Just some odds and ends i wanted to blog about from Japan but didn’t get time to do it.  So here they are all in one entry, check it out!

MacDonald’s breakfast sandwich…. double sausage and egg with bacon and cheese… omg, yes it tastes as good as it sounds… like sex in an english muffin!

Raw horse meat….. yes, HORSE meat… not just good for glue anymore.  I tried it and it tasted just like meat… no different than having a slice of lean steak.

Spaghetti with chicken and some sort of light oil sauce…. very good.  I went all the way to Japan and had Italian food… lol.  But honestly the Japanese make a mean plate of spaghetti, there were so many different flavours!  This was really good though!

Street Fighter IV arcades!!  Sweeet… we haven’t even seen this game yet, it’s supposed to release for the consoles, but they’ve got this goin on in ALL the arcades.  One arcade I visisted, Club Sega in Akihabara had a floor dedicated to this game only.  The players can get their own card and take it with them and insert it into any arcade machine to keep track of their stats.  And when you play versus with someone, it’s not on the same cabinet.  Each machine/cabinet is double sided and when a player wants to join in they’ll go to the other side and play opposite you.  The way the machines are arranged doesn’t really allow for you to see your opponent.  There’s no more cramming into one cabinet to play versus, you sit down (yah sit down, all the machines are designed to be played while sitting in a chair), and you get your own set of controls, your own screen and your own elbow room!

Bathing Ape in Harajuku!  OMG i finally found the BAPE store in Japan!  Actually they have many of these stores all over Tokyo!  It’s a multi level store, on the lower level, seen on the picture below, is the women’s clothing.  And then you walk outside, around the corner and you enter the middle level to reach the Men’s section.  From the Men’s section you enter that area where the stairs are, there’s a little listening booth for “BAPE sounds” (didn’t take a listen, i’d assume it was the latest hip hop tracks from artist that endorse BAPE, Teriyaki Boys, Kanye, Pharrell), take the set of stairs up to another section containing shoes and more graphic-tees.

Once you get into the retail sections you notice everything is well spaced out and laid out very nicely, the counters are glass showcases with smaller accessory items, like keychains, toques, sunglasses, jewellery etc.  Then when you go to look at the clothing, there is only one of each on the rack or shelf.  They only have one item out and if you want to see it in your size, you ask the staff and they run to the back and grab you your size.

This clothing is for ballers, and sorry, i’m just not baller enough to wear this stuff.  It was upwards of $250 for a hoodie, and $60 for graphic-tees.  Even toques were $70.  A lot of money…. too much for me :(  I’m surprised they didn’t charge admission into the store LOL!