![]() Look for “Big Echo” or “747” or “karaoke-kan.” They all have a good selection of foreign songs from different countries. ![]() ![]() The big karaoke chains have outlets around all the major train stations. Many Japanese prefer instead to rent a private karaoke room, complete with plastic-covered sofas, a TV monitor and microphones. Where to go: Karaoke bars in Japan tend to be tiny and geared toward businessmen with expense accounts who can afford the high-priced drinks and doting mama-san hostesses who pour them. By the 1980s, however, karaoke went global. Translated as “empty” (kara) and “orchestra” (okesutora), karaoke was initially a novelty concept for entertaining businessmen in hotel rooms. Karaoke basics: Karaoke was brought into the world around 1971 by a particularly inventive Japanese singer who leased tape recorders for sing-alongs. But where? And in a nation where etiquette is everything, how? Actually, since you’re in the public singing capital of the world, you need to karaoke. The situation: You’ve downed a couple of stiff sakes with friends in a Tokyo bar when it hits you.
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