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Chad Mullane on left. People say he looks like Michael Schumacher, but he also looks a little like Ryan McGinness at the right moments. Either way, the other dude is this French actor, I’m blanking on his name. I’ll fill it in when I get it. They’re both in Nodame Cantabile, a film just released all over Japan. Or catch him doing comedy if you can understand, quick speaking Japanese. Does he look like Schumacher?
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The irony. Everywhere you go, a Chinatown awaits and the same guy who built the first one, is still alive building them. Here's his famous gate. Notice how he varied and went with blue this time. Perfect for Yokohama, Japan. Of course it's ironic since here's a Chinatown with in a Japantown. It's a tourist trap, and where there's tourists, the food quality usually goes straight down. It's like...
The irony. Everywhere you go, a Chinatown awaits and the same guy who built the first one, is still alive building them. Here’s his famous gate. Notice how he varied and went with blue this time. Perfect for Yokohama, Japan. Of course it’s ironic since here’s a Chinatown with in a Japantown. It’s a tourist trap, and where there’s tourists, the food quality usually goes straight down. It’s like dumbing something down. But not here. The food is actually unlike what you get in a typical Chinatown tourist area. It’s good. We’ve been duped. People don’t hesitate to show what they serve in Chinatown Japan, even though PETA would be pissed off. I can’t say that shark fin is my favorite, but clearly, it’s a selling point. If monkey brain was people’s favorite, you’d see heads and brains displayed everywhere. It’s also weird how shark fin looks like a baby bib. Maybe they should try baby bib soup instead. What else does shark fin look like? 1) a costume beard. 2) a strange sexual device for men 3) yolkless egg 4) mini Xmas tree bottom 5) Smurfs apron The one thing he didn’t do is make this eggroll. You’d think Chinatown eggrolls are the same frozen and then deep fried item, but no think again. In this place, it taste different and isn’t the same beat up concoction of cabbage. I can’t begin to tell you the name of this place since it’s only in Japanese or is it Chinese?, but it’s off the main strip. shumai shrimp and garlic sauce fried rice shark fin soup This is the main street. It was nice and packed.The Chinatown is clean and well kept as compared to what you see in New York or LA. Tons of bao are everywhere. Since I can’t read it, here’s the spot. It’s owned by a friend of my friend, moshi moshi Sadatoshi, who’s pictured above.
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The irony. Everywhere you go, a Chinatown awaits and the same guy who built the first one, is still alive building them. Here’s his famous gate. Notice how he varied and went with blue this time. Perfect for Yokohama, Japan. Of course it’s ironic since here’s a Chinatown with in a Japantown. It’s a tourist trap, and where there’s tourists, the food quality usually goes straight down. It’s like dumbing something down. But not here. The food is actually unlike what you get in a typical Chinatown tourist area. It’s good. We’ve been duped. People don’t hesitate to show what they serve in Chinatown Japan, even though PETA would be pissed off. I can’t say that shark fin is my favorite, but clearly, it’s a selling point. If monkey brain was people’s favorite, you’d see heads and brains displayed everywhere. It’s also weird how shark fin looks like a baby bib. Maybe they should try baby bib soup instead. What else does shark fin look like? 1) a costume beard. 2) a strange sexual device for men 3) yolkless egg 4) mini Xmas tree bottom 5) Smurfs apron The one thing he didn’t do is make this eggroll. You’d think Chinatown eggrolls are the same frozen and then deep fried item, but no think again. In this place, it taste different and isn’t the same beat up concoction of cabbage. I can’t begin to tell you the name of this place since it’s only in Japanese or is it Chinese?, but it’s off the main strip. shumai shrimp and garlic sauce fried rice shark fin soup This is the main street. It was nice and packed.The Chinatown is clean and well kept as compared to what you see in New York or LA. Tons of bao are everywhere. Since I can’t read it, here’s the spot. It’s owned by a friend of my friend, moshi moshi Sadatoshi, who’s pictured above.
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Those miniscule dots where my red arrow points are a wave of people. Packed solid... and that's far down Omotesando street. There's no space. To take this photo, I waited for a moment of clearing in front of me. I go to Tokyo and see this over and over, but it never ceases to amaze me. What are they seeing, buying, and thinking about? The Xmas lights on the street are a rarity because of cost. I...