One evening my older sister (姉 “ane”) and I were in an elevator in Roppongi (六本木 – a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for its popular night club scene), on our way up to a top floor venue. As teens we had long looked forward to seeing a Beatles copy band (ビートルズのものまねバンド “Beatles no mono mane bando”) called ‘Beatlemania’ at the ‘Cavern Club’ since we were too young to see the real band in its heyday (全 盛期 “zenseiki”). Although we were beyond excited and our dress and sp