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Popeye Metro, back to Shibuya, The J Fox R&R Bar

Yet another Japanese tackle shop
Popeye’s is a relatively large chain and this one was really close to where I was staying just off the Awajicho stop.

The cashier area after my purchase
Overall a very complete and impressive store, but I think The Super Bush stores in Ginza [...]

Super Bass Ueno, Flat 4, The New York Bar
I had been to the Super Bush in Ginza and figured I’d check out the one in Ueno since the first one was pretty good. Serge and Peter came along for the trip and it was an interesting morning. We got to Ueno station without [...]

BassMate Infinity, Super Bush, Yakitori
After talking with Moto it seemed that BassMate wasn’t as far as I had thought, it was about an hour train ride from Shinjuku Station so I decided to give it a go. Moto looked at their website for me and found their operating hours. Once I got off [...]

Mooneyes in Yokohama!
This morning Serge, Peter, and Liam took off for Kyoto, Moto went off early to play some Golf, and I was left to my own devices. I decided to find Mooneyes Area 1 in Yokohama. This turned out to be a little on the difficult side for me. It started [...]

Better burgers, sword museum, back to Ginza, rain, rain, rain
I don’t know what it is about this country, but I think they simply have out done us Americans when it comes burgers. There is place very close to Moto’s apartment called Fire House. This place makes great burgers. Found a review here!

The [...]

Shibuya, a taste of Harijuku, and a hostess bar
Today I finally meet up with my friend Mike, who just happens to be here at the same time I am for quick tour of Shibuya. Quick might be a bit of an understatement for the Shibuya part, but that’s probably my fault for spending [...]

Akihabara chased by the Onsen bath experience

Waiting for the subway to get to Akihabara.
Once we were all up and ready to go we left Moto’s place and headed for Akihabara. Once there we strolled rows and rows of electronics stores where you can buy everything from a resistor to a big screen plasma TV. [...]

The Emperor’s Birthday, Ginza, and settling in at Moto’s place

The view from our room at the Tokyo Dome Hotel.
After getting our bearings the night before in Akihabara we decide to set out to try and get to the Emperor’s Birthday celebration before it ended at 11:40. Subway ride and hike later we were within [...]

We’re here! Sushi, McDonald’s, and more!
Serge and I landed at Narita Airport at about 4 PM local time here in Tokyo. After figuring a few things out we took the nearly 2 hour Limo Bus ride straight to our hotel for the first night, the Tokyo Dome Hotel. Neat place with small amusement [...]

Yep, that Fugu, also known as Blowfish
Fugu is that highly poisonous fish that is served in Japan as sashimi and sushi. I am very tempted to give it a go on my trip to Tokyo. It’s VERY rare that people actually get poisoned because Fugu chefs are certified. Most folks who die [...]

Getting ready to return to the holy land!
Okay well maybe not holy in that way, but holy to me. I’ll be spending the majority of time in Tokyo this time around. I have put together a very very loose itinerary and if anyone out there has recommendations feel free to comment. Here [...]

Traffic, Hot Rods, and Hot Pin-Ups!
Friday was a long night so I didn’t exactly get up early for this event, but I wasn’t excessively late like last year. I pulled off the 605 about 11 AM and ended up in line for parking. The line was long; I was in it for nearly [...]