TokyOOOOOOO!
Damn jetlag and a small cold won’t keep me down while I am in the city of Tokyo!
I arrived on Thursday May 20th and found that I had arrangements to stay
at The New Otani Hotel in Tokyo where bands like Oasis
who apparently are still huge here in Japan love to
stay. Â I have to say for a truly traditional
Japanese accommodation you should stay here and skip
the place I usually hit here aka the Park Hyatt where they filmed the flick
Lost in Translation.
Here is a sick view from my room I shot with my new Sony Cybershot that my girl T-Swift is promoting
back stateside quite heavily.
- Little panorama action from my room. Shibuya is located over to the left we’ll get back to that!
- View from the other side of the suite.
The first day was all recovery so I downed a bottle of cham, hit the shower, and the the hay.
The next day I had been arranged to spend some time meeting some of my fans in
Tokyo by my Japanese fan club president Ai! Here’s a photo of us in
Shibuya basically the Time’s Square of Tokyo!
- My friend and Japanese fan club president Ai in Shibuya!
I had heard from tons of people that the subway system was super crazy,
- This doesn’t look hard at all does it?
so I asked Ai to select
some lucky fans to show me around the subway so I could get a look around it with
some of my peeps who take it everyday!
And who better to do this than some Japanese school girls!
- Here I am doing “the Miley” with some girls and my manager and mom Cissie on the tube!
These girls were great and they really did give me a great tour of the city!
I think now I am a pro! (Okay so it was a little difficult, but so much
fun to get to meet some of my fans over here! Â Also, they
love the “Cute” anime Cain stickers!
After the ride I was able to take in Shibuya with Ai and it was off and popin!
- Tons of foot traffic at Shibuya!
Immediately, I asked Ai to take me to the main Bapes Bathing Apes store so I could stock up!
This place did not effing disappoint! Â It was super sick inside and the shoes were super
dope! Â I am gonna scoop some more today and hit the BBC/ICECREAMS store too
today. Let me tell you some of the sickest shopping in the world here in Tokyo!
- Check the shoes rolling by via a conveyor belt at Bapes of Tokyo!
- Feeling underdressed in my limited edish Cobra Snake t-shirt I had to cop a sick hoodie from Bape STA!
- Another view of the Bapes stairway to sneaker heaven!
Still recovering from a cold and having a ceremony to attend for my arrival in Japan in the morning
I hit a little sake then got back on the tube to test my Sony cam’s pano
feature on some unknowing targets!
The next morning I was up very early around 5am to catch a ride from some new
friends from Pennsylvania who took me to the town of
Kiyosato in the Japanese Alps about 2hrs from Nagano.
- The wonderful people who got me to Kiyosato on time against all odds!
In Kiyosato I was being awarded for my influence on and contribution to culture due to
the recent release of the U! Weekly Magazine Issue dedicated to me!
We had a press conference and an award ceremony where
I had to make a speech in front of a crowd of non-English speakers!
The crowd starting to build up prior to my award.
It was a lot of fun speaking and drinking from the open bar!
Here I am with Eikoh HOSOE a Japanese photographer who gave me the award!
During the ceremony I was able to meet the very important photographer Eikoh HOSOE
and I was given a key to the City of Kiyosato! Â This was a great honor, which
called for lots of Sake! Â Later that day I got to chill with Eikoh again
and I was really excited that a Japanese version of the
U! Weekly Magazine was discussed!
Talking shop with the honorable Eikoh HOSOE!
After a huge day in Kiyosato I headed back to Tokyo!
Let me say they treated me right there I really felt at home, and
I think that I’ll definitely take the people there up on their
offer and come back during ski season!
Today I am hitting up either a Sumo match or a Tokyo Giants game,
I haven’t decided, but tonight I am definately going to be going to
DJ magazine Top 10 list maker club
WOMB!
I’ll be heading to Mt Fuji tomorrow and be back at you ASAP!
