So I woke up this morning and tumbled down the street toward the Sangenjaya train station. I was sans fixie cause I stayed at my girls pad last night and she didn`t want to catch the taxi home from Kinfolk alone. But thanks to that little act of sweet selfishness, I was able to find a treasure trove of tight little backstreets on the way to the station via foot. This area I stumbled upon is affectionately known as Chuo Gekijo. It`s like a sort of shitamachi, one of those …

Tokyo just saw an incredible battle that took place the weekend before the Obama/McCain standoff. It was in a club and consisted of 5 girls versus 5 guys, all with iPods. I wanted to bring my PSP along with me but the event was called an iPod Battle night (tho not sponsored by Mac because they don`t sponsor jack) so, I left it at home calm in the knowledge that it would be safe under my pillow eagerly awaiting my return. Photos_Cedric Diradourian Video_ Aï-Hz music by These New Puritans …

They say that Japanese people really know a thing or two about rice. Its also been said that the guys who drive these ultra right wing trucks all over Japan, especially on public holidays, like to eat alot of Japonica (Japanese Rice) in support of the farmers who grow it. I am all for rice, not so much into the trucks tho. Rice is certainly the staple diet in Japan, much the same way bread is in European countries. One thing people may not know about the Japanese, is that they also …

Right now in Japan, and especially Tokyo, its become pretty much ultra cool to ride around town on fixed gear track bikes. So much so in fact that some of the people

Hidden bars have become so pervasive that like all trends, they are beginning to seep into the mainstream.

BONOBO / COSTA RICA / SHOT BAR / UMI NO IYE JINGUMAE`S BEST KEPT…Bars like these are not exactly a dime a dozen in Tokyo. With bars like these in your neighborhood Tucked away in behind the back streets of the forever fashionable district Harajuku, this bar is populated by the locals who live/work in the area. Old timers dressed in zoot suits, hippie`s from the dead head era, young jump uppy rave girls all mix in to give the place an atmosphere thick enough that at times it can be visibly seen dripping …