Back to Life, Back to Reality, Back to LA.

We missed out on the fish market on Monday morning because of the night prior and those microwave burgers. We had a train to catch at 3 and a flight to catch at 6:45 back to LA. We hung out in Harajuku with our downtime and picked up doner kebabs and some last minute souvenirs and stuff. The day was kind of drag because we knew we had to go back. Japan has been too good of a place to us physically, mentally, and culturally. 9 hours later we were back in LA and feeling like shit from the plane ride. There was a rude ass family in front of us with a baby that wouldn't shut the fuck up. Excuse my language, but the baby wouldn't shut the fuck up THE WHOLE WAY! Once we touched down, Rob was nice enough to swoop us from the airport. We took the guy to lunch and had some awesome burgers at Rush. Medium rare, mmm. Jet lag sucks and I'm still feeling it, but at least I'm waking up early now. The trips not over in my mind, and there's definitely more footage. We filmed the whole thing, just gotta edit the clips. Also check out thejapanplan (Nate and Robs blog for the trip) for more photos and footage. I ♥ Japan. Till next time. Check out the last of it.

The Final Showdown!...In Tokyo.

We got back from Fukuoka, and the placed FUK'ed us up. We didn't do much that day but take our 6 hour train ride back to Tokyo that Saturday. As soon as we arrived we didn't do a thing. Checked in at the Villa Fontaine again then went on a Mos Burger food binge. We also picked up some Family Mart chicken on the way out. As tempting as the legs were that night, it wasn't a wise decision to go out, so we rested up for the next final day in Tokyo. We hit Shibuya station bright and early trying to scramble for the last of what we could see in this wonderland, which was quite a bit. Massive crazy crosswalks in that area and more shopping on acid. It was Sunday so Yoyogi park was poppin, saw a hip hop show, some dancing 50s, and some freaks along the way. Made our way towards Harajuku to pick up a doner kebab, pay a visit to Ken, visit some bike shops, and pick up some last minute gear. Later in the evening we hit the Hard Rock in Roppongi because we had to wait on our seats at the udon joint across the way. Headed back to the Hard Rock after dinner where we met Nick, an Aussie traveler whose extended his trip twice because he was having to much fun. Don't know how he did considering he was rolling solo. Nick joined us for a beer at this pirate burger joint after the Hard Rock. Between the walk of both places, we were offered two be rubbed off on two seperate occasions, and the typical Nigerian slanging titties. It was a good night and how else would it have ended with out some Family Mart chicken. The shit hit the fan that night at 3am when we hit two different Family Marts and the chicken was no where to be found. We ended up one Family Mart and settling on microwavable burgers and strange burritos, that we would later regret the following day. We also managed to stick around the dirty mag. section in the Family Mart and would say weren't the most reserved tourists at 3am. The register dude probably wanted to kill Nate and I. Apologies Family Mart register dude. Here are the pics.

Fish Market, Canal Craziness, and Broadway with Louis.

Yesterday was another long one. We tried going to the fish market in Fukuoka, but they sell out of their catch really early and we were a little to late. Plan B came quick and we headed to Canal city to check out more shops and the Ramen Stadium for lunch. "I love Ramen" says the host who welcomed us into the ramen joint because he knew we were American, props to the ramen dude. We chilled in Canal city most of the day just checkin out the shops, because its pretty apparent that Japan is a mecca for shopping and shopping. EVERYTHING is dope, really, everything. Although there's a price to pay for dope, I did not leave with a crazy alarm clock as much as i wanted one. Kristin was nice enough to send us home with DTorso cardboard sculptures. Hell yeah. Got to try a melon soda float, which is like a root beer float, but with melon soda instead. It's way better. In the evening we had dinner at a bar called Broadway which was around the corner from Mystays where we were staying. The bar was cool, it was owned by this guy named Louis. He was from NY and told us he had been in Japan for 20 years. He was a student in China, but came out to Japan for vacation and never left. How awesome is that. The food and drink were great. Then he took us to his friends bar across the way for some Jameson. It was a low key Irish pub that pretty interesting. It felt like cheers, and everybody knew eachothers names. We called it a night around 3am cause checkout was at 11am the next morning and we needed to be on that train back to Tokyo. Peep.

Happy Cock & Bye Bye Rob.

It's been a crazy few days out in Fukuoka the day before last was Rob's last dad here. We hit a comic book store in the morning and more departments stores. Uniqlo took another hit on my part, shits nice and cheap. Headed back to the hotel for a minute before heading out for Rob's last night. Ran into this store called Loveless, it's pretty kinda really dope. Its hard to explain cause i couldn't take pics inside. Took the a cab to a developing area near a beach just to check it out before dinner. We had dinner at this joint that was pretty nice. It seemed like we were the anomaly considering we weren't wearing business suits. The cuts of sushi were great, but the light was really cold. It seemed a little to sterile. From there we went back to the happy cock to play a game of pool. We met some locals along the way, this dude Alex who teaches english out here and some of his Japanese friends. They were cool, they told us where to go as far as what were looking for and what Rob was looking for was dudes (JK Rob). Anyway the night was fun at the Happy Cock unfortunately Rob and I ended up burning out around 3am and again "that night some chicken saved my life" thanks FamilyMart (They got the best chicken on the planet). Check it.

Temples, Geisha's, and 1950s.

We got at more temples on another long ass walk to Kyto station yesterday to pick up our train tickets to head out to Fukuoka today. The station was nice, and crazy in elevation. We actually saw a poor old lady fall down some marble stairsd...eeek. We also checked out a department store called Setan, funny considering there competitor or we'd like to think Mylord. Had some squid balls and donuts while we were there, and headed out after that. Later in the evening we had trouble finding food, and the bars we were looking for. Considering there's a holiday going on out here some things are closed. We did find Kento's though which was an interesting find. It's a 50s & 60s live music bar, with a Japanese cover band that charges 3500 yen for all you drink, with purchase of a food item. NICE! They were nothing short of AWESOME those guys. Zombies covers and all. While we were there we actually saw a geisha. Crazy to see them in public amongst the regular people. There was no photography allowed but i was kind of able to pop a shot off of the band and geisha's in there somewhere. Enjoy.

Super Awesome Temple Time!!!

Yesterday here in JP time we hit some temples and rock gardens up. Things were amazing looking, they were the things that "fake" were replicated after. As usual I'd say we walk about 5 plus miles a day including utilizing every form of public transportation Japan has to offer. After the day of temple hopping, we ended up back at hotel taking a break from life and emerging ourselves in beer from vending machine across from our room. After the shenanigans were over we headed over to the Shakey's we couldn't find the night prior and indulged ourselves in all you can eat pizza and beer. Shit was crazy and the pizza and beer killed us. Period. Peep the album below.

Landing in Kyoto.

I woke up yesterday morning feeling horrible. I could barely think and we still had to figure things out on getting to Kyoto. We figured stuff out and took the bullet train to Kyoto. We got there and figured out we didn't know the name of the hotel we were staying out and got horribly lost. We ended up at the police station after a cab ride with a guy we could not communicate with whatsoever, we suck. Thank you Kyoto police for helping us find out where the Village Kyoto Hotel is. We finally got there, and decided to go on an adventure to find the nearest Shakeys pizza. AGAIN we got lost and a gang of gas station attendants helped us out so we flagged down a cab and had an interesting conversation with the dude that picked us up. He told us we had japanese souls and basically wished us luck and told us we were awesome. Hell yeah! Fuckin Shakey's was closed, whatever, and we ended up at another conveyer belt sushi joint. It was doper this time because when we ordered this mini bullet train would come to our station and give us what we ordered. I ended the night with this delicious waffle ice cream thing with blueberry filling, what a night. I'm exhausted from walking miles everyday, but it feels great. YEEEE!!! Check it or click an image below.