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Yodobashi Camera! Finally the place that a lot of people have been raving and talkin’ about. (I think I might have missed out on coming here the first time I went to Tokyo 12 years before this trip just due to the pace of the Japan tour that I was on with my mom atContinue reading ““Day 2 (Part 5): Shoppin’ for that merch tho! (11/11/19)””

My next destination would be an area that I’ve been wanting to visit in Tokyo for a long while now – Akihabara, THE LAND OF ELECTRONICS, VIDEO GAMES, AND OTHER COOL STUFF! HELL YEAH DUDE…oh man I could go off for days on how I had to make sure that I made a stop hereContinue reading ““Day 2 (Part 4): A bunch of browsing + a video game themed cafe in Akihabara! (11/11/19)””

After having those amazing pancakes from Benitsuru, I walked a very short 2 minutes to hit up the next spot around these parts – Yukari! This is another spot that Paolo from Paolo FromTokyo (as part of his Tokyo Street Food Asakusa Top 10 Hidden Backstreet Tour | Fluffiest Japanese Pancakes Ever! youtube vid) recommended that IContinue reading ““Day 2 (Part 3): Street food in Asakusa + an owl! (11/11/19)””

Given that I got about 1 1/2 hours before I could sit down at Benitsuru later in the morning, and since a bunch of the places I wanted to hit up in Asakusa aren’t open yet anyway, I decided to walk to Sensō-ji temple while hitting up Nakamise-dori Street (aka Nakamise Shopping Street) on theContinue reading ““Day 2 (Part 2): Asakusa for my soul (both in spirit and in my stomach). (11/11/19)””

12:30am, 2:00am, 3:00am, and 5:30am – these are the times that jetlag decided to wake me up. Jetlag 1. Kevin 0. After waking up the fourth time, I just couldn’t go back to sleep – time to get the day started… with some tap water! Originally, I was going to take the elevator downstairs andContinue reading ““Day 2 (Part 1): Early riser, first breakfast stop hype! (11/11/19)””

NRT (Narita International Airport) – I arrived a bit earlier than expected. Going through customs, grabbing my checked-in luggage, setting up my JR (Japan Rail) Pass, & retrieving my pocket wifi went really smoothly. Also, seeing the “Welcome to JAPAN” sign held by both Mario & Luigi (Nintendo Characters) was awesome (there was another “WelcomeContinue reading ““Day 1: Ramen Night (11/10/19)””

Flight from PDX -> LAX: caught up on some sleep; not bad of a flight! (especially with the aisle seat! (my preferred option). Flight from LAX -> NRT (Narita Intl. Airport): even though it was a 10 – 11 hr flight… honestly, it was decent – it’s been a long while since I’ve flown onContinue reading ““Day 0: Take Flight (11/9/19)””

Eight years since the last time I flew outside of the country, living in a city as an adopted local, priorities shifting left & right throughout the years, & the non-stop daily grind to be a better person everyday. After yesterday’s 13-hour fiasco of a workday, I was finally able to breathe a sigh ofContinue reading ““Incoming Japan Trip – Part Deuce (11/9/19)””

What’s good y’all? Oh man… it’s been a hot minute since I’ve thought about blogging forreal – it’s one of those things where I felt that this is the right time to put thoughts onto print, and it could not have come at a better time where I just came back from my second tripContinue reading “One of those… first posts!”