japan :: tokyo :: general

[herpsky]

Freed up some cash and going to make the jump and snag a visvim 20L bag. Other than FIL can you guys recommend shops to swing in while Tokyo to see what models they have in stock?

contemporary fix has visvim. also hankyu isetan. corso como used to have them but they are permanently closed.

[breams]

^ I heard they weren't closing until April? Anyways, when I was there a couple of weeks ago they weren't stocking any Visvim.

[conqueror]

been to tokyo twice, but never have been in winter. prob going again in dec/jan - how cold does it realistically get? like 5C?

[djrajio]

Back from the dead. Good to be back...

[djrajio]

Anyone else going to the Omotesando 6th anniversary party tonight?

[herpsky]

i'm glad you are back on the forum

[bentobox]

Rajio is back, thank goodness.

Just wanted to thumbs up Gotham Grill in Ebisu. Went with some friends had an excllent charcoal grilled steak over the weekend. Def a nice choice at a very reasonable price. Super close to station too.

[Statham_Race]

Second the Gotham Grill - it's a great place.

Perhaps not as hot a look due to Roppongi location but had a steak at the bar at R2 the other night with spinach and Kyoto carrot sides. And it was surprisingly good.

[djrajio]

location is pretty wack though. right smack in front of Feria and right over the former Velfarre. Dudes of 2rooms should have snatched up the former location of 57 next to Midtown.

[Enaml]

any recs for stuff to do in takadanobaba? doesn't seem like there's too much around waseda campus and most of the students hang around baba...

[djrajio]

There is a good bouldering joint called Gravity in Baba.

[Enaml]

ikebukuro one is decent for what it is

stayled in the sakura hotel in ikebukuro one for a week. it's definitely not bad. gaijin friendly (i am white as fuck) which is nice, though whenever I used japanese they just spoke engrish at me. there is free wifi there that they say is only available in the lobby, but it reaches at least the 5th floor, where we were staying. more free wifi at the cafe across the street. definitely recommended for the price.

[conqueror]

whenever I used japanese they just spoke engrish at me.

welcome to japan.

[bentobox]

anyone have any experience with selling luxury items, specifically watches, to the resale shops in Tokyo? was considering checking out this route before putting it on eBay. thanks in advance.

[DaBestSpoona]

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[djrajio]

Depends on the watch. PM me.

[Lab]

tickets to tokyo are less expensive than tickets home

might visit in the summer. would be my 5 yr anniversary

rip cafe escalator

[herpsky]

Weird event my friend sent me:

http://jiyugaoka.kei...z/headline/865/

I once told an American colleague (female) about go-kon culture in Japan.

She was fascinated by it and told me to spread it across America.

Edited March 9, 2012 by herpsky

[djrajio]

most epic gokon I have ever been invited to was my buddies birthday gokon this past Jan

40 x 40 at the top-floor lounge in Roppongi hills residence

All the girl's my buddy personally knew and invited personally

A ton of moet champange and private catering

Dude bought a Porsche to celebrate the event

Edited March 9, 2012 by djrajio

[djrajio]

Drinking w/ Cyber Agent chicks tonight. Two on one. Lol.

[herpsky]

man

cyberagent chicks are hot.

I KNOW that they only recruit pretty girls. I haven't met a single cyberagent girl that wasn't bad lookin

[dismalfuture]

most epic gokon I have ever been invited to was my buddies birthday gokon this past Jan

40 x 40 at the top-floor lounge in Roppongi hills residence

All the girl's my buddy personally knew and invited personally

A ton of moet champange and private catering

Dude bought a Porsche to celebrate the event

This is so baller. People should print this post out and pin it to their office cubicle wall as a reason to live.

[bentobox]

unsurprisingly, Drew was right again. Blacows egg cheese avocado burger with no tartar sauce is pretty much perfect. It's so good that the 50yen premium to have lettuce as a "topping" is almost forgivable.

[trem]

got some time to kill so if anyone is keen to grab a beer etc

[djrajio]

Went to Enoshima today w/ dismalfailure and wildwhiskey (of sufu lore) to do a photo shoot. Had a blast and looking forward to perfecting the results.

[dismalfuture]

was good to leave the 1 mile radius of my home today.

[raddy]

Did you remember to bring locks with you?

[dismalfuture]

Roppongi Hills is my polestar.

[trem]

does anywhere in tokyo cary j crew?

[raddy]

There's a J Crew in Odaiba -- a few of the second hand stores in Harajuku/Shibuya carry J Crew stuff very occasionally. I'd try Heatwave or Tailgate or the huge one near Trump room...whatever's its called. All else fails, there's a million billion Japanese Americana clone versions you could try instead.