Wow. I do remember there being a lot of vending machines in Tokyo, and I am thinking that not all of them were for food/drink. But I don't remember there being any "tie" vendors. That is crazy!
I definitely remember the karaoke parlors (there were a ton of them, along with a lot of smallish nightclubs), but I don't remember the "little sister" cafes (what the heck are those?) and I've seen those crazy game shows on American tv, but I was only there for about 10 days, so I didn't get to catch any of that live. I can just imagine what those video game arcades were like. A virtual Las Vegas every corner you took! You were correct when you said Shibuya! We took the subway there (it moved way, way faster than any subway I have been on, before or since) and arrived at the basement, more or less, of the shopping mall. I didn't know it was an all-girls' mall and I didn't even care because it was so dang fascinating. I think I was there for 6 hours just walking around. Like you said, it was all like a dream. I also saw the biggest Starbucks in my life. It was like two blocks wide.
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