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John`s almost back. I  have successfully completed the Kinfolk Monsoon season technical Tokyo skid out training course, so in celebration we are having a party at Le Baron on Sunday. Also, here are some highlights of the past month at KINFOLK. .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } .gallery img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; }

I am down here in Kagoshima city, Kyushu. Its one of the most southern points on the main cluster of Japans islands. Its a small city compared to Tokyo. You get recognized by people you`ve never met a day after seeing them once across a busy steet. It`s famous for an active volcano Sakurajima that sits across the bay from the main portion of the city. Yesterday I felt like I was in a 70`s James Bond film when it sent all this ash up in the sky. I was …

32 years ago today. NYC went dark. Unlike other blackouts that affected the region, namely the Northeast Blackout of 1965 and the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the 1977 blackout was localized to New York City and the immediate surroundings. The 1977 blackout, unlike the 1965 and 2003 blackouts, resulted in city-wide looting and other disorder, including arson. Looting and vandalism were widespread, especially in the African American and Puerto Rican communities, hitting 31 neighborhoods, including every poor neighborhood in the city. Among the hardest hit were Crown Heights, where 75 stores on …

I found this book in a pile someone left out on their stoop. Written in 1964 by Jack Douglas, who was a famous comedy writer back in the day. It’s the charming tale of an American guy, his japanese wife and their son traveling to Tahiti and Japan. The first clue that this book is from a different time is the the word “Oriental” right there on the cover. Also the fact that his son is nicknamed Huckleberry Hashimoto due to being half American Half Japanese. And it only gets …

Lesson #1 in the 50 Cent school of getting ahead in business….Start Beef. So it’s only a matter of time before he gets called out himself. Looks like the only one with the balls to do it is this gangster-ass Canadian kid…. He must have hit too close to home….50 strikes back!