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it's rad I love Japan because it can be pretty economical in Australian dollars. in a lot of ways, it's becoming cheaper than Bali which used to be Australia's number one destination. We did a lot of eating at 7/11, Lawson, and Family Mart. @Mauler5150seriously man it's great the respect thing is so ingrained. Imagine being in a crowd of 20,000 + people in Disneyland. In Australia, you'd have the tattooed FIFO/ bikie/ roid monster cunts walking around like they own the place and pushing and shoving and if you respond negatively you'll get the "what's ya problem cunt?" type aggro. None of that in Japan. A packed subway car in Tokyo is quiet and not stressful in the same way a packed Transperth train would be after the footy with that air of violence waiting to happen.

Had to be up semi early the next day love all the train posters they have in japan my inner rail nerd wanted to steal it. Airport where we found out the robotic baggage check-in does not mess about with weights. We had to repack all the bags just right and eat all the snacks etc. Tokyo goes on forever from the air. Landed in Okinawa. can of coffee. Rental car The Toyota TANK lol! Then 37km drive along the main north-south freeway. Okinawa is the only Japanese prefecture with no rail at all. During WW2 the United States bombed the railways so heavily that it was eliminated and during the occupation, the US put in freeways instead of rebuilding. Driving in Okinawa is pretty fun. The top speed limit is 80 km/h but I was doing 100 km/h and still being overtaken by everyone. The apartment was fucking sweet was a bit scared it was gonna be a shithole but I needn’t have worried. Cool bus for a restaurant. The creatures are called Shisa and they came to Okinawa from China in the 14th century. Closed mouth – good spirits in Open mouth bad spirits out Love a good Asian restaurant. Eating would be so much more fun if Australian restaurants decked out like Las Vegas. The tank in all its glory. Looks like a piece of shit but was great for parking with sliding doors and the back was flush so you could park real close to a wall. went to American Village for dinner in Chatan. it's close to Kadena Airforce base and was packed with African American servicemen and their ultra tanned Japanese girlfriends.

@LUGR they did but the queueing was bonkers so we didn't see much. somehow I couldn't sort out the express pass so we waited like suckers.

The big day for the kids Tokyo Disney land Breakfast of champions Pork Buns and iced coffee. manhole cover shot because it was nice In our $150.00 Uber to Disneyland because where we were staying would have involved 4 trains to get there. Monorail from train station before we hit the queue. Fuck me it was like 5,000 people long and it was 25 minutes before opening time. But being Japanese it was fast to get in and no bad vibes. The same queue in Australia would be full of people complaining about it. Everybody was decked out which was really cool. I was 100% in the top 10 fattest people in the entire 20,000 people there that day. It's funny the Japanese seem to like nice, clean-to-eat food until you get to Disneyland in which case everybody is walking around chomping on a big ol greasy smoked Turkey leg good thing about riding the teacups was that the parade came out while we we in the queue right next to it Thicc? (mrs incredible haha) biting this tshirt for a piece one day. I thought it was pretty cool to wear some bootleg disney shit at disneyland Had to stay for the night time parade the exit was also mobbed as was the giftshop - this shit was like the last dry deck on the titanic. then we got outside and discovered that an uber was going to cost about $250.00 and would be a wait so I grabbed a taxi. The one taxi in Tokyo where the driver spoke not a word of English and could not read a word of English so I had to set up google maps and pray my phone didn't go dead on the 40 minute drive home. One thing is for sure. TOKYO by the freeway at night is a beautiful experience. it's just a sea of lights as far as the eye can see. would have taken photos but my phone was dying and I had to wave my arms to describe which way to go to the cabbie. Until we reached the home area and he understood what I meant by "OTA CITY" then we high-fived. more later Always. I always keep 12oz in mind when traveling.

yep Dorado is coming up!

Up at usual time. One of the dope things is that Adelaide and Tokyo are only ½ an hour apart so jet lag was nil. Our apartment was pretty bloody close to train tracks IMG_5916.mp4 Skatepark in this wicked spot under the train tracks for several blocks Took the train into town Graffiti at Ebisu as per usual. Shibuya scramble not as hectic as it used to be with one street closed off. Schnitzel with bandages to hide the tats/provide much-needed support to left knee. Fuck this was a nice coffee and so sorely needed. Hit up the Gashapon place. Big mistake because my daughter got so hyped about it and we spent a lot of money in these places throughout the trip. The Iceman MQUE Tower Records Good lord the older fatter me loved fried stuff on a stick so I was pretty hyped on this one. Takeshita street Harajuku Corn dogs or what I imagine corn dogs are. Some Korean hotdogs Animal café (very dubious animal welfare standards I suspect) Gigantic fairy floss is another big mistake from me. but the kids loved it and they crashed hardcore when they got home. then because the kids were cactus and Disneyland was tomorrow we headed back for some relaxation with the kids hitting the Ipad and schnitzel trying to convince mrs Schnitzel to add another stamp to our passport so to speak doradao day is a couple days in future

Think it’s been far too long since we had a travel pic thread and since I’m all for generating new content on here and avoiding the “back in the days” nostalgia thought I’d put my photos where my mouth is. It was a gloomy rainy day last April when I looked at flights. And since I have the right combo of a bit of spare cash and a TOTAL lack of long term planning Ibooked some flights for last September to Japan. The plan was to fly to Tokyo, then to Okinawa for one week where we would drive around, and then to Osaka before flying home from Tokyo. This way we hoped to combine Japanes-y stuff ( for me) with tropical warmth (my wife), Japanese food (me), Disneyland/colossal aquariums (kids), bullet train (my son), and J-Pop and kooky fashion (my daughter), animal cafes (my kids). So, hope you enjoy. Had a crazy moment when my wife (for some reason I cannot fathom) packed my daughter’s old and new passports but forgot my son’s and we nearly had a big old argument. Had to fly to Sydney and overnight there. 7 years ago when I left Sydney I was stoked to see a tag on this wall but the scene has gotten way more hardcore. Flying over PNG Sunset ooks cool through the Polarised windows Landed. Japan really doesn’t trust gaijins you have to give some of your fingerprints before you even get to immigration. NOTE the stupid fucking sushi soft toy my daughter insisted we take Made it to the house. Kids to bed Schnitzel to 7/11 for beers

@Fist 666 that's a very kind thought. I think mine is a little amateurish for 12oz distribution. not saying it's shit but it's appeal in the US would be very minimal! when I have it completed I'll share a bit more so you guys can see what I mean. it's essentially a reissue of my old graff zine I made

if the c**t isn't fixed it's doing a great fixed impersonation!

good luck essemdubs! @SMdoubleXL

she's a top stray

something to do with the imposition of the pages. the pdf I've sent for some reason stops the pages from registering correctly so page 3 will look fine but page 4 which is on the other side of the paper isn't aligned. hopefully fixed now. - if not think it's time to pull the pin and revisit in future.

Decided to forge ahead anyway but hit some issues at the printers that I cannot make head or tail of. fuck this fucking project /end rant

jeeez one of those posts was a wee bit homo huh?

and maybe you might need to sustitute for whatever type of truck in the US

didja make it? @Mauler5150

got house partly ready for wife's 50th birthday Got presents with kids for wife's 50th birthday changed pool filter so people can swim at wife's 50th birthday Arranged croquembouche for wife's 50th birthday Coached son for a high school interview - he killed it. Got proof back for the book for approval. now all I have to accomplish is two clean bathrooms and wash the living room floor before going to pick up the croquembouche tomorrow at 10 am hit my third month without chocolate or fast food

Laughing about the time 12oz introduced me to 2girls 1 cup and how one night I set that as the homepage on all the internet stations at a youth hostel in Cologne Germany.

Laughing about the time 12oz introduced me to 2girls 1 cup and how one night I set that as the homepage on all the internet stations at a youth hostel in Cologne Germany. You can imagine the kids from the school group the next day saying '"was ist Das?" "AAACK Nein! Nein scheisse" "NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN" as they open their browser

oh man in my house it would be a dismal affair.

^^^ best thing for Blackbooks ever! Period combined with a highlighter pen in a work notebook is a recipe for the absolute best sketches.