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Poor shrimp! Ahhhh. They were on their last legs anyway. I swear I do more than eat when I go to Japan, this is just what happens at the end of the day, after running around, meetings, and so on. There’s this place in Nakameguro that’s sort of a new seafood type of place. It’s built to resemble a fish market, and I swear it would go up in flames in a minute if something went wrong. It’s all raw wood and there’s tons of it. This spot is close to the station and amazing. I went with the ladies from Dicokick jewelry. Crab miso. Tasty with that quail egg. That’s a tuna collar. It’s huge and might be the best part. Notice is cross over? I’d like to see if anyone can make this pass in LA. 3 floors cavernous and cool. This is the poo looking part of a sea snail. Look at the bling! People in Japan can drink a lot! We were debating from where her outfit comes from. Ping Pong Playas… There’s a secret underground spot in Nakameguro. It’s way off the street, and you have to know it’s there to know about it. Even the locals don’t know. The people who work there shred. I’ve been hearing a bit about this place called Afuri. It’s a ramen place in Ebisu which is a great food town. It’s open until 4am, so it’s obviously a dry That’s the simple kitchen. The cool thing is that they make great ramen and their clientele ranges from the dirty and drunk to the fashionable. They make shio (salt) ramen so it’s easy for anyone to eat.
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That’s Nao below, he’s been here and there on this blog. But he took me to a place that has perhaps the most celebrated eel dish ever. It’s a small spot and they specialize in just eel. Nishimura… It’s well known. It even comes in a lacquer box. It’s amazing and not as sweet as what you’d get in the US, which makes it a lot more delicate and fresh. In the US, we get eel in a vacuum pack. We’re a temple close by That’s what the front looks like of Nishimura. This is Kohei and he’s got a car. We took a nice drive to Yokohama – Chukagai We walked by Fukken Ro. The greatest street ever. It’s name is to the point. Then ate at a tiny Chinese place. I want to say tiny and dirty, but Chinatown in Japan is clean as can be.
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No really I’m doing more than that here. Tons of running around for meetings etc. The food stuff happens when it happens. But it happened yesterday. Cheaper yakiniku. Look at the mini grill. I want one of those at home. This spot was in Matsudo, near the Goodsmile offices. That’s Junko and Aki, two of my favorite people in Japan. Although it is of universal consequence, depending on what you believe, my ride home was stalled by a suicide on the tracks. I fell asleep on the train like a local. Somehow I woke up and the train was at my stop. The ride home took well over an hour. I see red. This place gets packed. I am a nerd at Goodsmile. I accidentally am flashing a gang sign. Ramen. Hakata style, yes, oil and tasty in Matsudo. This is Chinese style Japanese made ramen. Also great. This is green onion but with tororo, which is a mountain yam. It was chopped, not grated, and super good.
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Muji Lego collaboration. The rumors are true. But at over $30+ for the larger set. Is it worth it? There’s a few types, but in the end, I’ll put the coolest Lego Muji thing in the magazine GR64. Yes, it’s near done, and yes, we will get to press. The Muji in Yurakucho area is gigantic. Two floors, and it has everything. I’ve heard about this shop in the past and it’s huge. You can even eat real meals there along with tons of fresh baked goods. You can almost live at this Muji. There’s Ikea, which is quite different, and there are other great shops that are one step in this direction already in the US. So can a Muji make it in the US on this type of scale? I’d think so. Maybe not right now, but it can work. Meal Muji! Behind the glass is the eating area. Yoshi Kawasaki / ex-2k. There he is. The man the myth at the Tokyo Gift Fair. I was happy to see him. I also ran into a few others I knew there. It wasn’t like old times though, so you won’t be reading that from me.
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Anyone into monjayaki? It’s a Tokyo thing and completely strange, but it’s quite great. The “town” is in tsukishima. A bit out of the typical Tokyo visiting areas, but it’s an interesting “dish”. Check it all out. It’s a sequence photo set. Chop up and create a volcano! Full the volcano with the liquid leftover in the bowl. This looks not so appetizing, and you eat it with a tiny metal spatula. some even have cheese. I’m not a dairy king, but I handled it. You take a piece of it with a tiny spatula, not pictured and you drag it towards you so it cooks even more while you drag it your way.
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