A big comfy chair sits in front of the karaoke machine, the TV and the condenser microphone. The karaoke box itself is just enough room for one person. If you are a woman, you also have the option of a room in the women-only zone. The karaoke rooms don’t have speakers so you have to use headphones, but if you bring your own, you won’t have to rent ones from 1kara. The regular price for ½ hour of karaoke and drink bar on the weekend at 1kara in Akihbara is 490 yen, so the campaign was a good deal.Īfter signing up and confirming any discounts, you get to choose your karaoke machine and headphones.
When I went to the 1kara in Akihabara, they were having a campaign in which if you discovered 1kara from their website, you can register for free, use the basic headphones for free, use the drink bar for free, and, on top of that, have a whole hour of karaoke for free. Like most other karaoke places, you’ll be asked to register and will be given a member’s card upon entering for the first time.īefore going, be certain to take a look at the 1kara website for information about campaigns. No dreaded “何名様ですか” (“How many in your party?”) question, and no pitying/suspicious looks from other guests. The advantages of going solo to karaoke at a hitokara box start at the door. The entire decor of 1kara, with it’s various “zones”, stark colors, and angular shapes, does evoke the atmosphere of a spaceship. The 1kara website refers to its stores as “ships”, so it only makes sense that it refers to the individual karaoke rooms as “pits”. Owned by Koshidaka Holdings, which is most known for the karaoke box Manekineko, 1kara caters exclusively to those who want to sing their hearts out all alone. 1kara is the result of at least one company that saw an opportunity. The hitokara trend picked up starting mid-2000s, and several companies have taken note. In either case, you might find a new hobby in “hitokara” (ヒトカラ): going to karaoke alone. Alternatively, perhaps you want all those enka and Beatles songs to yourself. As much fun as karaoke with your boss and coworkers may be, sometimes you just want to belt out your favorite songs without interludes of enka or the Beatles.
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