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reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:00 pm

DJ Sinc Vision wrote:27th of this month. 6 weeks of carefree checkin mates, chillin under cherry blossom trees, boozin hard, eatin big, hangin out in womens department stores (trust!!) and any randomness to go with.

sigh.

jealous.

if you don't know already go here for the best aka maru ramen on the planet:

Ippudo in Ebisu.

and here for the best bar in bar in the world (possibly):

Mood Trump in Shibuya. Doesn't open til 1am. You and your mate taking it in turns to slap each other as hard as you can will get you chucked out.

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:09 pm

also known as the 'chandelier bar' or the 'red bar'.

asoboo.com/places/Tokyo/Shibuya/Chandelier

perhaps too many gaijin, but after however many Y300 drinks with non brand x liquor, it doesn't matter. get there early cos it gets rammo.

map!!

http://gmap.jp/shop-8554.html

sinc_vision · Post by **sinc_vision** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:29 pm

fuckit, i'm not anti-gaijin so might have to reach at some point. seems good for onea those "oh fuck, i missed the last train" kinda nights.....

....HOWEVER....

some dude on asoboo.com wrote:the male waiter has recently developed some sort of hate for foreigners, and has acted like he doesnt know how to mix drinks that he used to know (i mean white russian, come on), and has also actually chased people i know away from the bar if you even try and speak with japanese females.

fuck that shit! the drinks thing i can handle (just get a beer ffs!), however, i'm not down for catching a beating with a floor mop for simply exercising my libido.

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:28 pm

lol - i know this guy.

he is always completely screwface.

but i guess if you had to deal with obnoxious and loud tourists who are convinced they're the shit, then i suppose you'd be screwface too.

i got on ok with him. being humble and appreciative, waiting your turn etc, got me in most japanese people's good books i found. in my experience, so many gaijin in tokyo were the complete opposite, so i guess it was refreshing for him to not have to deal with a foreigner who thinks he's a rock star purely by virtue of his being in tokyo.

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:48 pm

do you know drunkard's alley?

tiny bars (room for 5 people only

) where you can watch skate videos and eat ridiculously overpriced maguro bought for you by local flash harrys.

just behind bic camera

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:46 am

Wow

datura · Post by **datura** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:47 am

I really want to go to Japan at some point.

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:48 am

LOL Datman, you know this...MAN.

sinc_vision · Post by **sinc_vision** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:05 am

reverendmedia wrote:do you know drunkard's alley?

tiny bars (room for 5 people only ) where you can watch skate videos and eat ridiculously overpriced maguro bought for you by local flash harrys.

just behind bic camera

is that one in shibuya? i been to the one in shinjuku just beyond the love hotel district, proper heavy little joints, nuff character.

cal · Post by **cal** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:18 am

datura wrote:I really want to go to Japan at some point.

I made a vow to myself that I'm reaching for Japan before i hit 30

3 more years of saving cash to make the trip

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:24 am

Lol ur in Belgium, thats like half-way there

Just walk

datura · Post by **datura** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:24 am

DJ Sinc Vision wrote:is that one in shibuya? i been to the one in shinjuku just beyond the love hotel district, proper heavy little joints, nuff character.

Shinjuku is where Takashi Miike bases most of his yakuza films isn't it?

sinc_vision · Post by **sinc_vision** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:33 am

peepsles, japan really isn't as expensive as it's made out to be. yeah, it's pricey comapred to a holiday in myanmar or laos but compared to london it's dirt cheap. average train/tube journey costs £1, my monthly rent in a decent sized flat was £250, a meal out with pure food and alcohol (esp. alcohol) would cost on average £15 and if you time things right the plane tickets aren't even that bank breaking, my return ticket for the 27th cost £486 and if you time it right you can get returns for about £390. all those prices were for tokyo as well, go elsewhere and it gets even cheaper. the only thing that fucks up your wallet is clubs, a fairly standard entry fee on a friday or saturday is between £15 and £18.

sinc_vision · Post by **sinc_vision** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:38 am

datura wrote:
DJ Sinc Vision wrote:is that one in shibuya? i been to the one in shinjuku just beyond the love hotel district, proper heavy little joints, nuff character.
Shinjuku is where Takashi Miike bases most of his yakuza films isn't it?

there's a few i think but i haven't seen a lot of his more recent stuff so i'm not sure (the guys made about 50 films in the past 10 years

). the black society trilogy and ichi the killer are in shinjuku though. <3 shinjuku.

datura · Post by **datura** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:41 am

DJ Sinc Vision wrote:
datura wrote:
DJ Sinc Vision wrote:is that one in shibuya? i been to the one in shinjuku just beyond the love hotel district, proper heavy little joints, nuff character.
Shinjuku is where Takashi Miike bases most of his yakuza films isn't it?
there's a few i think but i haven't seen a lot of his more recent stuff so i'm not sure (the guys made about 50 films in the past 10 years ). the black society trilogy and ichi the killer are in shinjuku though. <3 shinjuku.

I have't really followed him either since Zebraman and some wierd supernatural swordsman film that I didn't finish watching.

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:14 pm

DJ Sinc Vision wrote:
reverendmedia wrote:do you know drunkard's alley?

tiny bars (room for 5 people only ) where you can watch skate videos and eat ridiculously overpriced maguro bought for you by local flash harrys.

just behind bic camera
is that one in shibuya? i been to the one in shinjuku just beyond the love hotel district, proper heavy little joints, nuff character.

yep this one's in shibuya

didn't really get too well acquainted with shinjuku.

spent more time getting far too well (read: 'obsessively') acquainted with akihabara.

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:30 pm

DJ Sinc Vision wrote:peepsles, japan really isn't as expensive as it's made out to be. yeah, it's pricey comapred to a holiday in myanmar or laos but compared to london it's dirt cheap. average train/tube journey costs £1, my monthly rent in a decent sized flat was £250, a meal out with pure food and alcohol (esp. alcohol) would cost on average £15 and if you time things right the plane tickets aren't even that bank breaking, my return ticket for the 27th cost £486 and if you time it right you can get returns for about £390. all those prices were for tokyo as well, go elsewhere and it gets even cheaper. the only thing that fucks up your wallet is clubs, a fairly standard entry fee on a friday or saturday is between £15 and £18.

very, very cheap to eat out. and it's the best food on the planet too (save possibly take two in brixton).

ooooohh, matsuuuuyaaa

yakiiimoooo (only in winter).

fuck it man. i'm saving as of now to go back.

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:26 am

PS3 mandem stand up

Update ur firmwares.

2.17

*grand* · Post by ***grand*** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:45 am

whens MGS4 out?

cal · Post by **cal** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:00 pm

*Grand* wrote:whens MGS4 out?

Wikipedia Page wrote:
The game will be released worldwide on June 12, 2008.

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