Saturday 26 December 2009

Brand Arrives in Japan

It's been Mental... here's a brief summary of our shennanigans...

Saturday - Arrival - Went to Street Life DJ's at a really cool club called Onzieme. Start as you mean to go on right? - At 4am we went to another club where we made some friends (Snaggles and Frenchi) then another club on bikes with Snaggles and Frenchi in tow. Actually we commandeered their bikes and they rode on the backs. That was a story all in it's own right! Stayed at that club till around 8am. Then we had fried chicken from a convienience store and trying not to throw up in the streets of Shinsaibashi then Coffee house where we sat and set the world to rights for 3 hours. After 5 espresso's, 3 cappucino's and a beer we twitched our way out into the light, blinking and muttering and began the epic 2 hour saga that was getting home. Safe to say we both felt pretty battered!

Sun - Doom, dooom, dooooooom I felt awful - I honestly think I know what it feels like to come off smack; the day was a write off.

Monday - I worked Brand went to Sannomiya, at night I made Nabe and Chris came round to chill.

Tuesday - Brand slept.... allll day!

Wednesday - We went to Kyoto.




Thursday - We went to Osaka shopping, I bought some new boots and Brand bought some clothes from Supreme. We found the coolest shopping district that had; Bape, R Newbold, Soph (which stocks Visvim), Hare, Bounty Hunter, A.P.C... pretty sweet place - I will defo be waxing my Yennies there!

Going up the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka - LOOK MOM NO LEGS!


View for the top


Friday - Christmas Day - see Christmas Post

Saturday - Lazy day.... Time to Blog :)

First Christmas in Japan

Well first Christmas in Japan - it kinda came and went. They don't really celebrate it here - as in they're not religious so they have the Christmas trees up, Christmas music and decorations and that's about it. In what seems to be a Japanese style they take the cute aspect and leave the meaning.

Christmas is a time for couples here.... and KFC! Yep, that is THE food in Japan on Christmas, you can't get anywhere near a KFC on Christmas day and you have to phone ahead to reserve a table, crazy huh?

Anyway I organised a Christmas Day Extravaganza for all my friends who were sticking around for Christmas. I booked a table for 14 people at a Kobe Beef restaurant where we had Teppanyaki (Beef cooked in front of you on a hot plate). It was delicious! Then we went to Karaoke and sang and drank for 3 hours and then headed to my house for an al night party. Here are some pics...

a few of the Christmas Karaoke Crew...


Brand singing The Gambler (Bryan was speechless)


Me and Yuko eating Kobe Beef Teppanyaki for Christmas Lunch... Oishiitakka!


Me as Santa at Miyodani Kindergarten


Yuko came round and helped me put up my tree