but nightlife gets going a lot earlier here.
In addition, we decided to ride our bikes to the station, which takes about an
hour. Thus, five thirty.
The club is in Sakae,
which is the area of Nagoya best known for its nightlife. From speaking to
Japanese people, ID is known for attracting gaijin, but to me it seemed there
were a lot of Japanese people there. There are five floors, but I only explored
the upper floors briefly, since the bottom floor was by far the liveliest. I
didn’t hear much Japanese music through the evening, but since the playlist
included ‘Call Me Maybe’ I wasn’t complaining.
The best part of the
night was being a foreigner. I decided to take it as a licence to dance however
I liked, and test ran a number of moves I’ve been working on. Although my
dancing appeared to be accepted (and even appreciated by some), I payed a price
for my energetic raving with my entire body aching the next morning. The club
closes at one, and I was really lucky to have a friend driving back to Gifu.
Even so, I only rolled into bed at four, and was up again at eight to get ready
to go back to Nagoya to get to church! Suffice it to say, I slept well last
night.
