japan :: tokyo :: general

[1M]

calling the immigration bureau

hahh. my current situation as well. i have a jp passport but came here with my US passport this time for the jr pass

[jstavrin]

thinking of going to yokohama and/or kawasaki today. what's worth checking out in either city? 

[herpsky]

chinatown; osanbashi and red brick are nice if you are out on a date

shin yokohama ramen museum: honestly, some of the best ramen i've had came from here; usually some unknown famous-for-the-locals spot

shin yokohama skate park

that's about it

[01spirilla]

i always get my hair cut at Freeman's Sporting Club in Aoyama. It's like 4,000 yen plus tax. They do a sick job and also do scissor based fades. They use baxter and aesop. It's a huge plus. Other American inspired barbershops are like 6500+. 

Freeman's is open everyday but try to go before 3pm. They stop taking appointments at 5ish

Thanks so much for sharing Went this afternoon and had the best haircut ever.  

[pompadork]

New. Semi ãもー

 

http://eyescream.jp/tyo/news/culture/bookandbedtokyo-openingrecap/

[denim4dayss]

can anyone suggest a place to buy souvenir jackets?

[jstavrin]

 

chinatown; osanbashi and red brick are nice if you are out on a date

shin yokohama ramen museum: honestly, some of the best ramen i've had came from here; usually some unknown famous-for-the-locals spot

shin yokohama skate park

that's about it

 

 

We ended up going to Kamakura instead, which I think was the right move (I was initially under the assumption that it was farther away).

 

 

i always get my hair cut at Freeman's Sporting Club in Aoyama. It's like 4,000 yen plus tax. They do a sick job and also do scissor based fades. They use baxter and aesop. It's a huge plus. Other American inspired barbershops are like 6500+. 

Freeman's is open everyday but try to go before 3pm. They stop taking appointments at 5ish

 

edit: figured it out, and I'm very happy with my haircut. 

Edited October 29, 2015 by jstavrin

[TANO]

can anyone suggest a place to buy souvenir jackets?

theyre literally everywhere, i guess it depends if you want it new or used and how much you want to spend.

[kraak]

I might've asked before but I want to try my luck again: can anybody recommend me any online shops/manufacturers for japanese pottery?

[herpsky]

you probably need to look @ the latest issue of casa brutus 

[herpsky]

i meant the previous one. no 187

[Fuuma]

Are they selling Kanye West collections in Japan? I want to see if the Jap fans look like bigger wankers than the yankee ones....

[kraak]

gr8 tokyo is selling the collection but there's probably more.

[pompadork]

e: down

Edited November 1, 2015 by pompadork

[herpsky]

u postin private videos

u failed

[herpsky]

just finished reading 僕ã¯æ„›ã‚’証明ã—よã†ã¨æ€ã†ã€‚ well, it all makes sense now.

[pompadork]

A third blue bottle is opening in roppyongi

[herpsky]

no sank u

[conqueror]

they are expanding way too quickly. i'd be amazed if more than one jp store is open in 5 years.

[martin_henk]

blue bottle coffee... well. i've been to both current locations and it's decent coffee. i think all their staff works there cause they think they gonna lead the next opening in some part of japan. because most bros there got too much precious facial hair to be just another poor barista in TKO...

 

whats up with that comme de garcons depato in ginza? kinda spooky...

Edited November 2, 2015 by martin_henk

[raddy]

i think BB in tko is def better than "decent" -- its just theres so much 3rd(4th) wave coffee in town now. I got no hate for BB I guess.

 

@martin -- you mean DSM? the giant bug be creepin'

[herpsky]

people claim fuglen is as good as "good" coffee on the west coast

 

don't go to onibus coffee 

it sucks the d

[beatplusmelody]

I still maintain omotesando koffee is the best in town, but been surprised that lately everytime i've been there there's only a few people, if any, waiting. bb will fade out too.

[pompadork]

fuglen is always way too busy. little nap is close enough and like it but thats usually busy too. 

 

coutume i like and is always dead. 

[jstavrin]

omnibus does suck.

 

light up in kichijoji and about life in shibuya have been my favorites so far. 

[herpsky]

there's a fancy new place in nakameguro/aobadai – it looks all white. can't remember the name. 

hey, there's a place in meouro (you walk down gonno skezaka hill and you make a right, right after seijo drug store)

 

dont go to that one – it sucks the d

 

found it

http://www.switchcoffeetokyo.com

Edited November 6, 2015 by herpsky

[herpsky]

amamelia in pretty good. it's chill. (and cheap – a gibraltar was like 250 yen)

[mydenvermax]

Don't know how long it has been there but the Koto-ku shop called "Cream of the Crop - クリーム オブ ザ クロップ " now has a more convenient outpost inside Shibuya Hikarie B1F. This shop, About Life, and Arise (and maybe Switch which herp just mentioned) are the most serious about single origin pour-over coffee in the city that i've found. Most others -  like Omotesando Koffee, Streamer, Bear Pond, Nozy, Coffee Valley, Fuglen, Deus Ex Machina, and places that work with Allpress - are more focused on what they can do with an espresso machine.

[conqueror]

OG cream of the crop is great and is dead quiet on weekdays. not a fan of the hikarie spot.

[herpsky]

is it the coffee stand on the first floor of hikarie? hikarie is too hectic

 

hikarie has a Zenkashoin shop. good branding and A+ snacks.

 

http://www.zen-kashoin.com

Ishi-datami inspired snack DOPE http://zen-kashoin.com/item/zen-package/item21/

Edited November 8, 2015 by herpsky