LA 2 Tokyo

Since Junior High, I’ve wanted to come out here, but had no idea how. One of my best friends, who was half-Japanese, also wanted to come, but was in the same boat as me.
His Japanese side had been living in Hawaii for generations, so he had no special permission to work in Japan either. Anyway, […]

Here’s a pic I took of one of one of my trains, the Nambu line, as it rolls into the station.
This line runs mostly through Kawasaki and Tokyo, but I took this photo near the border of Kawasaki and Yokohama…an area that reminds me of the Port neighborhoods in LA: San Pedro, Harbor City, and […]

Everybody’s got different reasons for coming here. My interest in Japan started at a young age. There were lots of Japanese kids at my Elementary school, so I learned the usual bad words…but I didn’t really take an interest in the culture until Junior High.
I went to public school, and in LA, like most other […]

Public Transportation in Tokyo, Japan is probably the best in the world, and you can easily live all your days without a car here.
There are tons of train and subway lines, each run by different companies. The biggest is JR (Japan Railways), and it’s the one I take everyday.
I used to live in San Francisco […]

What do I love about Tokyo? Lots of things, so why don’t I just start off from the beginning: my arrival at the airport. I can tell you that compared to LA, Tokyo airport (aka Narita) is pretty chill.
Lets face it, LAX is a zoo. You walk into the Bradley terminal, and the first thing […]

The journey from LA to Tokyo has been pretty interesting. Growing up in LA is a trip, and as anyone else from there knows, you might have had totally different experiences depending what part your from.
There’s a lot of neighborhood pride out there for sure, which gave rise to all those bumperstickers that look like […]