Hey yall, I will be moving to Shimokitazawa… Nice! I have 3 female roommates, 2 from Japan and one from Amurika. We will see how this situation will go but I am guessing it will be better than the situation that I am in, in the moment. Takadanobaba is a cool neighborhood on the Yamanote line and I would definitely love to buy an apartment here but its my roommate. I am excited to move to a new location and check out a different part of Tokyo, a cooler part.
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Yikes, all plans to go abroad during Golden Week are crazy expensive. I dont know what I will do, but most likely I will head to Osaka for a bit and hang around the Tokyo for the rest of my vacation. I have 6 flex days so I will plan something on the off season. I have also been thinking about what I wanted to get out of coming to Japan and I realized, it really wasnt the traveling but the cool people and things I would learn during my stay. I realize that traveling is fun but only if you are with the right kind of people, I am not the type that can go solo to a place, but then again, maybe I should, I had a great time in Toronto for the ECC interview. Oh well, onto other news, I am moving out of Takadanobaba by the end of the month. I found this sweet crib in Shimokitazawa, which reminds me of the village back home. I hope I get a room, I would be rooming with three women and I would have a 10.5 mat room! w00t! I have been a good boy here in Japan, I really hope I get that room, I think it would be a lot of fun. Cross your fingers for me!
Hey Yall, this weekend was my birthday weekend and it was cool. I want to thank Candice, Lori, Christine, Liza, Henry, Jill, Jesse and Jon for coming out, these are my peoples! I must admit I was a bit disappointed about the turn out but then again, at least the people who truly mattered, showed up! We went to Wara-Wara, this Japanese Izakaya for a bit to eat and rather tasty Kiwi sours. Afterwards, it was off to clubNutz! ahaha, club Nutz was a bit dead because there was a Ne-Yo/Rhianna concert that same night but it was a fun time. I am thankful for the good friends that I have met in Japan and appreciate the little things they do for me, it feels good to know that they could have been anywhere that night but decided to spend the night with me, thanks guys! Spending time with someone is the best gift anyone can give to another person.
The next day was on the other side of reality, Lori, Jill and I went to the Penis Festival in Kawasaki Daishi. You heard right! A Penis Festival and I have photos and video to prove it! It was a bit bizarre and hilarious but a lot of fun.
Carving daikons into wangs!
The dancing pink penis
Please put your children on the giant wang!
Drag Queens
Look at that wood
A toadstool
Yummy Candy
Everyone wants one
Long live the Daikon and Walnuts weekend…
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Hello everyone, this will be a series of installments of Derek and Liza go to Kanto’s lamest museums! First on the agenda is of course, you favorite and mine, The Ramen Museum in Shin-Yokohama.
The front of the Ramen Museum, if you notice ramen is spelled raumen!
The Legend of Mr. Ramen
Types of Ramen sorted by region and type, you see the Ramen Museum is filled with educational things
Liza and her ramen
Ramen Bowls, you cant eat Osaka raman in a Tokyo ramen bowl, that just kwazie!
Interior of the Ramen Museum, the inside was supposed to look like what Japan did back in the old days, complete with cowboys and indians
Video of the ramen Museum
The back alleys of the Ramen Museum
Liza and I ate at the oldest ramen shop in Japan, I didnt know that the best ramen shops smell like ass! Its because the broth stinks so bad so you can appreciate “when you sip the soup, you feel multiple levels of complex flavor and richness combined with fish aroma excite your brain. You should not come to yourself until you finish the whole bowl.” – from the Ramen Museum guidebook. Sorry I came to myself prematurely, I couldnt finish the deliciousness that is ramen.
Proof that we went to the Ramen Museum, because no one will believe you that you actually visited the Ramen Museum
Manboobs and the fantastic Mr. Ramen
Win a machine gun at the Ramen Museum, because theres nothing better than shooting off a mag after having a belly full of ramen
Ending the visit with a drink while watching the virtural sunset, who gets drunk at the Ramen Museum. Liza and I do, thats who! All while looking at the virtual sunset, I think 4 days passed by before we finished the piss weak sours!
To sum up the Ramen Museum, its pretty much a place to select and eat ramen from around Japan. There are 8 regional styles of Japanese ramen to try. The games they were talking about in the brochure were: playing with lame tops and playing janken with the staff, for those who dont know janken is rock/scissors/paper. This concludes the first installment of “The Lamest Museums of Japan”. Next will we will visit the Tobacco and Salt Museum in Shibuya. Stay tuned!
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I was hanging out with my friend Jeremy in Yoyogi Park on Sunday. Why we love Tokyo!
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