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.