twitter.com/driedgrape Adventures in the Land of the Rising SunPhoto Gallery var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-1641602-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @tomorrowrisesearly)http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwy3bwTDdS1qai62vo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Only in Japan.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/357528049http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/357528049Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:57:32 +0900sweet lolitaaharajuku<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kww8qr2hOS1qai62vo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just a few people out for their Saturday stroll in Harajuku.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/357444027http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/357444027Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:52:29 +0900harajukucrowd<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kww4kzRjO31qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In Kiddyland: dog toy dressed as Dragonball Z.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/355645795http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/355645795Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:29:07 +0900kiddylandtoysharajuku<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kww4h1u5Xo1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In Kiddyland: more seriously creepy dolls.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/355642324http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/355642324Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:26:42 +0900kiddylandharajukutoys<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kww38xQRdj1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In <a title="Kiddyland" target="_blank" href="http://www.kiddyland.co.jp/en/">Kiddyland</a>: Final Fantasy soda.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/355600405http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/355600405Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0900kiddylandvideo gamesharajuku<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwtbsek65t1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just a normal day of shopping at the 0101 Maru Ichi gothic lolita shopping mall.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352812555http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352812555Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:12:12 +0900gothic lolitashinjuku<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwtaskoI711qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Apple Store in Ginza, Tokyo. Strangest part? The similarity to every US Apple store you’ve ever visited. I felt like I was visiting bizarro land.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352789512http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352789512Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:50:44 +0900apple storeginza<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwta4d8aa11qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Back in Tokyo on Friday.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352775487http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352775487Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:36:08 +0900street arttokyo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwt9swQi3A1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seen in train station leaving Hakuba. “The toilet is not a big ashtray.”</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352769031http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352769031Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:28:48 +0900signagehakuba<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwt3v7Wn6G1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Spent two days snowboarding at Hakuba Gyaru. Despite one morning of bad weather, we enjoyed good snow and few people on the slopes.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352634545http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352634545Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:21:07 +0900hakubasnowboardski<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwt0kbM33n1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Some Shinkansen love. Wednesday, jumped on the bullet train and headed west to Hakuba in the Japanese Alps outside Nagano.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352614601http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352614601Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:02:15 +0900shinkansenhakuba<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WP0i9we6I2A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Visited <a>Dynamo</a> an awesome isakaya-skateshop hybrid in north Koenji owned by a French former pro-skateboarder, for some drinks and falafel/vege burritos. Definitely check out the really impressive collection of skateboard decks if you’re in the area.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352607542http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/352607542Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:55:00 +0900skateboardkoenjiisakaya<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kws3ir1JFQ1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Out in front of the Chocolate Chiwawa sits a toy vending machine with all sorts of crazy items like miniature fake severed limbs and fetuses. [Insert dead baby joke here].</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/351688891http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/351688891Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:16:01 +0900weirdtoyskoenji<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kws354S6h51qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Next up: Chocolate Chiwawa, a vintage clothing shop specializing in the <a href="http://www.hellodamage.com/top/tokyo-tour-guide/">weird</a>.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/351675718http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/351675718Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:07:00 +0900koenjiweirdforesterfavorite<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kws2i5H9tu1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Headed out west to Koenji and stepped into a Pachinko Parlour to see what all the hype is about.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/351653631http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/351653631Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:54:03 +0900pachinko<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w9-_Ss4X8Ec?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A Brief Interlude.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/349073647http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/349073647Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:01:20 +0900robotvideo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlm27Z3QX1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Afternoon at the <a href="http://">New Years Sumo tournament</a>.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345927685http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345927685Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:37:42 +0900sumo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwln14B7rg1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Akihabara street view.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345947128http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345947128Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:34:11 +0900akiba<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwllnm9I5d1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>As seen in Akihabara’s Raidio Kaikan (ラジオ会館). No words.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345917060http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345917060Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:04:30 +0900akibaotakuwtftoys<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwle1pE23L1qai62vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lured in by Super Mario music pumped out to the street, we stepped in to Super Potato! Inside we found three floors full of retro video games and took a brief break to kill some ducks.</p>http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345774049http://tomorrowrisesearly.tumblr.com/post/345774049Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:20:00 +0900akibaforester favoritevideo gamesduck hunt