Giles and Alex hit Japan - June 2022

[dinobarnesberlin]

Right –I still see lots of people still wearing them --dont get me wrong.
I dont think masks are going away any time soon.

Much respect to the people I still see in the mornings going to work in their cars..all alone...and still wearing their masks.
Safe is Safe.

[Giles]

Kenta and Hiroumi from Iron Heart Osaka….

[Giles]

And, well…...

[popvulture]

I'd totally buy one of those wabash jackets in indigo. Also, I don't miss drinking, smoking or smoking inside, but that photo makes me… miss drinking, smoking, and smoking inside

Looks like a blast — y'all have fun!

[louisbosco]

nice cock

[Giles]

[Giles]

[Kasi]

Cheers

[Daniel San]

looks like a lot of fun ….and beer
cheers !

[Alex]

JAL plane food is a little better than British Airways….

[Alex]

First real meal was ざる蕎麦

When in Japan always drink Chūhai

[Alex]

Out for dinner with Kenta and Hiroumi in Osaka

[Alex]

Kyoto market photo dump

Check out the cans of soda/beer behind the oysters for scale

Baby octopus snacks

Pickled everything

[Alex]

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[Alex]

Nice cheap butcher. Prices are per 100g in JP¥ - works out to like $300 per lb of meat

Maybe 200 varieties of tea in one of many tea shops

Whoops…

[Alex]

Calligraphy shop

Then over to a tea cafe. The stages of macha whisk production

Giles' gyokuru with a sweet that was meant to taste like 'the sound of falling rain'

My matcha tea with a sweet that was meant to remind me of a firefly

[Alex]

Oh shit, there are Nazis in Japan… oh wait.

Lunch at a tonkatsu place. I forgot to get a photo of the main event, but once you order you get a bowl of sesame seeds and a pestle and mortar so you can start building your own sauce.

[Alex]

Evidently some men round here can get a bit gropey on the rush hour trains…

jet lag got me good this morning. Woke up at about 3.30 and couldnt sleep, so I headed down to the gym and then grabbed one of many vending machine coffees.