I was having a drink in Shibuya last night. There's a sign near Cisco that says "Fuck PC -- real DJ's use vinyl". Which was funny as I was drinking from a little bar connected to a CD-only DJ shop.where are the old vinyl junkies?
I went for a jog yesterday. Indeed, there was a highly concentrated whitey population.Never seen so many gaijin in one place though, including Roppongi.
are there any flea markets in Tokyo? In Germany we have a lot of flea markets (so called Flohmarkt) where you can buy second hand stuff from private persons. I made some good deals on flea markets in the past. How's it in Japan?
Akihabara, if you want second hand game stuff you can spend your entire budget in a few hours.
I had more fun just getting off at random stops on the train and walking around. I didn't really go to see XYZ I just wanted to "do" Japan not as a tourist.
After a few drinks and plucking up the courage to speak Japanese I found some awesome pubs and clubs just by talking to people rather than using guides. Club Unit in Ebisu (I love Ebisu) was one such find, I walked for ages at about 3:00am on my own looking for somewhere to go other than all the fucking champagne bars, and some guy said "oh yeah there's some club I think over there" and it was fucking awesome, met some mental people and the DJ's that night were from Bristol which is around the corner from me.
http://www.unit-tokyo.com/schedule/2...080315_dbs.php
Seriously though, don't just plan day one for here, day two there, etc, just decide when you are there. I didn't see half of what I planned, but what I experienced was miles better.
Last edited by Tachikoma; 03-21-2008 at 11:54 PM.
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Actually I have only planned half of the days I stay in Japan. I would like to plan for all days because I don't want to waste time. I think I will never have the money to travel to Japan again.
However it could be interesting to experience Japan without any plan. I really would like to pick up a mountain bike and travel around just for one day.
Last edited by mdmx; 03-22-2008 at 04:42 PM.
You won't find many mountain bikes short of in the sticks, in Japan they still use old 1950's (girl frame) style bikes. All the hire bikes especially.
Goat is animal
a pity:-(Originally Posted by Tachikoma
Get a mountain bike and ride on the street. That's what I do. It's a very easy city for cycling if you can live w/ the exhaust.
The 90's band? Why would you visit them? :dance:
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