Got one of these off Haraki-san at the Vibes Meeting a couple weeks ago. This is a ridiculously high quality hoodie, my Uniqlo hoodies are garbage in comparison. Great fit under an IH vest.

Just got these for Christmas (they were back ordered and came a bit late). I have an identical pair of 9014s in brown that are about a year and a half old, getting a nice patina.

@ADDIC:

Is Haraki San and the rest of the IH crew attending the Mooneyes custom car/motorcycle show?

If you mean the Yokohama Hot Rod Chopper Show it was three days ago and I didn't see a booth. Haraki must not like crowds.

This is my favorite shirt but my wife calls me Wally every time I wear it.

@Giles:

Waiting outside the restaurant for seats.  Often a problem when there is a large group of you and there is a general inability to plan…....

And I chose this, it was a like a Lasagne but utilising noodles instead of pasta sand the ground beef was in the form of 3 meatballs.  And it was delicious...

Was that in Shibuya? The meat company that owns that chain also has a kobe beef burger joint – http://www.kuroge-wagyu.com/bc/

Edit: Doh my wife just told me they're not owned by the same company… Still worth checking out the burger place though.

And if you're really in a bind Toris Highball in a can is pretty good.

Hitachino Nest wasn't widely available until recently, fortunately it is one of the jibiru that are starting to show up in convenience stores along with Yona Yona (better on tap but passable in a can), Coedo, Ginga Kogen and Otaru Beer up north.

@kiya:

@that_was_easy:

The beer just seems to taste better there, too.

This is definitely very far from the truth unless you like your beer near flavorless and super fizzy.

No kidding! Japanese beer is made to not overpower whatever you're eating but its not very drinkable on its own… Fortunately jibiru is starting to show up at conbinins lately.

@jimmy:

^ cleaver. It's a sign your in the real part or Japan and not just the tourist district.

If you really want to be a tourist there's a street in asakusa with a bunch of shops that sell those models.

I would think that mental policies are things that you do for some philosophical/internal reason whereas things that others do that annoy you are pet peeves, maybe Paul9221/gbougard can clarify this. I have a mental policy of not getting annoyed by minor things – life is too short and the universe is oblivious.