Sunday, 12.28:
Yesterday, headed out to Ochanomizu to meet up with Ikko and Hide. From there, took the express to Shinjuku which was hella fast. Walked for about 5 min before findin' the bar/lounge where Hideki was performin'. Akiko greeted us @ the door and handed us some fliers. We took our seats just as the first performance was startin'.
We ordered some drinks, fries and a pizza. The first 3 performances were a little too hard for my ears. By the time Hideki came on, the place got pretty packed. As a result, it was hot as hell in there! Hideki performed a few songs from his new CD and also had a drummer for the first time. It was so nice to hear some acoustic after hearin' all that hard electric stuff. Soon after Hideki's performance, we headed out.
From Shinjuku, headed to Shibuya to meet up with Bryan, Sean and John. We all went to Tower records to do some shoppin'. All the guys picked up some CDs and DVDs. Sean headed home while the rest of us went to Bryan's friend's party in Aoyama. When we got there, the place was pretty dead. After chattin' a bit, some of Bryan's friends came through and slowly the place was gettin' packed. John noticed this one girl who he wanted to talk to, so Bryan volunteered me to be the wingman. I thought I did an ok job of keepin' her friend occupied, enough so that John could get his game on. Since John was determined to get the girl's digits and Bryan & I had to head out, Bryan elected his buddy Junji to act as the new wingman.
We then headed out and went back to Shibuya and Bryan helped me find where to meet up with Yu. After a little bit of miscommunication, we found them and Bryan headed home cuz he had to work the next day. Yu and Ai-chan met me and we headed to the bar where everyone was at or goin' to. It was a tiny place, maybe seats for about 12. When we got there, I knew some of the folks from before. A-chan, Ichiro and Hide were there. Ichiro and I were talkin' about lots of stuff while he kept on tellin' me that Ai-chan was crazy...which isn't a lie...especially when she's drunk. Later on some other folks came through. we all headed to this small room downstairs where there are turntables and another small side room. Everyone started to perform, mostly Hide & Chi-chan, a little bit of Ichiro, Flaeki (sp?) and I told of them that I never heard Yu chan perform in Japan yet. So I finally got to hear Trident. It was pretty dope! After chillin' down there for a while, headed upstairs to get some air and another drink. Kicked it A-chan & Chi-chan who were both pretty drunk. Kinda interestin' how Chi-chan (who lived in NY for 10 years) would speak to me in Japanese while A-chan translated in English. A-chan and I finished off the last bottle of Tantakatan there, so we had to settle for some Aomori sho chu which wasn't even a good substitute. We all were pretty hungry so I asked who was all down for some ramen. Ai-chan quickly responded by sayin' meran tabetai which I had no clue what it was. Yu told me that it's Ai-chango. meran is ramen. After some of the places we tried to go to were closed, we decided to go to a cafe. Ordered some herb chicken which took sometime to come out. When we got all of our food, a lot of our food was cold. Hide's tonkatsu and my potatoes (thanks to Ai-chan for findin' out for me) were pretty cold. I couldn't believe A-chan ordered a beer... I quickly inhaled my food, which Ai-chan constantly pickin' at it. @ this restaurant, everyone on our side of the dining area were all out like a light. I should've taken a picture but I was too into my food. Since I was still hungry, ordered some karaage which was gone in a matter of seconds. We all headed to the station and Yu and I headed home. He said that he didn't want to sit cuz he would instantly pass out so I gladly took the seat for him. Next thing I know, were Funabashi and Yu tells me not to sleep through my station. The next thing I know, one of the train workers nudges me to wake up. I was like no no no...I'm probably in Chiba again but to my surprise, the train's final stop was Tsudanuma. I think from now on, I'm gonna take that train. It was about 0800ish when I got to Yakuendai, came home and went to bed.
Monday, 12.29:
Woke up @ around 1500 and emailed Yu to see what was up for tonite...to see if we were still goin' to hang out with his friend from Hayward. I got a mail from Daisuke, sayin' to meet up @ Jane's hotel in Shin Nihombashi. So Yu told me that his other friend Elliot, from CSUH, was here in Japan and stayin' with Minako. So we all met up @ Funabashi station and headed to Shin Nihombashi. Met up with Daisuke, Ryo (another CSUH student from Japan) and Jane. We headed over to Watami and had tons and tons of food. It was a pretty weird experience because everyone @ the table had or is currently goin' to CSUH. The funny thing bout all this was that I misread the katakana for Jane as John which caused some confusion when we were plannin' this dinner. Because both Yu and Ryo knew a John from Hayward, it made for some funny email conversations. Daisuke had to leave a little bit early to go see his significant other and we stayed there and chatted it up for a while. Got a text later from A-chan sayin' that she didn't make it to work...which Yu and I knew was gonna happen regardless. We all headed out @ around 2200ish and I got back to Yakuendai around 2245 and then headed to Serenade to say hi and get something to eat. Tanaka was the only one there and later Hashimoto san came through. Another man came thru who I later found out that his brother is an enka singer by the name of Aoto Ken. Mama wanted everyone to sing so it went around about 2-3 times. Hung out there til about 0200 then Hashimoto san took me to another bar across the way called Cha Cha. Another small snack place. Met some koo interestin' peeps. The mama there is so funny. She easily killed a whole bottle of wine while we sat there talkin' for no longer than an hour. We finally headed out @ around 0400 and went to the convenience store to get some food and called it a night.
Kaz out...
Yesterday, headed out to Ochanomizu to meet up with Ikko and Hide. From there, took the express to Shinjuku which was hella fast. Walked for about 5 min before findin' the bar/lounge where Hideki was performin'. Akiko greeted us @ the door and handed us some fliers. We took our seats just as the first performance was startin'.
We ordered some drinks, fries and a pizza. The first 3 performances were a little too hard for my ears. By the time Hideki came on, the place got pretty packed. As a result, it was hot as hell in there! Hideki performed a few songs from his new CD and also had a drummer for the first time. It was so nice to hear some acoustic after hearin' all that hard electric stuff. Soon after Hideki's performance, we headed out.
From Shinjuku, headed to Shibuya to meet up with Bryan, Sean and John. We all went to Tower records to do some shoppin'. All the guys picked up some CDs and DVDs. Sean headed home while the rest of us went to Bryan's friend's party in Aoyama. When we got there, the place was pretty dead. After chattin' a bit, some of Bryan's friends came through and slowly the place was gettin' packed. John noticed this one girl who he wanted to talk to, so Bryan volunteered me to be the wingman. I thought I did an ok job of keepin' her friend occupied, enough so that John could get his game on. Since John was determined to get the girl's digits and Bryan & I had to head out, Bryan elected his buddy Junji to act as the new wingman.
We then headed out and went back to Shibuya and Bryan helped me find where to meet up with Yu. After a little bit of miscommunication, we found them and Bryan headed home cuz he had to work the next day. Yu and Ai-chan met me and we headed to the bar where everyone was at or goin' to. It was a tiny place, maybe seats for about 12. When we got there, I knew some of the folks from before. A-chan, Ichiro and Hide were there. Ichiro and I were talkin' about lots of stuff while he kept on tellin' me that Ai-chan was crazy...which isn't a lie...especially when she's drunk. Later on some other folks came through. we all headed to this small room downstairs where there are turntables and another small side room. Everyone started to perform, mostly Hide & Chi-chan, a little bit of Ichiro, Flaeki (sp?) and I told of them that I never heard Yu chan perform in Japan yet. So I finally got to hear Trident. It was pretty dope! After chillin' down there for a while, headed upstairs to get some air and another drink. Kicked it A-chan & Chi-chan who were both pretty drunk. Kinda interestin' how Chi-chan (who lived in NY for 10 years) would speak to me in Japanese while A-chan translated in English. A-chan and I finished off the last bottle of Tantakatan there, so we had to settle for some Aomori sho chu which wasn't even a good substitute. We all were pretty hungry so I asked who was all down for some ramen. Ai-chan quickly responded by sayin' meran tabetai which I had no clue what it was. Yu told me that it's Ai-chango. meran is ramen. After some of the places we tried to go to were closed, we decided to go to a cafe. Ordered some herb chicken which took sometime to come out. When we got all of our food, a lot of our food was cold. Hide's tonkatsu and my potatoes (thanks to Ai-chan for findin' out for me) were pretty cold. I couldn't believe A-chan ordered a beer... I quickly inhaled my food, which Ai-chan constantly pickin' at it. @ this restaurant, everyone on our side of the dining area were all out like a light. I should've taken a picture but I was too into my food. Since I was still hungry, ordered some karaage which was gone in a matter of seconds. We all headed to the station and Yu and I headed home. He said that he didn't want to sit cuz he would instantly pass out so I gladly took the seat for him. Next thing I know, were Funabashi and Yu tells me not to sleep through my station. The next thing I know, one of the train workers nudges me to wake up. I was like no no no...I'm probably in Chiba again but to my surprise, the train's final stop was Tsudanuma. I think from now on, I'm gonna take that train. It was about 0800ish when I got to Yakuendai, came home and went to bed.
Monday, 12.29:
Woke up @ around 1500 and emailed Yu to see what was up for tonite...to see if we were still goin' to hang out with his friend from Hayward. I got a mail from Daisuke, sayin' to meet up @ Jane's hotel in Shin Nihombashi. So Yu told me that his other friend Elliot, from CSUH, was here in Japan and stayin' with Minako. So we all met up @ Funabashi station and headed to Shin Nihombashi. Met up with Daisuke, Ryo (another CSUH student from Japan) and Jane. We headed over to Watami and had tons and tons of food. It was a pretty weird experience because everyone @ the table had or is currently goin' to CSUH. The funny thing bout all this was that I misread the katakana for Jane as John which caused some confusion when we were plannin' this dinner. Because both Yu and Ryo knew a John from Hayward, it made for some funny email conversations. Daisuke had to leave a little bit early to go see his significant other and we stayed there and chatted it up for a while. Got a text later from A-chan sayin' that she didn't make it to work...which Yu and I knew was gonna happen regardless. We all headed out @ around 2200ish and I got back to Yakuendai around 2245 and then headed to Serenade to say hi and get something to eat. Tanaka was the only one there and later Hashimoto san came through. Another man came thru who I later found out that his brother is an enka singer by the name of Aoto Ken. Mama wanted everyone to sing so it went around about 2-3 times. Hung out there til about 0200 then Hashimoto san took me to another bar across the way called Cha Cha. Another small snack place. Met some koo interestin' peeps. The mama there is so funny. She easily killed a whole bottle of wine while we sat there talkin' for no longer than an hour. We finally headed out @ around 0400 and went to the convenience store to get some food and called it a night.
Kaz out...
This entry was posted by kaz, on
火曜日, 12月 30, 2003.
You can leave your response.
