Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 331 Location: United States, usually. Sometimes Japan.
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:57 pm Post subject:
There was a nice gentleman taking pictures of tourists with their own cameras. He learned English during the post-war occupation, when he assisted American military offices during the reconstruction. He still hangs out at Harbor View Park almost every day, being a voluntary one-man tourism task force. He does it because he enjoys meeting people from all over the world who love Japan. It was very nice experience meeting and talking with him. Naturally, my friend and I had him take our picture too.
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 331 Location: United States, usually. Sometimes Japan.
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:03 am Post subject:
After a bit, we headed down to the ports to meet up with my buddy. The water in harbor is just beautiful. Not what you would expect in an industrial port.
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 331 Location: United States, usually. Sometimes Japan.
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:10 am Post subject:
The ship looks like something out of an old Tintin comic. Crab with the Golden Claws.
Gotta love Japanese advertising.
Met up with my buddy, and this is his new bike. Since his wife was pregnant with their first child, he decided it was was time to sell the dirt bike and get something more practical. Yes, this is how our minds work. Welcome to the brain of a chronic motorcyclist.
See? Seating for three and cargo space! I'll try to post a link to the YouTube video of our ride through Yokohama. Last time I tried to post such a link, it was blocked as "spam", so no guarantees. _________________
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 331 Location: United States, usually. Sometimes Japan.
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:56 am Post subject:
After the ride and some ice cream at the Red Brick Warehouse, my buddy went back home to take care of his pregnant wife. Visits with friends can be so brief, but worth every bit of the effort.
My friend/guide and I hung out for a bit at the port, enjoying the sea breeze and the beautiful water.
That's what it looked like, anyway. What we were actually doing was trying to figure out what to do next, and how to do it.
Return to Tokyo? Oops, just missed the ferry. Hmmm...
So we enjoyed being tourists for a bit while putting our plan together. _________________
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 331 Location: United States, usually. Sometimes Japan.
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:15 am Post subject:
One more shot of Chinatown, then it was off to a series of train stations. Can't remember which one it was, but at one point, we had to traverse a looooong series of stairs, way under the train itself, back up and out on the other side. Phew!
Back to Shibuya.
These photos were taken from within this building...
...which I can't remember. Hopefully somebody here recognizes it. _________________
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 331 Location: United States, usually. Sometimes Japan.
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:36 am Post subject:
The reason for returning to Shibuya was to hang out with another friend, indie artist Keiichiro Nemoto (http://www.keiichironemoto.net/). He had reserved a rental studio, and we jammed for a while (I rented one of the studio's Stratocasters). Then we went to a local restaurant, and ate, drank, and chatted the night away.
In fact, we hung out a bit too late, and I missed the last train. I made it as far as Ikebukuro on the Yamanote Line. The Toneri Liner had shut down for the night (even robot trains have to sleep), so I called my friend/guide (who had already gone home to Adachi-ku before I jammed with Keiichiro-san), and she and her husband drove down and picked me up. I was willing to pay the cab fare to avoid troubling them, but they insisted. "No! Taxi is VERY expensive at night!"
Another day and night full of adventure in Japan. Is there any other way to live? _________________
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