An old homie of mine rolled into town a while back, a first kiss actually (there were a handful of first kisses), Stacey, Jenny, Stephanie, Nicole, Rebecca, Jennifer (all firsts in their own unique way …what can I say, I liked kissing …and why am I disclosing this?) Anyway, my old homie and one-time Jr. High smooching partner was passing through Tokyo on a whirlwind around-the-world solo sojourn (don’t worry, we became just regular ol’ homies long before this encounter) and convened for a coffee and a catch up at the cafe at the top of Gyre on Tokyo’s Omote […]
Tokyo Record Style
Atsushi – BBQ Records
To be perfectly honest, when I finally found BBQ Records after having driven past it 2-3 times, situated above a Matsuya Gyudon beef-bowl fast-food chain, in what looked like a tiny little 2nd-floor apartment, I pretty much lost all hope that I might have been stumbling upon a Tokyo diamond in the rough. But you never know, and I was keen to check it off the list of shops I’ve visited, and so I parked the bike and headed up those sorta sad and all-too-familiar non-descript apartment stairs. I followed the signs, rounded the corner, and came upon a surprisingly […]