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    setandsetting
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 5 Jan 2016

    It turns out my hotel in Osaka will be pretty close to the IH store. Is it worth going over there for a guy who needs XL or XXL in tops? Wanna take a look at the new UHF offerings but I need XXL's in those and I wonder if they'd even stock that size…

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      rocket
      Joined: 6 Jan 2011

      It's worth to go there, just to say hello to Kenta, who is a cool guy and speaks English… No idea about the size range, but I know the store is pretty small and they stock only one of each size, on most IH items, if I got Kenta right...

      rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

      It's all humbug, like everywhere
      R.I.P. Geo

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        I think you'll be shit out of luck if you want XXL.

        XL will be fine.

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          setandsetting
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 5 Jan 2016

          Successful visit today. I think I met Kenta who is super sweet. He hooked me up with a few shirts in xl and xxl (you just have to ask about those sizes they are in the back). Also got an awesome patch and black chambray shopping bag.

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          • U
            UnTucked
            Joined: 16 Nov 2014

            You're about to break the internet's with that shopping bag…...

            In search of:
            IHV-04, med.
            IHSH-185, large
            IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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              setandsetting
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 5 Jan 2016

              Heh heh. It's mine!!

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              • S
                setandsetting
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                .

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                  setandsetting
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                  Also everyone in Osaka is like "how did you get here?" We have been the only westerners in all the beer bars we've seeked out. They're all from this Osaka craft beer crawl thing I found in the New York Times. But I don't thing any of these places know they got written up.

                  The IH store has also been he only place we've heard like metal or heavy music in Japan.

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Did you eat next door?  Classic diner…..

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      setandsetting
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                      No unfortunately not. Very little English in osaka and it didn't seem super accessible.

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                        setandsetting
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                        I wish I had grilled Kenta about places to hang here but was trying not to be an American jerk (we can't help it obvs). He did really want to know where I scored my IH shirt/pants.

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                          rocket
                          Joined: 6 Jan 2011

                          Haha, I am sure Kenta wouldn't had mind that….

                          thanks for sharing, great to see you had some fun

                          rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                          It's all humbug, like everywhere
                          R.I.P. Geo

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                            gaseousclay
                            Joined: 4 Nov 2016

                            @setandsetting:

                            Successful visit today. I think I met Kenta who is super sweet. He hooked me up with a few shirts in xl and xxl (you just have to ask about those sizes they are in the back).

                            sounds like jargon one would use to sell crack. "pssst. we've got some stash in the back, man."  😃

                            WTB:
                            IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                            IHSH-19

                            last edited by 12 Oct 2017, 14:33 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              setandsetting
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                              I really, really loved Osaka and not just b/c of the IH store. For future travelers I recommend the Candeo Hotels Osaka Namba. Reasonably priced and very new/clean. I think it just opened a few months ago so everything is brand new.

                              I also recommend checking out the spots on this Osaka Craft Beer Crawl from the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/travel/a-craft-beer-pub-crawl-in-the-kitchen-of-japan.html?_r=0

                              We went to Beer Belly Tenma, Yellow Ape Craft, and Garage 39. (Dig Beer Bar is now closed.) In each of these places we were the only Westerners and eventually someone from the staff asked us how we found the bar. None of them seemed to know they had been written up in the Times. All serve great beers and are super welcoming. If in Osaka you definitely need to find Beer Belly Tenma (there's another more accessible location, but you have to experience the nightlife in the Tenma district).

                              I mean, definitely go see the Castle and Dotonburi and America-mura and all the temples/shrines, but also drink plenty of beer in Osaka.

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                @Madame Buttonfly - Now I need to go back and hunt for beer…..

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  gaseousclay
                                  Joined: 4 Nov 2016

                                  @setandsetting:

                                  I really, really loved Osaka and not just b/c of the IH store. For future travelers I recommend the Candeo Hotels Osaka Namba. Reasonably priced and very new/clean. I think it just opened a few months ago so everything is brand new.

                                  I also recommend checking out the spots on this Osaka Craft Beer Crawl from the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/travel/a-craft-beer-pub-crawl-in-the-kitchen-of-japan.html?_r=0

                                  We went to Beer Belly Tenma, Yellow Ape Craft, and Garage 39. (Dig Beer Bar is now closed.) In each of these places we were the only Westerners and eventually someone from the staff asked us how we found the bar. None of them seemed to know they had been written up in the Times. All serve great beers and are super welcoming. If in Osaka you definitely need to find Beer Belly Tenma (there's another more accessible location, but you have to experience the nightlife in the Tenma district).

                                  I mean, definitely go see the Castle and Dotonburi and America-mura and all the temples/shrines, but also drink plenty of beer in Osaka.

                                  I've never been to Western/Southern Japan despite having lived in Japan. The only exception is that I lived on Okinawa for 5 yrs when I was a young 'un. My old man was in the military so we moved around a lot. My mom lives in northern Japan in the middle of nowhere, so it's hard for me to justify a visit when there's nothing to do. One of these days it'd be nice to hop on the shinkansen and take a trip south.

                                  WTB:
                                  IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                  IHSH-19

                                  last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 13:46 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • Madame ButtonflyM
                                    Madame Buttonfly
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                    @Giles:

                                    @Madame Buttonfly - Now I need to go back and hunt for beer…..

                                    @Giles you wouldn't need to twist my arm too hard…  🙂

                                    AKA Mrs G

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                                    • U
                                      UnTucked
                                      Joined: 16 Nov 2014

                                      Maddy's ex-husband owns an American rock n' roll themed craft beer bar in Namba, called "Cherry Bomb"… Very gaijin friendly (He's American).

                                      Idk why I just now thought to mention this.....

                                      In search of:
                                      IHV-04, med.
                                      IHSH-185, large
                                      IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

                                      last edited by 26 Oct 2017, 10:19 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        setandsetting
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                                        .

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                                          shego
                                          Joined: 17 Dec 2010

                                          Potentially a dumb question @Giles - but I assume your EU stock is somewhat different to JP, right?

                                          I'm in Osaka right now, before heading back to Tokyo, and was considering popping in to look at 555 models but wasn't sure what they had (e.g. regular indigo versus indigo/black versus -03 for example). Do you have this information or shall I contact Osaka directly?

                                          Thanks!

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