going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, to what eric clapton and pete townsend reigning guitar gods of england. what they must have gone through the week that jimi hendrix came to town. you hear about it, you go see it. a whole window opens up into a whole new thing. and you think, what does this mean? what do i have left to say? what do i do now? >> welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. 12-hour flight and i'm baked. no sleep. might as well -- must -- go out. ♪ the kabukicho district near my hotel has the advantage of being where the subterranean life, the repressed i.d.s of the japanese male, some female too, come out to play. joining me is japanese film producer and production manager maso sokubel. always a good sign when protective chains protect entertainers from the soon to be entertained. right? prepare yourself for the greatest show in the history of entertainment. >> a long time ago on a planet far away -- ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> no. no, it can't be over! not yet. no! but yet -- yet it is. with a series of chaste high fives with the hard

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