Tokyo Dance Trooper

The latest video from the Tokyo Dance Trooper, and a reason to Plug Danny Choo.
Danny is the God of Otaku, with an awesome blog on all things it encompasses.

Odaiba

Odaiba is opposite the Tokyo Bay area, the Rainbow bridge joins them. Its home to Fuji TV, Oedo Onsen.. and of course Sega Joypolis! Continue Reading…

Visit from the Cops

So the other night about 9pm I hear someone knocking on one of the doors on our floor. He kept at it for about 10min, “moshi moshi” “ko(n)ban wa”. Normally the post office guys give up after 2 knocks. They left before I could see who it was.

Next morning at 9am I wake up to a similar sound. Finally someone answered. 5min later they knocked on MY door! I open, eyes half shut, to see Otaku (no-one knows his real name, they just call him Otaku, like super-nerd) with 2 Policeman behind him! NO I wasn’t thinking, “shit. Is my visa up?”. He said some stuff in Japanese, most I couldn’t understand, then when I answered they said no worries and went to talk to somebody else.

I had to wait all day to find out what was going on! We conjured stories of one of the new guy being wanted for something, but it wasn’t nearly as exciting. Turns out Otaku had been involved in some kind of fight!! And needed a co-signature for his statement. Dont know why he knocked on my door?!

Keiko’s BBQ

Keiko, a good friend of Bao Qin, is getting married soon to Jack, a Swiss guy! Jack is actually friends with Vincent, another Swiss guy who is going out with Tome. They have come back here for their (pre)wedding so we had a bit of a party at her parents place.

PS: Japanese BBQ’s are very different to Aussie ones (yes even a vegetarian can tell.. FYI I cooked Potato burgers)

Brown Rice Cafe

Brown Rice Cafe is a nice little Vegan resturant just off fashionable Omotesando. The presentation was nice, but unfortunately the 20cent coin next to the burger is reference for size! Honestly, I almost laughed when they brought out my Burger. I thought “Should I eat this in 1 bite or 2?”. And you should have seen the size of the cake Bao Qin ordered. The taste was nothing special and the price was typical Harajuku. SO in other words, while this cafe is nice and relaxing, I wouldnt recommend going there if you’re hungry or short on cash!!

ブラウンライスビーガンカフェ表参道ちかくに。ナイスー、でもりおりはほんとにちさい！おもしろい！えと、ちょっとおいしとたかい！

50 Years of Skyline!

Well, if you didnt know it, the Skyline R34 GTR is pretty much my favourite car. It has the potential to kill ferrari if you do the right things to it, and at a third of the cost. So you can see why a “50 Years of Skyline Anniversary” Event had my interest! The above photo is a much earlier model, but still very cool. Continue Reading…

Sakura, Hanami ‘07 | はなみ　2007年

The cherry blossoms were in bloom even earlier this year, with the blame squarly on Global warming screwing things up. But as usual everything came and went within a 2 week period! The peak of Sakura sees Yoyogi Park filling with people for Hanami (aka “gettin’ smashed under the trees”).

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Govindas | ゴビンダス

Almost every country I’ve been too I noticed a vegetarian restaurant called “Govinda’s”, which is apparantly another name for the Indian God, Krishna, and means ‘one who looks after cows’. Who knew?

So of course I also found one here in Tokyo! Slightly difficult to get to, Govinda’s in Nakano offers good, cheap, Vegetarian food, with Vegan options! This includes Vegan deserts like Cheesecake!! Unfortunately they had sold out.

I went with Bao Qin, Mayuko, Aiko and Masayuki and the 5 of us took up half the place. The chef’s were Japanese and spoke a little english, and understood various requirements of vegetarians! A rarity in Japan.

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ゴビンだス　ベジタリアンのレストラン　いきました。インドのたべもの、やすい　と　おいしかった！