Clubbing in Osaka

After spending 8+ hours on an overnight bus to Osaka, we arrived a little tired but excited. We couldn't check into our hotel until 3:00, so we left our bags in a locker at the Osaka train station and took the subway to see Osaka castle.
Afterwards we headed downtown and checked out the shopping arcade- which was a long covered dome with stores on both sides. It was probably about 30 blocks long! The first place we stopped at was Starbucks! We don't have Starbucks in the area that we live in, so it was a treat. They have Matcha(green tea) Frappuccinos at the SBUX in Japan and they are soo good!
We did a little shopping and then went to an okonomiyaki restaurant- which is a food that Osaka is known for.
We headed for our hotel to see if we could check in a little early. The hotel was a business hotel- meaning very simple and cheap, it was 2500Y ($25 per person/night) and we each had our own room. When we got there we found out that all we had in our room was a bed, tv, and fridge. We had to share a sink and toilet with everyone on our floor and there was only one showering room for the whole hotel on the first floor! The room had about 5 showers and a huge bathtub and no stalls or curtains or anything. The website apparently didn't mention anything about this! So, Men and women had set showering times and women had only an hour in the early morning and 2 hours at night- and men had about 6 hours, or more, during the day to shower. Does this seem fair to you- no! But, it's Japan. So, it was interesting- but cheap and we only had to stay 2 nights there.
So, we checked in and headed to our rooms for a quick nap before getting ready to go out. We took the subway downtown and met some nice drunken businessmen who took some pics with us. We started out at an irish pub called the Pig & Whistle- where we met a bunch of other foreigners. One of them happened to bartend at another club that we were planning on going to afterwards, so we had some food and a few drinks and then he showed us the way to Sam and Dave's. It was dark inside and they had good music there- but it was still pretty early so we left to hit up the Underground before we returned to Sam and Dave's.
TheUnderground was the typical club that you would picture in Japan. It was in a big basement and packed full of people. They played loud, loud techno music and you could barely see anything but the bright neon strobe lights. After that we headed back to Sam and Dave's, which was packed, and danced to hip hop music until around 3. Then, where do you go to eat after a night of drinking in Japan? Ramen of course. We headed down the street to a little Ramen shop before catching a cab back to our hotel. Oh yeah, I didn't mention before but we also found out that our hotel had a curfew. The front door locked between the hours of midnight and 4:30AM! Does this make any sense? No. So, we had to chill outside for about 45 minutes until they unlocked the doors. All in all it was a fun eventful night.