always assumed it was - no reason for it not to be
this - oh god, so much this. I work long hours, but i can operate on 4 hours sleep at worst and a lot of times on 2 hours (thanks kids!)
By the time i get home and put the kids to bed, if the wife doesn't want to play games or spend time together, then Tokyo is still awake. I live in an area where lots of stuff is still within 3 minutes - we have an Izakaya next door that's always packed, there's 4 restaurants down our street that don't close until 2am, there's indian, italian, chinese, all of which rock within 5 minutes, there's an awesome vinyl bar where i can go chat with the people there and listen to obscure Merseybeat tracks and discuss the merits of LP artwork, there's arcades, the video rental places close at 3am, the games shop is open until 2am, the bars don't close at all, Shinjuku is a 50 minute walk away and that never closes, Shimokita is even closer, as is Kichijoji - the place is never sleeping, always alive - no matter what. Throw in that everything is safe, people are always about.
If i was back in England my options would be vastly closed.
The fact that i can go walk/run the streets regardless of time and not worry about safety is something that cannot be given a price tag.
