castironguy Tempura for dinner in Midtown Tokyo. The clever deal here is that you pick the food you want to eat then go to the restaurant that makes that specific and only food. So we choose tempura tonight and it was amazing, but the menu was like six lines long: just what *kind* of tempura will you be ordering, huh? oh #japan [read more...]

castironguy Stopped for a snack. Taiyaki in a small little shop where we had to try out some of our Japanese skills as bad as they are, but we got a tasty treat for playing. #japan [read more...]

castironguy This little street in Harajuku is nothing but little shops selling sugar and treats, and lots and lots of kiddie novelties. It was a jam on a Saturday morning in #japan [read more...]

castironguy Our #lunch stop brought us deeper into Harajuku and a little shop that sold nothing but gyoza in many forms. We dabbled in gyoza joy and left happy for less than 2000 yen. #japan [read more...]

8r4d A real #running adventure this morning as I took the train to Futakotamagawa #parkrun in #japan [read more...]

8r4d A video recap of day two, tho I’m not really prioritizing video on this trip, so it’s just snippets of the most eye catching bits.

Your #japan phrase of the day is:

私もつま

or watshi mo tsuma which means “my wife” as in “I am travelling with my wife” or “my wife lost her usb charging cable on the plane and i had to buy her a new one at the convenience store at 6 am yesterday morning.” [read more...]

8r4d We took the train a couple klicks north to another big hub area with hopping nightlife. We checked out the streets, the food and the #japan views. [read more...]

8r4d You’ve heard about the massive multi-floor stores that sell anything and everything? In #japan we’ve seen our share and we’ve only been here one day! [read more...]

8r4dsfeets A store so packed full of crazy and chaos they put maps on the floor. Buy anything here #japan [read more...]

8r4d #japan urban nightlife #panoramic [read more...]

castironguy Conveyor belt #sushi experience #japan was something tasty [read more...]

8r4d A great view of a massive city. #panoramic #japan #observatory [read more...]