i thought the sticker picture craze was dead. but we still had to wait in line just to take'em.
it's hard to say no to family and friends. we just had to stay the extra day in osaka. and look who i got to see!!!
if you stayed here, you'd feel more japanese instantly. typical japanese 300 sq ft apartment. (600USD/month rent)
after a night here munekazu asked me "how was your stay?"
i replied "i think my legs feel bow legged"
it only takes a few minutes of shopping to notice that every single girl is bowlegged and is severely pigeon toed. the girls love wearing short skirts and stockings showing off their short legs and curved limbs. i can only guess this darwin's natural selection of too much kneeling on tatami's combined with a women thinking pigeon toed walking is cute. i don't get it. but they love it.
and everyone uses a flip phones...flippity flip. i hate flip phones. but the japanese docomo ones are coool. i want a flip phone.
and every dude is in a black suit? the japanese army - small men with long hair in black suits.
this bridge is called the "pickup bridge" (minami)- can't remember the term. but the guys are very very aggressive on this bridge. walk right up to any girl, in a scary direct soliciting molesting kind of way. walk with the girl for a good length after the bridge. and some are even successful.
after a night here munekazu asked me "how was your stay?"
i replied "i think my legs feel bow legged"
it only takes a few minutes of shopping to notice that every single girl is bowlegged and is severely pigeon toed. the girls love wearing short skirts and stockings showing off their short legs and curved limbs. i can only guess this darwin's natural selection of too much kneeling on tatami's combined with a women thinking pigeon toed walking is cute. i don't get it. but they love it.
and everyone uses a flip phones...flippity flip. i hate flip phones. but the japanese docomo ones are coool. i want a flip phone.
and every dude is in a black suit? the japanese army - small men with long hair in black suits.
this bridge is called the "pickup bridge" (minami)- can't remember the term. but the guys are very very aggressive on this bridge. walk right up to any girl, in a scary direct soliciting molesting kind of way. walk with the girl for a good length after the bridge. and some are even successful.
it's well known that the japanese sex culture is way beyond the rest of the world. and when the topic of was brought up at the frat house, miss lee divulged her childhood stories of "horror porn" (girl peeing on toilet, 4 hands grab her up, left, right, and below) and got completely worked up in the discussion. she really really wanted to see the male hosts. male hosts in japan drive white ferrari's and maseratis. they are fully taken care of by their sugar momma's. it costs 1 YEN for the first hour. and normal rate after that. so the host must charm u within that first hour to hook ur wallet in. the host bars close at midnight and open again at 6am. yes. 6am. (apparently, everyone has at least 1 friend that's a host. "if you get the right women, u're set, they'll get you everything")
HUGE BILLBOARD SELECTION OF THE HOSTS.
louisa found her new boyfriend for the night
sora is the number 1 host in osaka.
this lady sweeps the floor outside a yakiniku restaurant. but she's really a pimp.
lady marmalade show. 6700Yen for 30 minutes. louisa wanted to go there instead of lunch. sho-hei told us he'd take us to a better one. ("those women are old")
HUGE BILLBOARD SELECTION OF THE HOSTS.
louisa found her new boyfriend for the night
sora is the number 1 host in osaka.
this lady sweeps the floor outside a yakiniku restaurant. but she's really a pimp.
lady marmalade show. 6700Yen for 30 minutes. louisa wanted to go there instead of lunch. sho-hei told us he'd take us to a better one. ("those women are old")
the last time i was in japan i bought the original nintendo gameboy before it had been released in the US. and the same family that took was most hospitable to us then somehow became even more hospitable this time around. making it ridiculously hard for me to leave, extending my stay in osaka by one night which meant more food, more sushi, more anago, more ramen, more takoyaki, more waistline and one more night at this place. back then, i was still a good boy, obediently listening to parental guidance sporting a bowl cut, tucking in my shirts and quietly sitting at the dinner table. since then, i've obviously plummeted closer to the depths of disowned child and in essence become tighter with my japanese counterparts. the masuda boys. and fittingly...we spent a bunch of time downstairs their pachinko parlor. aka. the frat house.
Pachinko (パチンコ ?) is a Japanese gaming device used for amusement and prizes. Although pachinko machines were originally strictly mechanical, modern pachinko machines are a cross between a pinball machine and a video slot machine. (wikipedia). The pachinko parlors are rooms lined with these machines where players pay money to control the airflow direction to push the metal balls through the pinball labyrinth into the right hole below. It's FRIGGIN LOUD IN THERE. It's ridiculous to win. and even if i liked the game, the decibel and second hand smoke level is enough to kick me out the door. As evident with me, Pachinko is dying with the younger generations but the masuda's say this cultural phenomenon is safe with the remaining shrunken/loyal addicts.
i spent 10 minutes and 1000 YEN upstairs before retreating to the basement that used to be a video game arcade converted to an office that just became a dirty frat house. 2 space heaters in the middle of the room, one rickity table. 2 leftover couches from 1980 ripped and U shaped seating. a huge bowl of water and cigarette butts. floors the color of high traffic metro bathrooms. ceilings the color of a smoke stained yellow. street fighter ps3 never off. dart boards. 2 imacs. 3 pc's. 8 terrabytes of external hard drive. of which 5 are filled with porn. 2 dogs. and...anything else u think im missing, trust me, it's there.
truly a family ordeal....momma masuda, hiroyaki, and pooch on the 3rd floor....
so we caught up. we talked about work. we talked about family business. we talked about parents. we talked about jail and we talked about japan, having kids, gangsters, taiwan, china, politics, money laundering, girls, and of course brothels (which i'll get to later).
Pachinko (パチンコ ?) is a Japanese gaming device used for amusement and prizes. Although pachinko machines were originally strictly mechanical, modern pachinko machines are a cross between a pinball machine and a video slot machine. (wikipedia). The pachinko parlors are rooms lined with these machines where players pay money to control the airflow direction to push the metal balls through the pinball labyrinth into the right hole below. It's FRIGGIN LOUD IN THERE. It's ridiculous to win. and even if i liked the game, the decibel and second hand smoke level is enough to kick me out the door. As evident with me, Pachinko is dying with the younger generations but the masuda's say this cultural phenomenon is safe with the remaining shrunken/loyal addicts.
i spent 10 minutes and 1000 YEN upstairs before retreating to the basement that used to be a video game arcade converted to an office that just became a dirty frat house. 2 space heaters in the middle of the room, one rickity table. 2 leftover couches from 1980 ripped and U shaped seating. a huge bowl of water and cigarette butts. floors the color of high traffic metro bathrooms. ceilings the color of a smoke stained yellow. street fighter ps3 never off. dart boards. 2 imacs. 3 pc's. 8 terrabytes of external hard drive. of which 5 are filled with porn. 2 dogs. and...anything else u think im missing, trust me, it's there.
truly a family ordeal....momma masuda, hiroyaki, and pooch on the 3rd floor....
so we caught up. we talked about work. we talked about family business. we talked about parents. we talked about jail and we talked about japan, having kids, gangsters, taiwan, china, politics, money laundering, girls, and of course brothels (which i'll get to later).
have you ever gone to mcdonalds and gotten a burger that looked like the picture? or the fries? or the mcflurry for that matter? those foods are pre-processed and simply assembled on site for customer consumption. but look at this omu rice. or this katsu curry. the fake food industry is million dollar industry in japan and as meticulous as they make their plastic sample displays, they are just as meticulous each and everytime an order for that dish is placed.
i had to take a bite to show it wasn't fake...
i had to take a bite to show it wasn't fake...
we took a nice morning stroll to see the castle. no need to go in. just trekked up the mountain to eat some takoyaki. =)
takoooooyaakkiii!!!
i am one hot chick.
#3 masuda. shohei masuda.
cross feeding balls...delicate thin crust, just crispy enough to hold in the gooey goodness of batter and tako on the inside. it's not that u can't get these balls reincarnated on different soil, but everything in japan just tastes naturally sweeter, naturally more balanced, and naturally better.
ball so good..
takoooooyaakkiii!!!
i am one hot chick.
#3 masuda. shohei masuda.
cross feeding balls...delicate thin crust, just crispy enough to hold in the gooey goodness of batter and tako on the inside. it's not that u can't get these balls reincarnated on different soil, but everything in japan just tastes naturally sweeter, naturally more balanced, and naturally better.
ball so good..
