Category: Tokyo Boy

This picture was taken not far from my apartment. The vertical green sign on the left indicates the address of the block. The grey sign in the middle has the name of the building behind the wall, Taipei House.

This is a building found in Ikebukuro on the west side of the station (I live on the east side).

I came back home really tired last night, too tired to cook anything, so I went to Sankus (one of the convenience stores nearby) and picked up this Bob Sapp bento. It came with a free bottle of green tea.

Local elections are coming up in Tokyo, and posters for candidates are popping up around my neighborhood.

Today is Astro Boy’s birthday! According to the manga, he was born on this day in a lab in the Takadanobaba area (2 stations from where I live). Pictured here is an Astro Boy Smarties-like (for those who don’t have the pleasure of having Smarties in their country – it could be a Canada-only thing…

Some graffiti from the Yoyogi park area.

Enjoying a monstrous Kua’aina burger in Aoyama.

This lantern was hanging in front of a restaurant on the way to Depot in Nakameguro.

The entrance to the new Insomnia lounge in Shibuya.

My Australian friend Jason enjoying his Kilkenny beer at Dubliner’s before we move on to more adventures in Shibuya.