Have your own Anisong concert at Wako Family KTV!
December 4th, 2009 | Published in Anime and Manga, Music and Entertainment | 21 Comments
Last weekend after UP AME no Jidai, my flatmate and I found ourselves in Makati with nothing else to do. It was too early and we were loathe to go home, so we ended up on the other side of Makati Avenue for a spot of karaoke at Wako Family KTV :D
The staff greeted us like regulars even if we had not dropped by in several months. Immediately, they handed us three Japanese song books (one sorted by artist, another by song title, and another one filled with anime and tokusatsu theme songs) and escorted us to our room. After ordering a round of drinks we immediately got down to business, reaching the twenty song queue limit on their DAM system in about five minutes.
Wako employs the Japanese DAM Karaoke System instead of the more ubiquitous Korean Kumyong System, assuring singers of better sound quality than your typical videoke machine, and a wider selection of Japanese pop tunes. DAM even has an option that automatically uploads songs to the local machine weekly via the internet, although I think Wako’s database has not been updated in months.
To illustrate the depth of the song list: there are close to sixty song entries for L’ Arc~en~Ciel, over eighty for Hamasaki Ayumi, and as many as three hundred anime and tokusatsu image and theme songs (Macross, Gundam, Code Geass, Kamen Rider, etc.). We spent close to four hours just killing our throats, and never had so much fun in our lives :D
Wako Family KTV is located along Arnaiz Avenue (formerly Pasay Road) in Makati City, near the corner of Paseo de Roxas and Arnaiz Avenue (MAP). They are open from 11:00 AM to 5:00 AM everyday. Rates are PhP 85 per head for each hour of karaoke, but ladies get half off from midnight to closing time.
They offer a relatively affordable selection of food and drinks, however items bought from outside stores will be charged corkage fees. When selecting a room, always ask for the Japanese songbook to be brought out as sometimes they are stored at the bar. Have fun kids!
December 4th, 2009at 17:00(#)
OMG! This is the first time I’ve heard of this KTV. And it’s in Makati nonetheless. o_O
Thanks so much for sharing. ^_^
December 4th, 2009at 17:03(#)
Thanks for the tip \o/
December 4th, 2009at 17:41(#)
OMG I’m there!!!
December 4th, 2009at 18:01(#)
@eva_guy01 sing WATASHI NO KARE WA PILOT >:D
December 4th, 2009at 21:22(#)
Dapat karaoke party na lang pag visit ko!
December 4th, 2009at 21:24(#)
I had a feeling that place is good. Ever since it opened, I have been itching to go there. XD
December 5th, 2009at 01:31(#)
Oh my god, thanks for sharing this! It’s just a jeepney ride away from our house and I didn’t even know about it. o_o
December 5th, 2009at 14:58(#)
Nice. Now I can belt some macross frontier and k-on songs there. Hehehe
December 10th, 2009at 17:40(#)
@bryan: sorry there isn’t macross frontier or K-on songs yet. To give you an idea up to what songs they carry…
think first season of Honey and Clover… I hope that is a good estimate…
raech may be saying watashi no kare wa pilot from the original macross…
December 11th, 2009at 20:34(#)
@magnetic_rose: do you know Wako’s contact number? I badly want to know if they have rooms for 12-15 people?
Great review for the KTV. My forum friends decided to go here. And thanks to Shabby for the suggestion. :P
December 13th, 2009at 23:22(#)
i have to look for their business card as i can’t recall their number, but yes, they do have rooms for up to twenty people at a time.
December 14th, 2009at 12:51(#)
Thank you for confirming it. ;) I can’t wait to sing anisongs. :D
December 30th, 2009at 11:05(#)
WOOOW! romaji or furigana yung characters? :D
December 30th, 2009at 11:52(#)
sorry — full kanji i’m afraid~ ^^;;
May 23rd, 2010at 19:58(#)
OMG!!!! thanx for this!! been searching for a karaoke place with japanese songs!! yey!!!! they do have KAT-TUN songs right?????
May 23rd, 2010at 20:27(#)
yup — several KAT-TUN songs are on the list.
May 23rd, 2010at 22:28(#)
if you don’t mind… could you name some KAT-TUN songs that they have on their songbook??
‘coz i called them earlier.. and the persons that i talked to are not sure if they have KAT-TUN songs.. she said that they are all in kanji.. but KAT-TUN itself if not written in kanji right? so i’m kinda confused.. gomen to much questions…
May 23rd, 2010at 23:15(#)
sorry but i don’t listen to KAT-TUN so i have no idea which songs of theirs are in there; all i remember is that many JE bands have songs in the system — i guess you’ll have to check the tracklist for yourelf.
May 24th, 2010at 19:48(#)
oh.. thats alright.. thank you so much!!!!
May 28th, 2010at 13:59(#)
can I ask you something?
Pano po pumunta sa Wako from mrt Ayala station? thanks in advance
May 28th, 2010at 14:51(#)
you can walk from the station to the corner of arnaiz avenue (pasay road) and then follow it down all the way to wako. please check the map in the post for details.