if you’re a tourist and go to japan, go buy the JR rail pass. you can see the whole japan in a week. can’t beat that!
Yodobashi Camera in umeda is my favorite store in the whole wide world. every time i walk in there, i want everything. i play with the cameras, check out the new electronics and technology, eat, and sometimes even sleep. haha. yeah, i go to the massage chairs and get the best massages ever. 9 out of 10 times, i walk out empty handed. kind of bummed, but after a few hours pass, i realize that i don’t really need anything. a store where you have to do a lot of holding back. and if you can’t, you shouldn’t be in there.
walking through the stations just people watching. my favorite hobby in the world.
i was super stoked to join the Gentem party in niseko and see Gerry Lopez there. Gerry Lopez is a true hawaiian legend. always my idol and always the coolest most respected surfer guy in the world. Gerry loves to snowboard and has been snowboarding for decades. been all around the world but finally made it to niseko for the first time last year. this year was his second time and as i’m writing this, Gerry’s probably up the mountains right now surfing the niseko snow. i had a great talk with him and when i asked him how he liked niseko, he told me “niseko is like the north shore.” he meant niseko is the best in the world for snowboarding, as the north shore is the best for surfing. as our conversation ended, he said “West Swell, East Winds,” and smiled. for the 99.99% of the population, nobody would understand what that meant. as for me, i represent the 0.01% of the people we call surfers that know that the infamous Pipeline works best with West swells, and East winds. so referring to niseko, Gerry calls it “Pipeline.” that’s a huge statement coming from the Legend Pipeline Master!
