my 2 cents (@0.01 cents per word)
[QUOTE=Wazoo]I've never had much luck in the Nampa department. I read all these intriguing reports in that section and get all fired up to try, but have never been successful. I've even struck out at Motown, which is reported to be like hunting ducks in a barrel. When I've gone, either the place is empty, there are too few women, or everyone there already is hooked up. I've about decided that nampa is a game for those who have excellent Japanese and/or are long-termers in Japan. [/QUOTE]As a long-termer with excellent Japanese, Motown and Roppongi nampa has never seemed as easy as it's sometimes said to be. I've probably picked up 6-7? girls in Roppongi over maybe 50 nights spent drinking there over 15 years, but I can say from my experience that excellent Japanese and being in Japan long-term do not guarantee that this white guy of perfectly acceptable appearance (I hope) and making reasonsable efforts won't strike out. I have to bow my hat to the nampa experts, some on this board, who've got what it really takes. I'm not shy, and not too aggressive, but I can't pull off the level of planning and charm that it takes to lower the Roppongi strike-out ratio. In my experience, the best places in terms of the "get" ratio for white Westerners have been small bars in bad locations targeting foreigners that struggle to get a critical mass of customers and so allow/encourage several slutty girls who like to sleep around with white guys to hang out there. Having two or three white-guy-crazy sluts attracts a few others, and if there are six of these and only 10 male customers (say 5 Japanese and 5 Westerners), the Westerners have a good chance of going home accompanied by somebody, if they want. When I was in my mid-20s, the first place like this was a bar in Ogikubo with a heavy-set American owner/bartender, then there was a place on the west side of Shinjuku station from which I picked up 3 different girls on different nights who all knew each other, and there was an Irish pub in Ueno with a Scottish owner/bartender that wasn't quite as ****-heavy but I still could get lucky more easily than in Roppongi, where there are usually just too many prowling foreign guys just like me to go around. Am a little older now and don't have as much time/energy to expend on bar nampa, but would be happy to find which bar where has this sort of role nowadays. Or, take your chances in Roppongi (Heartland not Motown) and even though you may not be successful most times, when you do manage to pick someone up, they're of better quality in the sense that they are someone you might not minding dating or being with longer than one night.
Shiroikoibito website down
Anyone know if Shiroikoibito in Nishikawaguchi AKA Kinnotsuki is still around? I just checked their website and it is down. Maybe they have changed their name again or have closed down.