Big Echo karaoke
The Ginza branch of this popular karaoke chain is perpetually popular, with rooms designed for everyone from singing couples right through to 20-strong groups. Look out for the Hello Kitty-themed room and extremely drunk salarymen on weekdays, often found wandering from booth to booth, looking for company. (The staff seem to have noticed the correlation between the number of songs sung and their guests' lubrication: all-you-can-drink deals can be negotiated.) Thousands of songs are available for butchering, but don't expect much in the way of contemporary western stuff – the English menu is Genesis-heavy.
• 4-2-14 Ginza, Chuo-ku, +81 3 3563 5100, big-echo.jp, other locations throughout the capital. Open Sat-Thurs noon-5am, Fri noon-6am
• 4-2-14 Ginza, Chuo-ku, +81 3 3563 5100, big-echo.jp, other locations throughout the capital. Open Sat-Thurs noon-5am, Fri noon-6am
