View Full Version : Flying over to Japan on the 12th!
vapor
07-06-2007, 07:15 AM
I am flying back to Japan on the 12th!!
Summer vacation and a chance to spend time with my wife!!
So, if anyone has any requests...things that they are dying for, drop me a pm and I will see what I can do!! (We will be in Okinawa on the beach for about half my trip!)
If I can't get something bought, or ordered or whatever, i will be in Japan again at the end of August on a business trip...for about 10 days or so...
vapor
smoothsake
07-06-2007, 04:56 PM
Zurui! I wish I could go back to the motherland and to Okinawa no less! You will have an awesome time eating goya chanpuru and drinking Orion beer.
http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/026/e/images/recipe/goya.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/63/246895693_0fdbef6bb8.jpg
Be sure to walk into a traditional Okinawa karate dojo.
No omiyage requests from me. My gf is going back in August for a wedding so she'll do all my Ichigeki shopping. Thanks anyway!
StarKodama
07-07-2007, 02:25 AM
I don't suppose you'll be passing through Yokohama...? That's where I live and train. =D
Are you going to go back to train at your old dojo? :D
vapor
07-07-2007, 03:29 AM
I don't know if I will be in Yokohama....but do you want me to bring you anything from the States? A taco bell mix kit ??? Some Gaterade powder?? I can send it down to you by Sagawa or Yamato with no problems!!
If you are in Yokohama, you are close enough to head over to Costco to get your fix though!!
I don't know if I will train at the dojo...I will stop in, that is for sure!
I think my wife will have my days and evenings planned out quite effectively!!
And none of those plans will have time for bruising knuckles and shouting OSU at the Asakusa dojo!!
vapor
StarKodama
07-07-2007, 01:39 PM
That's really sweet of you to offer, but I'm ok for now. (And I'm visiting the US and Canada next month, so I can stock up then. ;D)
Sounds like a great trip!! I'm sure you'll have a great time. =D
vapor
07-07-2007, 04:25 PM
It is coming home for me, really.....I mean it really is.
I lived in Japan for 13 years---until earlier this year, when I needed to relocate for the new job....wife is there....house there.....so it is almost like life here in NY is the vacation!!
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vapor
07-31-2007, 05:48 AM
Ok, I am back in the USA now....I will post some pics of things that I took while I was there....
First several shots---
Within the Ichigeki Plaza, there is a gift/goods shop, as well as the cafe on the first floor (In Ebisu).
Well, in the shop they have a showcase with items that are NOT for sale...
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3613/p1000649lq9.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7451/p1000650ld0.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9708/p1000651yk7.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9103/p1000652da6.jpg
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vapor
07-31-2007, 05:48 AM
One more....
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8940/p1000653ae9.jpg
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vapor
07-31-2007, 05:55 AM
Here are some shots of the cafe menu...
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4885/p1000656uu5.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5050/p1000654ku2.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2480/p1000655ci5.jpg
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vapor
07-31-2007, 05:58 AM
Don't ask me who the target audience is with this marketing campaign....
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5128/p1000658vt0.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6933/p1000659yx3.jpg
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vapor
07-31-2007, 06:02 AM
Here is a layout of the building
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1373/p1000657ti3.jpg
1st floor: Shop and Cafe
2nd floor: Training Gym
3rd floor: Reception, Locker Rooms, bath/shower facilities
4th floor: Dojo and Ring
5th floor: Studio
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vapor
07-31-2007, 06:03 AM
maybe someone should volunteer to proofread their English....they aren't doing too hot...
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vapor
07-31-2007, 06:10 AM
A few other misc. pics
Notice the highlight film being run above the cash register...
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/84/p1000660du3.jpg
Didn't see this in the shop...but it was in the window...
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8017/p1000661qs1.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5760/p1000662cc6.jpg
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Satori
07-31-2007, 06:23 AM
I want a Kyokushin MasterCard! ^^
kyokushin4life
07-31-2007, 06:50 AM
Awesome pix Vapor-san!
Bloke
07-31-2007, 07:19 AM
Great Pics Vapor - thanks for sharing. What did you buy though?
vapor
07-31-2007, 01:57 PM
Great Pics Vapor - thanks for sharing. What did you buy though?
That thread will come tonight, when I take some more pics of what I got!!
vapor
Shokei Marcsui
07-31-2007, 02:21 PM
WOW! Great pictures! If you were 18 years younger than me.. it would be like living vicariously through my son or something like that.
But then that would make him 8... and not in japan alone.
Anyways great pictures... i'm green with envy :)
vapor
08-01-2007, 05:45 AM
Your day will come when you get over to Japan!!
vapor