Comments on: Old school – Little Edo http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/26/old-school-little-edo/ Laurent Fintoni's online portfolio and blog... music, travels, life Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:08:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andy H http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/26/old-school-little-edo/comment-page-1/#comment-3083 Andy H Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:05:13 +0000 http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/26/old-school-little-edo/#comment-3083 Looks very nice there. My only real taste of old tokyo was Yanaka, but as you said, seeing the millionth temple or graveyard gets a bit boring. I wanna see something more like the 50s/ 60s retro bit in the odaiba DECKS complex. Better get working on that time machine... The hard-off shops sound pretty good. A fair bit better than cash converters then! Gotta go in one of the -off shops next time im in japan. Never been to one. Love the first of the 'kawagoe street' pics - even though its a quiet backstreet, its still spotlessly clean, and those markings on the road look pristine! Fantastic lighting quality on the pics too. Good ol' winter/ autumn light! Brave job on taking pics of commuters and kids on the train too! Did you get funny looks? By the way - are sweet potatoes known to cause flatulence, and is it celebrated? I have one of the Taiko no tatsujin games where the characters are eating sweet potatoes, then farting green gas like its encouraged! Looks very nice there. My only real taste of old tokyo was Yanaka, but as you said, seeing the millionth temple or graveyard gets a bit boring. I wanna see something more like the 50s/ 60s retro bit in the odaiba DECKS complex. Better get working on that time machine…

The hard-off shops sound pretty good. A fair bit better than cash converters then!
Gotta go in one of the -off shops next time im in japan. Never been to one.

Love the first of the ‘kawagoe street’ pics – even though its a quiet backstreet, its still spotlessly clean, and those markings on the road look pristine! Fantastic lighting quality on the pics too. Good ol’ winter/ autumn light! Brave job on taking pics of commuters and kids on the train too! Did you get funny looks?

By the way – are sweet potatoes known to cause flatulence, and is it celebrated? I have one of the Taiko no tatsujin games where the characters are eating sweet potatoes, then farting green gas like its encouraged!

]]> By: Laurent http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/26/old-school-little-edo/comment-page-1/#comment-2959 Laurent Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:18:54 +0000 http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/26/old-school-little-edo/#comment-2959 Damn i must have missed the sweet potato beer signs, would have loved to try that - though seeing as how the missus is dead keen on going there for xmas shopping it gives me another excuse too (as well as more hard off rummaging). lol at your girlfriend's comment though - ha ha. I must admit i've got love for Saitama, my bike rides there have been pretty nice, and Kawagoe is great. Chichibu is the last thing I want to check there, hopefully this year. Damn i must have missed the sweet potato beer signs, would have loved to try that – though seeing as how the missus is dead keen on going there for xmas shopping it gives me another excuse too (as well as more hard off rummaging).
lol at your girlfriend’s comment though – ha ha. I must admit i’ve got love for Saitama, my bike rides there have been pretty nice, and Kawagoe is great. Chichibu is the last thing I want to check there, hopefully this year.

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/26/old-school-little-edo/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 Alex Case Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:43:45 +0000 http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/26/old-school-little-edo/#comment-2955 Will second the Kawagoe recommendation. Soba is soba is soba to me, but the sweet potato beer was a discovery. The only bad thing about it was my girlfriend refused to come with me because she couldn't believe there was anything good in Saitama... Will second the Kawagoe recommendation. Soba is soba is soba to me, but the sweet potato beer was a discovery. The only bad thing about it was my girlfriend refused to come with me because she couldn’t believe there was anything good in Saitama…

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