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NECK FACE in Tokyo

Hand washing before the temple

This is a small video of me at Meiji Jingu. Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine. For those who don't know shinto is called Japan's ancient original religion, and it is deeply rooted in the way of Japanese life. Shinto has no founder, no holy book, and not even the concept of religious conversion, but Shinto values for example harmony with nature and virtues such as "Magokoro (sincere heart)". Washing your hands, first the right, then the left and then bringing some water to your mouth is how you pay respect at Meiji Jingu. (peep the shiny watch my poppa gave me before I left. BALLER!)

Sneakers and a big poodle

See title.

OVERSTIMULATION

We went to Shibuya today where all the cool kids hang out. It had a soho feel (sort of) but the youngins were out and stylin. I almost spent 10000 US dollars on sneakers and gear but had to remember that I will need my money to live.  See something you like? Send me a money order.

Since Nike has gone crazy with all these bugged out colors it was actually a little difficult to tell what was exclusive and what wasn't. The internet has killed the sneaker game also, but I still managed to find a few goodies.

This fast food place was actually mad good. The burger hit the AMERICAN crave spot located in my cholesterol.

Too cool for school right here.

This one is for you Jackson Heights. I bought a taco. That was weird. It was good but really, let's be serious, can't compete with nueva york!

I went up to these girls and showed my camera to them and they nodded and were going to take my picture. I said no and shook my head and mimed that I wanted to take a picture of them. They laughed/fell in love and asked me to marry them.

All the food places have plastic examples of the type of food you can find inside.

I wish bars and clubs did this for people in the city.

These are vending machines in Tokyo. They offer a wide variety of beverages. They are very refreshing and tasty. 

They have them here also..

Ok, I thought I would make the photos bigger..I'm going to see how I like the format on the page. I might shrink them back to the little ones again..but let me explain these photos before I start asking for votes on the aesthetic of the page..

This is a statue of a very strong man. (same place that had all the dolls) This was also SOLD OUT mind you. Yes, think on that and let it settle.

This is one of the smoking rooms I was talking about. They're really intense when you see them in person. You can almost feel peoples lungs screaming out for help. You will see large smoking only areas on the street also. Not a lot of people walk and smoke in Tokyo. These rooms freak me out man.

This is a penguin. Even Native Japanese were taking pictures of it so I know it was some extra weird shit.

Let me explain this one. Well first, let me tell you that Tekken 6 and Street Fighter 4 have both dropped in Japan. HUGE news in gamer land apparently. (thanks Dan) Dan was in the zone. After many rounds of games a slight frown and look of  fright appeared on my comrades face.

"What's wrong D?" I asked 

"MY WRIST. I think I broke it!"

"Dan. You did not break your wrist" (those of you who know me and Dan well, can truly hear my voice and see my facial expression with this statement. You know the look.)

"Then why does it hurt so much..AH, it hurts when i do this ( imagine turning arm) AH, AH aHH!---quick give me a coin, I have to keep playing."

And the story continues. Dan with what he thought was a broken wrist, re challenged his Japanese foe on the other side of the arcade. And even loss after loss to a superior Japanese gamer, Dan with messed up video game injury wrist finally got his WIN! AMERICA he screamed. AMERICA! -- he didn't really scream that, but that's what he said he wanted to do when he won...

  
Japanese video game foe. -- It was really funny - -Dan was super intense getting really upset when he lost and getting really pumped with every combo he threw. When I walked over to the other side to see who he was playing I expected some sort of the same enthusiasm from his counterpart. There was this little dude sitting crosslegged with his backpack and jacket on playing the most relaxed game of Tekken 6 you've ever seen. It was great. (peep the reverse grip on the attack stick. A true master.)

Tokyo views

I know I posted some pictures of what you can see from our balcony, but I thought a small video couldn't hurt.