not the most glam­ourous part of tokyo, with a rep­u­ta­tion for sleaze and bad taste, it nev­er­the­less boasts one of tokyo’s biggest rail­way sta­tions, two of the biggest depart­ment stores in the world, and serves the dor­mi­tory pre­fec­ture of saitama. nev­er­the­less, this is where your fear­less host was employed for around five years, back in the day.