Following a $300 dinner, our group of 7 proceeded to a night-life zone. Frankly, the wonderful dinner wouldn’t have been typical of a foreigner’s itinerary had it not been organized by long-time Japanese friends. For dessert, Japanese guides leading the way, we walked to the “Ice Bar” that most pedestrians would miss without a thought. This place, however, was “not to be missed” and, after our entire party had packed into the smallish vestibule, we learned that for $35 a head we’d be provided down parkas, gloves, and an ice bench on which to consume a shot of delicious vodka.
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