Back from Tokyo

I actually got back on Wednesday from two weeks in Tokyo and spent the last couple of days sleeping, slowly adjusting to time differences by going to bed when I am tired and getting up when I wake up. I don't have to be back at work until Tuesday so I can do this.

I'm still unpacking, doing laundry (6 new t-shirts), adding books and videos to my collection databases (6 more kabuki DVD discs in my collection), I also picked up the Hellhound model kit and a figurine of Kousei Takeda (the tattoo style one) from Crows / Worst. Ono-san gave me the Japanese editions of the first three volumes of Worst and the first of Crows as well as some other cool books. Thanks Ono-san for the gifts and being such a great guide.

I hope to start posting an account of the trip here, to be spread over a few months.

Someone else's photos

When we were in Golden Gai we met a photographer named Yusuke Komiyama. I just dug out his business card and did a search for him on the web. This led me to a blog with the following images .

In the top group that is Steven in the upper left showing off his t-shirt, Yusuke is in the picture to the right of that one. I am on the right side, not far from the bottom, in a red t-shirt with a Lupin and Fujiko figurine set I picked up at the flea market. Cindy is behind my left in that shot.

The fellow in the lower right brewed the best cup of coffee I ever had in Tokyo and all the coffee I had was great.