herpsky

depends on the price range you are looking for. cassina, bal, hhstyle, acme. also, depends on the style. 

most OG furniture stores are located on Meguro-dori between Meguro Sta and Gakugei-daigaku.

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2724

Inside Tokyo's audiophile venues

What's next Tokyo culture story

http://www.hi-vision.net/posts/1807449

For Beams 40th anniversary. Must be decent b/c it's by magazine house. 

interesting. all i know is that blacows is for people who just don't give a shit

bout that scrump life

just bought the 13 inch with touch bar. I didn't want the touch pad but low end one has far fewer ports, slower RAM, 2.9 ghz (vs 2.0 ghz). 

I've always bought the cheapest mbp but i decided to go with their high end one. it was like 1850 with tax included. lol

firehouse in 本郷。 i think the place put an end to the whole burger debate. i've never been. 

from what i heard from "burger blogs" and random people, its the best

Itoya in ginza. Loft in Shibuya/Yurakucho. Muji flagship in yurakucho. Tokyu hands in Shibuya. 

I usually pick up stuff in random department stores and book stores. 

naksu soaplando

That's great! Any recommendations for local japanese food, places to check out for street wear etc.

Love to cop a pair of these http://sneakernews.com/2016/09/02/nike-flyknit-racer-blackout/

Would also love to find some good bars and live music. Any cool joints in Nakasu?

you just blew your chance 

lol

i just came back from FUK. what do you want to do know?

There seems to be so many fakes on ebay... usually the price is a giveaway...

 

HO16 collection up on nike: http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/pw/mens-gyakusou/7puZnm9

 

I was getting quite 'excited' when I saw the video, it was almost like GIRA of old, especially after that diabolical Rio capsule collection.

 

Love the "bronzine" c/w (very autumnal leaves falling on a crisp November morning, blue sky, bright low sun shining through the trees) although a shame it didn't make its way to standard shorts.

 

I also like the use of the chevron/tooth pattern from UC... 

 

However, where are basic long sleeve running tops? Why does the only running tee have a massive logo on the front with GYAKUSOU CREW on it? 

 

I hope there's more basics than this... 

are they really fake? i thought it was either the mainland or pinoy resellers who go to the clearance outlets and get a shit ton of gyaku 

daita area. it's  where some of the more independent coolguy things spill over from shimokitazawa. 

Fog linen, fever, bossa nova ramen, barber sakota, and etc 

I bought 2 visitor sims at bic camera, worked real well. Set up was a bitch, i needed to download a couple little bits and in my jet lag brain i struggled. The second one went way smoother. Highly recommended for the peace of mind knowing you can get around and no extra equipment to rely on.

was it the b-mobile one? 

Thanks. I was aware of Tmobile's international coverage. But, I'm not a Tmobile user. 

I might get IIJ's sim card because the line quality of bmobile is pretty horrible. 

The "Japan" SIM cards available on American Amazon...Any one with experience? 

pocket wifi is too annoying when you go to the clubs and etc. 

What's the consensus on SIM cards these days?

Last time, I rented a wifi router. It was fast but it was one extra thing that I had to carry. 

Before that, I had bmobile's 3gb unlimited (turned out it wasn't actually unlimited. even with casual browsing, you get throttled to like 1kb / sec as soon as you reach their ridiculously low cap, which I think was like 360 mb / 72 hours). 

I'm going back for 10 days this time. 

*edit* bmobile's cap is now 1gb / 72 hours. hard to say if that's enough. 

IG @yk_view had some dope spots posted on his IG

sorry not an okinawa expert

i'd google the spots he posted to find "cool guy spot" websites from there. Looks like there's a D&D department and a bunch of coolguy coffee shops.

Just learned that the design director for Veilance was Japanese. He's a bunka graduate (e.g. J. Takahashi) and worked for CdG. He was apparently the head designer for Steven Alan and other big American brands. V interesting.

Chelmico — A new soundcloud sensation.

https://silly.amebahypes.com/posts/1404079

https://soundcloud.com/chelmico

It's like Pizzicato Five meets ripslyme + halcali — pop/electro neo-shibuyakei hip-hop. Lots of potential. 

Their profile is funny: "イケã¦ã‚‹ã‚¬ã‚¤ã‚ºã«å‡ºä¼šã†ãŸã‚ã«éƒ½å†…近郊ã§ãƒ©ãƒƒãƒ—中♡"

there should be some sort of stickied note to answer common questions but i'm not a mod so i can't do anythin

i bought a maison louis marie's rollon yesterday

If im staying within the central tokyo area, whats the best train pass to get?Suica top up card?

I think the JR counter in Narita has some sort of deal at Narita for tourists. You get a 500 yen preloaded suica wo deposit (I forgot what the deal was — bc im not eligible).

Herp is citrus in Setagaya? Gave it a quick google and that is what came up, but with Japanese stuff never know if googling english, katakana, or kanji is the way to go.

Yeah, it's in middle of nowhere Setagaya. It's actually near Setagaya koen and Mishuku. That's like where Tokyo's real hipsters hang out. 

also citrus (an izakaya) is probably one of my favorite spots in tokyo. it's chill af. 

you'd never see obnoxious chainsmoking salarymen there.