Comments on: Heartland - more than just a gaijin bar in Roppongi

By: Alfie

Alfie — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:36:41 +0000

Vacuous just about says it all. Nice to know there is some heritage to the place. Might as well be called Heartland Zoo these days though…. great for people watching though.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:38:19 +0000

PCM & Heartland, full of Can Cam OL clones on the look out for someone earning a decent salary. As recent research shows, women look for financial security in a man and the man will always go for good looks. No need fighting that, it’s nature that’s all. Get a suit on and get down there and play American Psycho for the night with the beautiful and vacuous.

By: foreign girl

foreign girl — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:23:12 +0000

interesting write up. always more than meets the eye. well done on spending the time on researching this out.

By: Red

Red — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:23:44 +0000

Thanks for your feedback guys.

Robert, please let us know what you think after your first visit. I guarantee you there is more atmosphere than gas panic (hey, no-one can accuse me of over promising!)

Good tip on PCM, Sofa. I’ll check it out. I’ve never been a fan of the ‘Pong so always keen to find a better alternative. (I must say though, I started visiting heartland a lot more after learning about it’s previous incarnation. I guess I’m a sucker for nostalgia)

By: fuckedgaijin

fuckedgaijin — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:21:01 +0000

I never had any idea that the litres of the green Heartland beer that I was downing all these years was:
1. Made by Kirin or 2. Japanese at all

I had just never given it any thought at all actually, apart from the fact that it does tend to make the fushigi-chan’s that hang out at Heartland a little bit better looking. The price tag also makes it easier to get the ladies plonked when you are on a budget, which must be a good thing, as applying the green beer goggles to them also, certainly must increase my chances.

Nice article, great insight into the central part of the first hours of my nights in Roppers.

By: Sofa

Sofa — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:47:26 +0000

Diagonially opposite from Almond is a bar, “Geronimo” which has real long happy hour, 6-9pm. If you are arriving at the pong early and don’t feel like heading to heartland, I’d suggest this place. Very chilled and relaxed, and at happy time price, VB’s are 400yen.

Heartland is…crap. I’m sorry to all those investment bankers out there, but the place is just as dodgy as any place in the pong. Sure, a bit of eye candy maybe, but how much time do you really have for the hako-iri, engrish speaking, money hungry slappers?

On the heartland beer, not a bad drop, and for 500yen a bottle, at least its reasonable.

FYI - A second “heartland” bar called “PCM” (1F of Tokia building, across the road from Tokyo Forum) has been operating in Marunouchi for a while, which has a bit more of a chilled atmosphere compared to Heartland in Roppers. There is still some eye candy (lacking in quantity but not in quality) and the fact that there are tables and chairs outside makes it a great place to have a beer after work.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:52:55 +0000

G-man,

I’ll have to do that then, yeah, nothin like liquid courage.

By: G-man

G-man — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:36:39 +0000

Rob you sad prick…in a crowded room with a few beers under your belt youll be fine…most foreigners are here alone anyway

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:25:00 +0000

G-man,

Sounds like I know where to go now in Roppongi! Now just gotta find people to go with!

By: G-man

G-man — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:20:56 +0000

Hey Robert…remove that neck brace and get wild..beers at Heartland are only 500yen!