On my last night in Japan, Robby was set to leave on a train back to his apartment elsewhere (I’ve forgotten. Whoops!), so we had to sneak in a quick dinner with the whole Yagishita family. As it turns out, the location and the meal was already picked out. All that was left to do [...]
The night of Makoto’s wedding ended with Robby, Yoshi and I returning to Makoto’s apartment with bags full of snacks and beer. Yes, we ate more. Yoshi was really funny in the convenience store because someone would pick something to eat or drink and he would say, “good, what else?” We ended up with two [...]
Once we had enough of the view from Marine Tower, we made our way back to ground level and prepared for the next leg of our journey.
Following Makoto and Yoko’s wedding reception, which was on the second floor of Marine tower, Robby and I said thanks to the bride and groom as well as their parents and then linked up with Yoshi who was to be our guide for the next adventure. In our hands were shopping bags from Barney’s New [...]
Makoto and Yoko’s wedding was the whole reason I went to Japan and the best thing I did while there, however, it was also the single most confusing thing I’ve done. Had I kept up with my japanese language studies, perhaps much of it could have been avoided, but still I feel Robby and I [...]
Following a long day of sight-seeing, Makoto, his brother-in-law Yoshi and I went to a Yakiniku restaurant. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, it’s the kind of place where the tables have a grill embedded in them and you order raw meats to cook yourself. Having never experienced a Yakiniku, I let Makoto and Yoshi [...]
Even if you don’t know it by name, you probably already know about Shibuya. It’s home to the world’s busiest intersection and is more or less Japan’s Times Square. From Akihabara Makoto and I hopped some more trains and wound up in the Shibuya station. Climbing up the stairs and out into the rainy street, [...]
I made it. Yesterday was all too strange. I left Tokyo at 5:25 PM on the 16th and after a nine-hour flight, arrived in San Francisco at 9:00 AM on the same day. Right now I’m in my room with the blinds drawn because I don’t even want to know what time it really is; [...]
I’ve been way busy enjoying myself in Japan and haven’t had any time or enough energy to write anything, until now, 18 hours from my departure. Let’s just start where we left off. Makoto and I hopped a train to Asakusa and on display in our arrival station was a golden traveling shrine. Behind the [...]