TCB: happy jeans contest

[volvo240thebest]

whooa! massive tats jared.

I had my first piece done a couple months ago and I am already thinking for the next one.

I am seriously thinking of heading over to Amsterdam for a few days and booking an appointment with Susanne Konig http://instagram.com/suflanda I just love her style.

[Bobbo]

Awsome tats Jared! Will be interesting to see how your centerpiece will look once it's finished, looks like a killer one!

[Jared_Lee]

Volvo, that's cool, man. You should do it. Her style will complement Pietro Sedda's nicely. 

[aho]

Damn, I can't remember the Japanese tattoo artist's name that is based in Italy, but I've always liked his work. Will update if I can remember!

 

Anyway, some shots from HK/Sugar Mountain's stomping grounds!:

[Sugar Mountain]

Haha, this is all too familiar! Glad you enjoyed the neighbourhood.

 

I booked flights to Tokyo last night for a trip over the Easter weekend. First time there since 2008 so I am super excited about going back.

[aho]

And of course, some of the food I ate in HK:

Pineapple buns are a gift from god:

One of many egg tarts I ate:

Gotta love HK style cafes:

And Beef brisket noodles from Kau Kee which photograph well but leave much to be desired:

 

Ironic that Kau Kee is famous for their beef but it was almost impossible to chew! Joe of RRL fame recommended a place just a block or two down the street from RRL but I had to pull the tourist move and eat least try Kau Kee. Unfortunately I didn't have much time and didn't get to meet up with SM but I'll be back in HK soon!

[aho]

SM, PERFECT! Let me know if you need any recs for places to go in Tokyo, it's all still fresh in my mind...

Shame, but all of my pictures got garbled up by flickr! They seem grainy...

[Sugar Mountain]

I will do man. First task is finding a half-decent hotel that doesn't cost an arm and a leg!

[aho]

^I did Airbnb...If the owner is Japanese, they'll likely take good care of the premises and should be clean. Pricing is VERY affordable as well, and many also have portable WiFi as a free bonus. Yuka-san has decent properties and good pricing; we lucked out and got one of the rooms for $41 a night with flash sale pricing: https://www.airbnb.com/s?host_id=11675845

[volvo240thebest]

Volvo, that's cool, man. You should do it. Her style will complement Pietro Sedda's nicely. 

yeah that what I think, my best friend is going with me too so we'll another tat by the same artist, after Pietro Sedda's twin piece we got.

I want to get a deer tattoo this time. Every year one animal, in a few years I will have a medieval bestiary over my body!

[volvo240thebest]

Damn, I can't remember the Japanese tattoo artist's name that is based in Italy, but I've always liked his work. Will update if I can remember!

that would be Koji Ichimaru. Great tattoo artist, not exactly my style but he's one of the best in Italy nonetheless. I'd say his Japanese inspired themes would get a general sufu "stamp of approval" !

[volvo240thebest]

Aho you're killing me with all those Asian foodporn pics. No chance over here to get decent Asian food, unless in Milan or Rome (but when I go to Rome it sounds always more clever to try out local food!).

[aho]

Koji! Thats the guy...Different style for sure but I love his use of color!

[jyoni]

I've got a lot going on with moving and working, so I apologize for slipping a bit in updates!

 

So-called "Winter weight" is keeping me from wearing these as often as I'd like.  By so-called I mean it has more to do with increased beer consumption while packing, than it does with Winter.

 

 

[volvo240thebest]

Nice bit of evo Jyoni! I assume you spend a fair bit of time sliding on your knees!

[jyoni]

Nice bit of evo Jyoni! I assume you spend a fair bit of time sliding on your knees!

 

Yes, it's almost impossible for me to avoid early knee wear.  Even when a guy gets older and more selective about work, there's a fair amount of scrambling around.

[ranonranonarat]

wow, haven't been here in a while and so much amazing stuff to catch up on.

Aho, hong kong looks amazing from your perspective (not that it doesn't in real life), certainly looking forward to the japan pictures as well.

SM, looks like april is gonna be a busy month for you!

[aho]

ranon, thanks for the reminder, I forgot to post the Japan portion!

 

Japan is the future:

But also has moments of tradition and serenity:

 

But there truly is a whackier side as well:

[aho]

...and that food!

 

...the mastery:

 

...and of course, the denim paradise:

[garden gnomes in space]

jesus, those 501xx

[Bobbo]

So many great pictures Aho. Makes me even more determined to go back there as soon as possible.

Favourite pics are probably the ones from your stop at the fish market. Like the gritty side it shows.

[Bobbo]

I went home to my hometown Lindesberg over the weekend to cook carnitãs for my parents. No food pics but damn it turned out well for a first try. I also shot a few pictures of the older buildings that managed to survive the fires that burned down large parts of the town in the 19th and 17th centuries. On the church you can see there's an outline from the old building that they kept from when it burned down in 1688.

 

 

 

 

The local pub where all the greasers hang out

 

 

 

 

And here's two dirty shots to keep it denim related!

 

[meschan]

great post recently! those food makes me wanna go back Japan too! one thing about Japan is really, you won't get bad tasting food around there!

[ah_long]

sometimes I wonder what kind of washing machines u guys use.... I don't get that type of vintage wrinkles from mine.. 

[oomslokop]

i use a run o the mill samsung and i get more wrinkles like that when i use the heavy wash setting (put the jeans in with heaps of other items of clothing or at least a towel), cold, 400 rpm spin, extra rinse. could also NOT turn the jeans inside out once they've had a few washes and not stiff anymore as hiyashi-san recommends but do so at own peril. different denim different reactions. cone tends to streak easily since it stays crispy for a bit longer. jap denims in my experience love the washing machine. oh and with normal shop detergent.

 

let's start a what washing machine do you use thread and be laughed out of sufu!

[aho]

^Run of the mill Whirlpool for me LOL

[Maynard Friedman]

A humble Miele washer/dryer for me, with specialist denim setting of course!

[oomslokop]

the humble miele is my new favourite oxymoron mayns!

[Paul T]

haha!

 

W have a humble AEG, but now I realise I've missed out on washing machine nerd-dom, I neglected to note the make of the fab huge top-loader in San Juan Capistrano where mine got their first wash; nor did I note the make of the fab small top-loader on the balcony of our apartment in Nakameguro.

 

Sorry, I feel I've let everybody down.

[Maynard Friedman]

In our defence Ooms, we only recently upgraded from using a washboard on the foreshore of the River Thames. Mrs Friedman and the kids complained it was hurting their fingers too much.