Denime 66xx World Tour

[Flash]

tour is off to a great start  

[louisbosco]

thanks for the comments guys more to come definitely. will try to upload today's photos tomorrow morning but heading to fuji and IH tomorrow. but here's a teaser for the next 24-48 hours.

 

 

taking that up fuji, hopefully the roads are good. fingers crossed 

[Bobbo]

Great start Louis! Keep 'em coming!

[greathoudini]

Nice visvim bruh

If I wasn't behind in dwc already I would be participating in this world tour as well. I'm pretty curious about the denime 66xx denim

Edited January 7, 2016 by greathoudini

[louisbosco]

sufu is not letting me post from photobucket, any one have any idea why?

 

edited: got it sorted. they said i couldn't use this type of extension and i wasn't ready to have the patience to deal with it. thankfully, it's fine now.

Edited January 8, 2016 by louisbosco

[louisbosco]

Thanks about the visvim. @greathoudini. though i wouldn't consider myself quite far ahead of anything. i did this because i reckon that a month of wear isn't going to make much of a difference anyway. though, i do constantly switch between both pairs here and there. 

 

And thanks for the comments and views guys. anyway, before i begin, i would like to know what website would be best to host videos? would it be youtube or something else?

 

And so Day 2 begins in Asakusa after my mate's flight arrived in the morning. Asakusa -> Ginza -> Odaiba

 

Edited January 8, 2016 by louisbosco

[louisbosco]

some of the food during the day. one of the best tempura i've had, tucked away in a small corner in Asakusa.

As mentioned before, picked up the rental GTR and went to odaiba before resting up for the night for fuji on Day 3

And as always, a mandatory full body pic...

i'm pretty exhausted after waking at 5am getting up to go to fuji and such for a whole day out. hope you guys enjoy the little amount of photos!

[louisbosco]

Days 3 & 4. Wasn't really up to much the past couple days. A little sightseeing here and there. Went and visited the Meiji Shrine and some photos from the top of Mt Fuji..

 

Drove from my hotel to tokyo. Aimed on taking the Subaru line up to the 5th station. The roads were closed the last time i was here, so i was really hoping it would be open this time. And it was! First in line, waiting for the roads to open at 0900...

 

 

headed back down towards lake kawaguchiko area as well, but the ropeway up this hill, where you can see mt fuji from afar was closed. was content with being up the mountain anyway. winds were pretty strong and cold, but the views were worth it.

[louisbosco]

Moving on.. i visited meiji shrine the next day and went to akihabara. didn't really take much photos around akihabara. there amount of people was just crazy..

 

 

Close up of the denim i took on the train. Rather hairy that recent pairs i've been wearing... Had to pay another visit to little nap coffee stand as they were around the area..

 

 

 

retook the photo above, more satisfied with it the second time around

 

Attempt at a sunstar..

 

Edited January 11, 2016 by louisbosco

[louisbosco]

FOOD

 

 

came across this in akihabara's sex shops... Denim condoms anyone?

 

 

 

had a go at sigma's 50mm f1.4 in akihabara. I really love the softness of this prime lens they've made in comparison with the same model from canon. this has been a thought on my mine if i should get it... anyone with experience with this lens?

 

and thanks.. going to yokohama now..

[louisbosco]

the drive up is pretty good, nothing like that in Perth. i use to go up to Cameron highlands in Malaysia when i was in singapore to do uphill runs and that was very challenging. it was quite a short run, did the uphill run in about 19/20mins. either that or i was going a little too fast. The run up is not that challenging, beginner to low medium difficulty.. i counted about only 5 or 6 hairpin turns for this subaru line route. there's some pretty views and vantage points that are on the way up accessible on by car i presume. 

 

 

 

Here are a couple of videos while i try and find that lost full video of the full run. hopefully gopro didn't override it. 

Edited January 11, 2016 by louisbosco

[Rightyow77]

Had to double take on those jeans! I was like, "wow Louis really beat those up, leave some for the res of us!" ahaha, jealous you got to ride that GTR 

[SLAB]

great pictures Louis!

[louisbosco]

@rightyow77 don't worry. there's plenty of life left in the jeans. that day i was wearing my IH up fuji.. i did realise in this trip, i would've driven the current and the first ever GTR. the hakosuka is coming soon..

 

@slab Thanks much. appreciate it!

[louisbosco]

10th Jan

 

Headed out to Setagaya to dropped a couple of boots of at brass for resoling. Wandered along the back lanes shooting and saw bear ponds espresso but will visit when i'm back in tokyo again. Then headed off to odaiba for the day.

 

 

[louisbosco]

Continued...

 

 

 

i'm in hokkaido now and will be hitting the slopes soon. i'll continue posting when i can meanwhile hope you guys continue to enjoy!

Edited January 13, 2016 by louisbosco

[Sugar Mountain]

Killer start to the tour. Makes me crave a trip to Japan so bad... I might have to console myself tonight with a katsu sandwich and a Sapparo beer!

[louisbosco]

Thanks @sugarmountain. I'd say go for it. still can't beat a sapporo classic though. only in sapporo. 

 

[louisbosco]

11th January

 

 

Took a visit to Yokohama today. Only had time for the ramen factory and cup noodle museum. will definitely be back. First time in yokohama, really lovely port city. Thoroughly felt inspired by the cup noodle museum and it's creator's history.

 

 

 

Had to have two bowls at one go from different stores. would've had a third if i could...

 

[louisbosco]

Continued - Cup noodles musem

 

 

 

then popped over to chinatown for some random dinner..

 

 

will definitely be back in yokohama once i'm back in tokyo in about a week. 

[louisbosco]

12/1

 

Updating this from Osaka now. This was about a week ago, last day for tokyo pt 1 and had some morning breakfast in tsukiji market before heading to queue for my goros. not much during the day as time was spent queuing but still did managed to visit RMC store and buy a N1 deck jacket i've been eying for awhile now..

 

 

 

Goros has a much different system in queuing since 2 years ago that i went. they now queue at 11 for a raffle number and you will be that number you get. and if you're above a certain number, you can come back at 3pm instead. pretty bummed cause the wallet was all i got. was number 82 and i've only got in about 6/7 in the evening and all the feathers were gone. i rather their 6am FCFS system..

Edited January 18, 2016 by louisbosco

[louisbosco]

13/1

 

Greetings from snowy hokkaido. the 5 days i was there, the temps have never gone above -2C. first day in hokkaido, flew in from tokyo... hit the ground running by visiting the historical village and Mt Moiwa to get a good view of hokkaido at night from afar..

 

The historical village of hokkaido has some really great mock up houses donated by people and it shows the old days of the ainu people presumably the native people of hokkaido. 

 

 

[louisbosco]

Continued

 

 

Ramen Street is one of sapporo's famous place. being the birthplace of ramen in sapporo, it's kind of their delicacy. i had two different stores for dinner but my most favourite is still to come on the last day.

 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Thanks for sharing all those pics! Great start for the tour indeed!

[louisbosco]

thanks tilmann. it's been a pleasure sharing. though i'm a little behind

[louisbosco]

14th Jan

 

Hit Niseko for the day. Fresh powder and really cold weather for the day. The low was about -13 and tops was probably about -4. I'm by no means a good snowboarder, probably have only done it a handful of times, very underprepared this time and should definitely invest in a gopro for future use. Powder in niseko was really good, hit Hanazono's Silver dream course and Hirafu for 1 night run. Fresh powder kept coming down during the day and into the night so it was really good. 

 

[louisbosco]

My attempt at stupidly trying to video with a iphone while boarding.

 

 

Edited January 20, 2016 by louisbosco

[louisbosco]

 

and the current state of the jeans taken in hokkaido.

 

[Iron Horse]

Baller updates, makes me look forward to my next trip to Japan. Shame about the Goro's system now.

Edited January 20, 2016 by Iron Horse

[louisbosco]

Thanks ironhorse, yeah the goros system now is more luck than effort. hence i think there's way more people queuing up for it now. really depends on your luck in getting a good number.