next stop: TOKYO

[JMNYC]

I'll be making my first visit to Tokyo at the end of the month ... any suggestions, meetup ideas, etc.? I'm leaving NYC the 24th and returning the 30th.

[Leslie]

:D graemlins/cheering.gif

[houseaddict]

Originally posted by JMNYC:
I'll be making my first visit to Tokyo at the end of the month ... any suggestions, meetup ideas, etc.? I'm leaving NYC the 24th and returning the 30th. Hey Jon! I was just talking to Tedd Patterson yesterday and he's going out there to play soon. Get in touch with him.

[JMJ]

Originally posted by JMNYC:
I'll be making my first visit to Tokyo at the end of the month ... any suggestions, meetup ideas, etc.? I'm leaving NYC the 24th and returning the 30th. Just have fun......JMJ smile.gif

[Master Kev]

Have a great time Jon....I'll be there next year for sure....I am going to Hong Kong this weekend

[mdpm99]

I will call you....

d

[Sharp Eye Washington]

Korean Barbeque is a must! Try the seaweed salad.

[Tony Cano]

enjoy your trip Jon!

tc

[sammyrock]

Originally posted by JMNYC:
I'll be making my first visit to Tokyo at the end of the month ... any suggestions, meetup ideas, etc.? I'm leaving NYC the 24th and returning the 30th. I hear the Sushi is great!!!eat some for me please.Congrats and have a safe trip..Many Blessings. smile.gif

[Mah'chew]

1. Kamakura - 20 minutes out of Tokyo & a couple of stops past Yokohama - this town's a must see, with lots of Temples and Shrines and the famous Dai Budzu (Big Buddah)..
http://www.jtb.co.jp/sunrisetour/tours/img/lpt/kamakura.JPG

2. Asakusa, Tokyo (Asakusa Line) - wonderful old style town, with lots of Temples and gift shopping.
http://www.ceotraveler.com/ceo6/asakusa.jpg

3. Twilight Beers/Cocktails at Cerulean Tower Hotel, Shibuya - probably the best view of Tokyo and at twilight you see the city-scape of Shinjuku light up like a scene from Bladerunner..
http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/japan/tokyo-above/thumb/shinjuku.jpg

4. Space Lab Yellow, Wednesday 26th Oct - Arts:Y with Kenji Hasegawa, Marbo and J.P. (Vinyl Junkies, UK)

5. Yoyogi Park, Shinjuku (Sundays) - Rockabillies, Gothics, VisualK kids, skateboarders, bands and manga freaks all via for the same space as they dress to impress and get down in the park.
http://www.bpfallon.com/images/japan_blowups/fan.jpg

6. Shinjuku and Shibuya - neon, records and fashions.

Give me a call if you need a guide for a day graemlins/thumbsup.gif

[ November 14, 2003, 12:37 AM: Message edited by: Mah'chew ]

[John Ep]

My quick suggestions:

--make sure you check out Club Yellow for the deep house sceen, its amazing, kind of the japanese shelter (I can't remeber where exactly it is). I think Norm Talley played there recently.

--walk around Shibuya for the blade runner/neo-tokyo/william gibson vibe.

--go to after hours in Roppongi (we got lucky and met up with a crew that took us to places we never could have found, and where nobody spoke much english)

--go to Yayogi Park on the weekend, i think on Sunday afternoon its a parade of all of Tokyo's subcultures, from punk and rockabilly to various styles of electronic music.

--walk around Shinjuku before going out and check out the vibrant street culture, make sure you go into the arcades, they are a blast, but easy to blow a lot of loot trying to win an afro ken doll. but you can warm up for a night of dancing playing DDR. Get lost in the Shinjuku train station, its real easy.

those were my highlights when i visited a couple years ago, and that is only a small fraction of what there is to see. everybody we met were extrordinarily friendly smile.gif

have fun!! you won't want to leave...

john

[John Ep]

after i posted my reply, i saw Mah'chews post....it's good to know that i wasn't too far off base, since i haven't been back for a while :(

hopefully this summer.....

[Querck]

Have a great trip Jon! Is this for pleasure or business, or both?

[Mah'chew]

Originally posted by John Ep:
after i posted my reply, i saw Mah'chews post....it's good to know that i wasn't too far off base, since i haven't been back for a while :(

hopefully this summer..... Nice one graemlins/thumbsup.gif

[Mah'chew]

Originally posted by houseaddict:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JMNYC:
I'll be making my first visit to Tokyo at the end of the month ... any suggestions, meetup ideas, etc.? I'm leaving NYC the 24th and returning the 30th. Hey Jon! I was just talking to Tedd Patterson yesterday and he's going out there to play soon. Get in touch with him. </font>[/QUOTE]Tedd Patterson plays Ageha's 'Full House' this Saturday - http://www.ageha.com/contents.html


And Derrick May plays Yellow on Saturday as well

Then we've got Kim Lightfoot next Friday at Yellow.

It's very difficult to get bored in this town and House is very much alive and kicking over here smile.gif

[Insert pseudonym here]

One piece of advice... just enjoy yourself and stay beautiful. Oh yeah... and if they got some "Purple Dragon"... have a large one for me!

Miss ya!

*Big Hug*

-Efab!

[JMNYC]

thanks all ... this is definitely gonna be an amazing trip! It's mostly a much-needed break from the NYC grind, but I'm hoping to hit some decks while I'm over there ... it all came together very last-minute, so I don't know if that's gonna happen or not, but either way, I ain't gonna complain!

Thanks for the suggestions - that was exactly the kinda stuff I was looking for:)

[DJ Keith Porter]

Originally posted by JMNYC:
I'll be making my first visit to Tokyo at the end of the month ... any suggestions, meetup ideas, etc.? I'm leaving NYC the 24th and returning the 30th. Jon Get in touch with me b4 you bounce. I will see you tmr night though.
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