Sunday, June 29, 2008
Lack of updates
Wow, 12 days and I haven't updated this site in awhile. I really feel bad about it especially since I have 7 more days to cover about Japan. It's crazy when your trying to do regular life stuff and time just flies by. I have plans for this site, which might include seperating the anime side of this into a totally new blog. Once everything gets organized, this site will be back and updated. I should update this sometime this week. So stay tuned.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Day 6: Yokohama
Originally this day was suppose to be the day we go to Osaka, but after reading my guidebook on the Subway. I noticed Osaka was more of a shopping, nightlife town and not a day trip. So after a couple train swaps thanks to our JR rail pass. We ended up in Yokohama.
You hear about this city mentioned in many shows and movies. I've come to find out that this city does a lot of importing and exporting. Yokohama being a seaside city, the nice cool ocean breeze was a different pace to the concrete jungle of Tokyo. Now the distance from Yokohama to Tokyo is not that far. It's like going from Downtown San Diego to Oceanside. At this point of the trip, my buddy and I have come to start taking advantage of maps instead of wondering around. So the first thing we hit up in this city is Yokohama Stadium. Baseball is pretty big there, unfortunately I wasn't able to attend one. But that just gives me another reason to come back to this town. Since cars isn't a big thing, the stadium was surrounded by a park and not a parking lot. Which is definitely a good thing. So the area looked nice. Granted it wasn't a big park, but still it was cool seeing green surrounding a stadium instead of asphalt.
After seeing the stadium, we headed towards the "bay area" of the city. Now I really wanted to check out this statue of the water god that was mentioned in the guidebook. Upon arriving at the statue, we come to discover that the statue was donated by San Diego. So it was a piece of our home placed in their home. The statue was given to them as a sign of good relations between the US and Japan. This whole area was beautiful, being from a town surrounded by beaches. Seeing the ocean reminded me of home.
After being reminiscent, we hit up the one thing that we kept hearing from locals about Yokohama. That Yokohama had one of the biggest Chinatown's that I've ever seen. I know I know, I know what your thinking. Why are you visiting a Chinatown in Japan. I was a little hesitant to check this out. But this place was huge, I mean really huge. Not like a block like the Chinatown in London. This was like a small suburb size in a big city. It was pretty cool checking this place out. There were temples, souvenier shops, meat buns and roasted chestnuts all over the place. If you ever wanted to ride a rickshaw, this place has it. If your looking for a martial arts outfit, this place has it. And you know its pretty cool to check out Chinatowns all over the world, so far I hit up Chinatowns in Japan, England, France and the US.
That pretty much sums up the day. We got back from that city around 7:00 PM. Had some dinner and just called it a day.
Til next time.
You hear about this city mentioned in many shows and movies. I've come to find out that this city does a lot of importing and exporting. Yokohama being a seaside city, the nice cool ocean breeze was a different pace to the concrete jungle of Tokyo. Now the distance from Yokohama to Tokyo is not that far. It's like going from Downtown San Diego to Oceanside. At this point of the trip, my buddy and I have come to start taking advantage of maps instead of wondering around. So the first thing we hit up in this city is Yokohama Stadium. Baseball is pretty big there, unfortunately I wasn't able to attend one. But that just gives me another reason to come back to this town. Since cars isn't a big thing, the stadium was surrounded by a park and not a parking lot. Which is definitely a good thing. So the area looked nice. Granted it wasn't a big park, but still it was cool seeing green surrounding a stadium instead of asphalt.
After seeing the stadium, we headed towards the "bay area" of the city. Now I really wanted to check out this statue of the water god that was mentioned in the guidebook. Upon arriving at the statue, we come to discover that the statue was donated by San Diego. So it was a piece of our home placed in their home. The statue was given to them as a sign of good relations between the US and Japan. This whole area was beautiful, being from a town surrounded by beaches. Seeing the ocean reminded me of home.
After being reminiscent, we hit up the one thing that we kept hearing from locals about Yokohama. That Yokohama had one of the biggest Chinatown's that I've ever seen. I know I know, I know what your thinking. Why are you visiting a Chinatown in Japan. I was a little hesitant to check this out. But this place was huge, I mean really huge. Not like a block like the Chinatown in London. This was like a small suburb size in a big city. It was pretty cool checking this place out. There were temples, souvenier shops, meat buns and roasted chestnuts all over the place. If you ever wanted to ride a rickshaw, this place has it. If your looking for a martial arts outfit, this place has it. And you know its pretty cool to check out Chinatowns all over the world, so far I hit up Chinatowns in Japan, England, France and the US.
That pretty much sums up the day. We got back from that city around 7:00 PM. Had some dinner and just called it a day.
Til next time.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Day 5: Kyoto
One of the deals that you can get being a travelor is a JR rail pass. With the JR rail pass, you basically get access to all JR trains, buses and ferries across Japan. Since I didn't want to stay in Tokyo the whole 2 weeks I was there. We decided to check out some of the shrines in Kyoto. Now the distance from Tokyo to Kyoto is about the same distance from San Diego to San Francisco. Now here's the cool thing, we took the Shinkansen to get to Kyoto. And the Shinkansen is the really fast bullet train, so we got from Tokyo to Kyoto in 2.5 Hours. Now while riding the train, we were able to see Mt. Fuji, unfortunately I wasn't able to take a picture because I was on the wrong side of the train.
Upon arriving to Kyoto, we first went to the Fushimi Inari Taisha. A little background on this shrine thanks to Lonely Planet, this shrine was dedicated to the gods of rice and sake by the Hata family in the 8th century. Upon arriving to the shrine, its a custom to wash your hands and drink the water at the entrance. I believe it was a form a cleansing before entering a place to pay respect. This place was pretty big, covering a whole mountain, so it was definitely a hike. But the view was just beautiful, the whole mountain felt like it had a lot of history in it. This was one of the biggest shrines they have in Japan, so it had a lot of graveyards and mini shrines honering the dead. You will notice along the walkways hundreds of wooden "torii." Now Torrii's is like a gateway, once you walk through one, its like cleansing your spirit before paying your respects. And with the amount of shrines they had in this one area, it was no surprise why they have so many.
Now we were suppose to go to another shrine that day, but we didn't know that most of the temples and shrines close at sundown. And we arrived in Kyoto 3 hours before sunset. Since we were only able to hit up one temple, we decided to hit up one more spot before we ventured back. And we definitely got the otaku out of us when we checked this place out. It was the Manga Museum in Kyoto.
Now the manga museum is exactly a Manga Otaku's dream. It has a collection of all the manga's ever made. And the best thing about it is, you can pull the books off the shelf and read them. Of course you have to know Japanese, but dayam all the manga at your fingertips. You can read anywhere in the museum, and there is a park area outside to read at if your that type of person. I admit man it was crazy holding the first volume of initial D in my hands. There was also some interactive area's where you can create your own characters and pretend to be voice actors. If that wasn't enough, the museum use to be a school back in the day. So we were walking in the halls of a Japanese school.
At this point, it was getting late, so we got a train back to Tokyo. Now thinking I would still be able to see Mt. Fuji, I asked for seats on the mountainside. Now I was on the right side, but it was already night and I couldn't see nothing because it was pitch black. We got back to Tokyo around 11:00 in the evening. And it was cool to see that the city was still running like people were just getting out of work. The funny thing is, that people were still getting out of work. So much to learn about this place, so little time.
Til next time.
Upon arriving to Kyoto, we first went to the Fushimi Inari Taisha. A little background on this shrine thanks to Lonely Planet, this shrine was dedicated to the gods of rice and sake by the Hata family in the 8th century. Upon arriving to the shrine, its a custom to wash your hands and drink the water at the entrance. I believe it was a form a cleansing before entering a place to pay respect. This place was pretty big, covering a whole mountain, so it was definitely a hike. But the view was just beautiful, the whole mountain felt like it had a lot of history in it. This was one of the biggest shrines they have in Japan, so it had a lot of graveyards and mini shrines honering the dead. You will notice along the walkways hundreds of wooden "torii." Now Torrii's is like a gateway, once you walk through one, its like cleansing your spirit before paying your respects. And with the amount of shrines they had in this one area, it was no surprise why they have so many.
Now we were suppose to go to another shrine that day, but we didn't know that most of the temples and shrines close at sundown. And we arrived in Kyoto 3 hours before sunset. Since we were only able to hit up one temple, we decided to hit up one more spot before we ventured back. And we definitely got the otaku out of us when we checked this place out. It was the Manga Museum in Kyoto.
Now the manga museum is exactly a Manga Otaku's dream. It has a collection of all the manga's ever made. And the best thing about it is, you can pull the books off the shelf and read them. Of course you have to know Japanese, but dayam all the manga at your fingertips. You can read anywhere in the museum, and there is a park area outside to read at if your that type of person. I admit man it was crazy holding the first volume of initial D in my hands. There was also some interactive area's where you can create your own characters and pretend to be voice actors. If that wasn't enough, the museum use to be a school back in the day. So we were walking in the halls of a Japanese school.
At this point, it was getting late, so we got a train back to Tokyo. Now thinking I would still be able to see Mt. Fuji, I asked for seats on the mountainside. Now I was on the right side, but it was already night and I couldn't see nothing because it was pitch black. We got back to Tokyo around 11:00 in the evening. And it was cool to see that the city was still running like people were just getting out of work. The funny thing is, that people were still getting out of work. So much to learn about this place, so little time.
Til next time.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Day 4: Shopping at Akihabara
*Warning: For those who dream about going to Akihabara all the time, I wouldn't read this post. It might shatter your perfect image of the place.
Ok so its a Monday, we have another 10 days in Japan. Might as well go shopping, and what better way to start than at Akihabara. Now check this out, like I said before there are rows and rows of shops that are nothhing but seven stories or more. Each having a specific theme whether it would be games, anime, electronics, or all of the above. If your going to seriously check out everyshop, your going to need a couple days. Did I forget to mention there are arcades galore? But I gotta give those fighter genre players out there, the competition is fierce out there. If your a novice, your not going to get a single hit on these cats. Believe me I know, and I thought I was a pro at Guilty Gear XX too.
So pretty much the majority of the day was trying to go through all these shops. Checking out so many random anime shops, it was crazy to see all the dvd's they had and random items that were on sale. But here's the downside for all the US shoppers. All the dvd's are region 2 and unless you know Japanese, there are no english subtitles. Unlike american dvd's, tv show dvds have only 2 episodes and each dvd is about 30-40 bucks each. Everything is pretty much expensive in Japan, so if you want a good time, think of a budget that you want to bring and increase that by 50%. But if your looking for a quick souvineir, than the capsule machines got your back. For about 200 yen, you get a figurine that'll probably cost 5 bucks here in the states. And they got miles and miles of these machines everywhere. Now I didn't come home empty handed, I actually came back with this beauty right here that you'll rarely find in the states.
After Akihabara, we ventured into Roppongi a little more. Now this time we ventured into Roppongi Hills, which is a mixture of business, mall shops, and hanging out at the same time. Get what I'm saying? So basically you got a mall, business building and a open park area all scrunched up into one. It's a nice area. Crazy thing about this mall is the gap between the shops, the walkways are literally a yard wide. So all the shops are close to each other. So close that you could hear the other shops talking ish if they want to. We got lost walking around in this condensed area, so we called it a day there.
That night, we ended up at Sam and Dave's. Our homie brought a wii there, and we ended up playing some Mario Kart and Guitar Hero up in the same bar we first partied at. I thought that was pretty cool.
Nothing too exciting, but its still shopping in the anime and electronics wonderland.
Ok so its a Monday, we have another 10 days in Japan. Might as well go shopping, and what better way to start than at Akihabara. Now check this out, like I said before there are rows and rows of shops that are nothhing but seven stories or more. Each having a specific theme whether it would be games, anime, electronics, or all of the above. If your going to seriously check out everyshop, your going to need a couple days. Did I forget to mention there are arcades galore? But I gotta give those fighter genre players out there, the competition is fierce out there. If your a novice, your not going to get a single hit on these cats. Believe me I know, and I thought I was a pro at Guilty Gear XX too.
So pretty much the majority of the day was trying to go through all these shops. Checking out so many random anime shops, it was crazy to see all the dvd's they had and random items that were on sale. But here's the downside for all the US shoppers. All the dvd's are region 2 and unless you know Japanese, there are no english subtitles. Unlike american dvd's, tv show dvds have only 2 episodes and each dvd is about 30-40 bucks each. Everything is pretty much expensive in Japan, so if you want a good time, think of a budget that you want to bring and increase that by 50%. But if your looking for a quick souvineir, than the capsule machines got your back. For about 200 yen, you get a figurine that'll probably cost 5 bucks here in the states. And they got miles and miles of these machines everywhere. Now I didn't come home empty handed, I actually came back with this beauty right here that you'll rarely find in the states.
After Akihabara, we ventured into Roppongi a little more. Now this time we ventured into Roppongi Hills, which is a mixture of business, mall shops, and hanging out at the same time. Get what I'm saying? So basically you got a mall, business building and a open park area all scrunched up into one. It's a nice area. Crazy thing about this mall is the gap between the shops, the walkways are literally a yard wide. So all the shops are close to each other. So close that you could hear the other shops talking ish if they want to. We got lost walking around in this condensed area, so we called it a day there.
That night, we ended up at Sam and Dave's. Our homie brought a wii there, and we ended up playing some Mario Kart and Guitar Hero up in the same bar we first partied at. I thought that was pretty cool.
Nothing too exciting, but its still shopping in the anime and electronics wonderland.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Day 3 Asakusa and Harajuku
So day 3 comes around, my time clock has been adjusted and today was packed with stuff. To start off we met up with Laurie and Nathalia from Sam and Dave's and headed down to Asakusa to check out the Senso-Ji temple. Now coincidentally there was a festival going on at the same time. So this place was packed with people. The festival is called the Sanja Matsuri. Now during this fetival you get to see about 100 portable shrines being paraded through Asakusa. So you see groups of people all wearing the same clothes and start chanting out stuff. But it looked like each shrine was individual, so each group was showing their pride. I was personally happy to take a visit to a temple during a festival because I always wanted to try the food at a festival. So if your looking for authentic japanese stuff. Definitely this would be the place to get it. There were so many items such as kimonos, yukatas, sake sets, anything you think is Japanese they got it here.
Asides from showing your respects at the temple, there were also little activities that you could partake in. Activities included fortune telling, carnival games, and trying all the various festival food. Now if you want to imagine what kind of food they had out here, its definitely not fair food. You would find things like Okinomiyaki(Japanese pancake), Takoyaki(Octopus balls), various bbq sticks, roasted chestnuts and the list goes on and on. Dealing with the crowds was difficult at times, but its all part of the experience.
After enjoying this festival, we all went to a totally different festival down at Harajuku. Harajuku is one of the many fashion districts in Tokyo. Here Tokyo's fashion is on point. If you want to know whats the next trend going to the states in 2 years, you'll find it in Harajuku. Now you can guess the theme of the festival by checking out the title: One Love. Before checking out the one love festival we checked out Yayogi park. Yayogi park has a wide variety of characters and performances. Here you can see everything from skateboarders, Dixie bands, jugglers and even dancing elvis's. It was a really big park, so you see a lot of people enjoying themselves. Now at Yayogi park was the One Love Festival. So there was one love spread everywhere. I never seen so many Japanese Rhastafarians in my life. Let me tell you, there was beer and tequila everywhere. Aside from the drinks and the jerk chicken, there was a collection of Japanese Reggae performances. And let me just say that japanese reggae is off the hook. Look it up sometime. Now I noticed during the concert that everybody had two fingers in the air saying "blap blap blap". Now basically thats their version of showing love. Shooting imaginary guns in the air. It was still a great festival though. It was tight to see how one love is spread throughout the world.
Now how did we conclude the night? Our host with the most cooked a Adobo Dinner for all of us, throw a little wii action in it, and you have a dope night.
Normally I would insert some pictures at this point, but our homegirl Laicie actually made a video of that day.
Till next time.
Asides from showing your respects at the temple, there were also little activities that you could partake in. Activities included fortune telling, carnival games, and trying all the various festival food. Now if you want to imagine what kind of food they had out here, its definitely not fair food. You would find things like Okinomiyaki(Japanese pancake), Takoyaki(Octopus balls), various bbq sticks, roasted chestnuts and the list goes on and on. Dealing with the crowds was difficult at times, but its all part of the experience.
After enjoying this festival, we all went to a totally different festival down at Harajuku. Harajuku is one of the many fashion districts in Tokyo. Here Tokyo's fashion is on point. If you want to know whats the next trend going to the states in 2 years, you'll find it in Harajuku. Now you can guess the theme of the festival by checking out the title: One Love. Before checking out the one love festival we checked out Yayogi park. Yayogi park has a wide variety of characters and performances. Here you can see everything from skateboarders, Dixie bands, jugglers and even dancing elvis's. It was a really big park, so you see a lot of people enjoying themselves. Now at Yayogi park was the One Love Festival. So there was one love spread everywhere. I never seen so many Japanese Rhastafarians in my life. Let me tell you, there was beer and tequila everywhere. Aside from the drinks and the jerk chicken, there was a collection of Japanese Reggae performances. And let me just say that japanese reggae is off the hook. Look it up sometime. Now I noticed during the concert that everybody had two fingers in the air saying "blap blap blap". Now basically thats their version of showing love. Shooting imaginary guns in the air. It was still a great festival though. It was tight to see how one love is spread throughout the world.
Now how did we conclude the night? Our host with the most cooked a Adobo Dinner for all of us, throw a little wii action in it, and you have a dope night.
Normally I would insert some pictures at this point, but our homegirl Laicie actually made a video of that day.
Till next time.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Day 2: Akihabara and Tokyo Midtown
After a night of drinking and being in the same clothes for the past 36 hours. It was due for a change of pace, and my homie decided to take us to the Otaku Paradise. Thats right folks Akihabara. And yes, the rumors are true. Anything and everything electronics and anime can be found in this part of the city. There are shops that are 7 to 9 stories high with nothing but electronics or anime. Sometimes even both. You can find them all over the place. Their electronics stores there make our best buys look like nothing. I mean, there was a 160 inch HD Flat screen there. Try and top that. There are huge advertisements everywhere, and you see workers promoting maid cafe's on the streets. There is also a wide variety of street performers depending on the day of the week. Now keep in mind, everything in Japan is expensive. So if you were planning on copping the new Evangelion DVD, plan on spending $50 on it. Also keep in mind that if you want to get DVD's here, its region 2, so you need a region 2 player. We were only able to check out Akihabara for only a moment because it was about to rain and we had no umbrellas.
After checking out the land of anime and electronics, me and my homie decided to venture into the city on our own. So we ventured into one of the many rich malls in Japan. This one being called Tokyo Midtown. Now if you want to imagine what kind of stores are in Tokyo Midtown, think your richest mall and add $100 more than you can afford and you get Tokyo Midtown. This mall had the top of the line brands from all over the place. Remember you need the dough if you want to shop here. Keep in mind that Japanese fashion is on point. If their not sporting the latest urban trend, then they got the top of the line brands. This mall had some good stuff though, like cooking classes on demand, bougie restaurants, and a food court where you definitely gotta know your japanese to order. But don't be afraid, remember, they do speak english.
Now I wish I could say I did more that day. It was our first Saturday out in Tokyo. But the jet lag got to me. So the minute we got back to our friend's pad, I just crashed. But that will be the only night that I crash prematurely. Till next time.
After checking out the land of anime and electronics, me and my homie decided to venture into the city on our own. So we ventured into one of the many rich malls in Japan. This one being called Tokyo Midtown. Now if you want to imagine what kind of stores are in Tokyo Midtown, think your richest mall and add $100 more than you can afford and you get Tokyo Midtown. This mall had the top of the line brands from all over the place. Remember you need the dough if you want to shop here. Keep in mind that Japanese fashion is on point. If their not sporting the latest urban trend, then they got the top of the line brands. This mall had some good stuff though, like cooking classes on demand, bougie restaurants, and a food court where you definitely gotta know your japanese to order. But don't be afraid, remember, they do speak english.
Now I wish I could say I did more that day. It was our first Saturday out in Tokyo. But the jet lag got to me. So the minute we got back to our friend's pad, I just crashed. But that will be the only night that I crash prematurely. Till next time.
Monday, June 2, 2008
The Story Begins... Day 1 in Japan
This is a story. To all you anime fans out there, I went to the homeland. To all you adventure types, I ventured to a new horizon. And to all the travelers, I received another stamp in my passport.
Being the bboy that I am, I have to add that I met a member of the Zulu Nation the minute I landed. Having meeting Grimm from the Zulu nation, that just made me juiced in the beginning. Shaking hands with history is always a good way to start the trip.
I flew out to Tokyo from LAX on Thursday May 15th. Landed on Friday May 16th. Now for all the people who want to go to Japan but don't know the language. Don't be afraid because there is english everywhere. The people are very kind, and someone will eventually help you out. So we landed in Narita which is about an hour away from Tokyo. After dealing with immigration, we took a bus straight to Tokyo. First thing I noticed, there is a large population of business people. If your not wearing a business suit or wearing on point fashion, you would definitely stick out as a tourist. The bus dropping us off at Akasaka Internation Hotel. Called my homie Henry and he picked us up. He swooped us up, took us to his pad, dropped off our bags and we had something to eat. Now the first meal we had in Japan was a dream come true. We had ramen at the ramen shop next door. Now we just came from a 12 hour flight and we didn't have time to sit or settle down. Our boy Henry orders us the special which basically translate into a big ass bowl of ramen with everything in it. For sure getting us stuffed. Still not having time to settle down, after we ate we went straight to the bar. Now this bar we hit up was in Roppongi. Roppongi being the district where there are a lot of foreign businessmen.
So we arrive at this bar, all scrubbed out, everybody all dressed up while me and my homie are sporting t-shirts and jeans. Now our first night, was basically a preview night on how they do it there. And how do they do it there you ask? They party to the break of dawn, not until 1 or 2 in the morning. Until like 7 to 8. They bought bottles for this occasion and we were just enjoying the night away. There wasn't that many people at this place because it was a new location. But it was a good place. Henry use to work with this bar back in the day as a DJ. So basically everybody knew Henry's name and Henry knew everybody. If you ever are in Roppongi, I highly suggest checking out Sam and Dave. Ask for Rusty, he'll show you a good time and give you mad respect. Everybody in that bar came from a different country and just living it up in Japan, from Brazil, Canada, Austrailia, to Korea, their all in there. The bartenders there have skill and the DJ's know how to spin it. Hell even Henry got on the tables for a minute. The bar had a lot of foreigners but thats how business is in this district. Our boy Henry had a good time and it was a chill night out. We met some good folks. Everybody is so friendly, so friendly that there some folks that decided to hang out with us after the bar after just meeting us til the break of dawn. Still in the same clothes from the time I boarded the plane. The first night comes to an end.
I was in Japan for 13 days. There was always something going on or a story to tell. So stay tuned because the next couple weeks we'll be covering the G.S.C. in Japan.
Being the bboy that I am, I have to add that I met a member of the Zulu Nation the minute I landed. Having meeting Grimm from the Zulu nation, that just made me juiced in the beginning. Shaking hands with history is always a good way to start the trip.
I flew out to Tokyo from LAX on Thursday May 15th. Landed on Friday May 16th. Now for all the people who want to go to Japan but don't know the language. Don't be afraid because there is english everywhere. The people are very kind, and someone will eventually help you out. So we landed in Narita which is about an hour away from Tokyo. After dealing with immigration, we took a bus straight to Tokyo. First thing I noticed, there is a large population of business people. If your not wearing a business suit or wearing on point fashion, you would definitely stick out as a tourist. The bus dropping us off at Akasaka Internation Hotel. Called my homie Henry and he picked us up. He swooped us up, took us to his pad, dropped off our bags and we had something to eat. Now the first meal we had in Japan was a dream come true. We had ramen at the ramen shop next door. Now we just came from a 12 hour flight and we didn't have time to sit or settle down. Our boy Henry orders us the special which basically translate into a big ass bowl of ramen with everything in it. For sure getting us stuffed. Still not having time to settle down, after we ate we went straight to the bar. Now this bar we hit up was in Roppongi. Roppongi being the district where there are a lot of foreign businessmen.
So we arrive at this bar, all scrubbed out, everybody all dressed up while me and my homie are sporting t-shirts and jeans. Now our first night, was basically a preview night on how they do it there. And how do they do it there you ask? They party to the break of dawn, not until 1 or 2 in the morning. Until like 7 to 8. They bought bottles for this occasion and we were just enjoying the night away. There wasn't that many people at this place because it was a new location. But it was a good place. Henry use to work with this bar back in the day as a DJ. So basically everybody knew Henry's name and Henry knew everybody. If you ever are in Roppongi, I highly suggest checking out Sam and Dave. Ask for Rusty, he'll show you a good time and give you mad respect. Everybody in that bar came from a different country and just living it up in Japan, from Brazil, Canada, Austrailia, to Korea, their all in there. The bartenders there have skill and the DJ's know how to spin it. Hell even Henry got on the tables for a minute. The bar had a lot of foreigners but thats how business is in this district. Our boy Henry had a good time and it was a chill night out. We met some good folks. Everybody is so friendly, so friendly that there some folks that decided to hang out with us after the bar after just meeting us til the break of dawn. Still in the same clothes from the time I boarded the plane. The first night comes to an end.
I was in Japan for 13 days. There was always something going on or a story to tell. So stay tuned because the next couple weeks we'll be covering the G.S.C. in Japan.
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