save up and go to japan, there are some brilliant places in kyoto and tokyo. five mines train ride from shibuya station is a suburb type thing called shimokitizawa which is awesome, it seems to be where all the artists go and hang, thin streets that cars wont fit down, lots of bars, small cinema playing only local short films, galleries very tiny but galleries all the same, it is fantastic.
in kyoto is stayed in this house that lonley planet recomended which was owned by an old frech guy who was a jazz record collector and he pointed out some great jazz bars and one had some awesome free jazz, cant remember what i was now though it was a few years ago, any way i say go and experience it rather than read about it......
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