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I’ve been mostly asleep for the last 5 days. I’ll be back soon. ....
9 Sep 1:16 am from The Other East

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Photo of the Day #14 -Tokyo Tower and Zojoji Temple-

This is a popular scene for photographers to capture in Tokyo, so I walked around a while and looked for a unique angle. Most photos of thi....
4 Sep 2:40 pm from The Other East

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Photo of the Day #13

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4 Sep 3:16 am from The Other East

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Paging adventurers in Japan!

Hey internet, I’m in Japan until January and looking to go on some unique hikes and adventures. Money is tight so day trips from Tokyo are....
2 Sep 5:15 pm from The Other East

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Photos from my hike up Mt. Takao.

When we arrived at Shinjuku Station to catch our train to Mt. Takao we were expecting a 75 minute ride past 30 or so stops, so we had arrive....
30 Aug 4:02 pm from The Other East

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Tusk (ex. ZI:KILL, Craze) Live @ Red Zone Otsuka 8/26/10

My friend and I were some of the first to arrive at Red Zone, and as we entered the bar area there was Tusk himself chilling with his merch ....
28 Aug 10:15 pm from The Other East

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More Yellow House and Harajuku Adventures.

One the first things I did when I got to Japan was wander over to Harajuku and visit Yellow House, which you can read about here. Continu....
28 Aug 4:51 pm from The Other East

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Photo of the Day From Japan #10 -Krispy Kreme-

When I was a kid, Krispy Kreme expanded worldwide. They opened a bunch of stores in Maryland, but almost all of them closed. I think there�....
25 Aug 11:42 pm from The Other East

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Photo of the Day From Japan #8 -Yakisoba at the Azabu Jyuban Matsuri-

I live right next to the Azabu-Jyuban district of Minato, Tokyo. Its a pretty rich area, Gackt lives here, so their Matsuri last weekend wa....
25 Aug 2:15 am from The Other East

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I should provoke people more often.

The five most commented posts in the 3 years I’ve had this blog up are: 1) V-Rock Live Blogging -Where we complain that the V-Rock....
25 Aug 1:19 am from The Other East

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Yoshiki Discovery Update.

I’ve received a reply from Norris Blaxall, he says he is going to help us get our tickets. But note, he says he doesn’t have much to do ....
22 Aug 5:20 pm from The Other East

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Photo of the Day From Japan #7 -Drains are Depressing here-

He doesn’t look very happy about being a storm drain. Maybe he wanted to be a drain in a chocolate syrup factory or something. ....
22 Aug 4:49 am from The Other East

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I just emailed one of the Yoshiki Discovery people.

I just emailed one of the Yoshiki Discovery people about potentially getting your promised tickets. Hold tight and lets see if we get a resp....
22 Aug 4:05 am from The Other East

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Photo of the Day from Japan #6 -Its a Monkey. You know you want to see a Monkey-

This monkey can be yours for about 1,600 USD. Which is cheaper then a puppy at this Roppongi pet shop. ....
21 Aug 6:22 pm from The Other East

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How Yoshiki brought down Nexstar, and in turn Headwax.

Recently it was suggested that Hiroshi Matsumoto and his company Headwax was suing not only with sound legal reason (Trademark and Right of ....
20 Aug 2:07 pm from The Other East

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Photo of the Day From Japan #5

The view of the Tokyo Tower from near my school. ....
19 Aug 4:42 pm from The Other East

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Hiroshi Matsumoto, and his company Headwax, is sueing Yoshiki, SANKYO

It looks like the plot thickens in regards to the images of hide that X Japan has been using in promotional materials and concerts. It would....
19 Aug 2:30 am from The Other East

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Photo of the Day from Japan #4

This is the gardens at Kita-in in Kawagoe, Saitama. I’m actually going to do a full length post on this town with lots of pictures soon. ....
18 Aug 9:47 pm from The Other East

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Photo of the Day #3 from Japan

It’s the Pokemon train on the Yamanote Line! They new set of Pokemon games is out soon. Kinda makes me wish I still had a DS. ....
17 Aug 4:18 pm from The Other East

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X Japan’s USA tour dates are out.

Here they are. ....
17 Aug 4:46 am from The Other East

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Photo of the Day from Japan #2

There was supposed to be a Typhoon hitting the other day, but it went around Tokyo. I live about a 20 minute walk from the water so I went ....
16 Aug 2:44 pm from The Other East

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Editorial: X Japan in Yokohama. August 14th.

Ok, if you think X Japan can do no wrong then don’t read this. This isn’t for you. I have had a ticket for X Japan’s August 15th show....
14 Aug 11:02 pm from The Other East

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X Japan in Yokohama, August 14th.

I’m going to write a description on the show, then write a review of the show. Description is first for people that want to know what happ....
14 Aug 10:32 pm from The Other East

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Return of Photo of the Day.

This crossing is just outside Shinagawa station, which is my closest JR train station. I have to cross over this to get to the market stree....
13 Aug 4:53 pm from The Other East

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X Japan’s Yokohama show confirmed, Taiji now confirmed by the band.

Taiji has officially been confirmed for this weekend’s X Japan concerts by the band itself. Source: Link ....
12 Aug 6:45 pm from The Other East

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750Y. (Also, did you know ZI:KILL is on X’s Blue Blood album?)

I stopped by a Book Off today…Here’s what I picked up. I’ve been trying to get my hand on ZI:KILL’s Ken’s first solo album for som....
11 Aug 10:49 pm from The Other East

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I’m going to have to say the Lolla gamble paid off.

The amount of positive press X Japan is getting in the states after its show at Lollapalooza is really kind of surprising. Yoshiki seems to ....
11 Aug 8:04 pm from The Other East

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Alright then, blogging time. I hope.

I haven’t been posting a great deal this week for two reasons. One is that I had to reinstall Windows and currently have no editing progra....
10 Aug 10:35 pm from The Other East

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Tokyo Dark Castle Vol. 66. DJ CASTLE.

Although I’d previously spent a good bit of time in Tokyo, I had never gone to any of the big all night Goth/industrial/VK/anything goes p....
8 Aug 7:49 pm from The Other East

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Speaking of ZI:KILL I can’t believe I’ve never seen this.

ZI:KILL has been broken up for over 15 years, I was pretty sure I’d heard all the songs there were to be heard. Then I stumbled on this ac....
6 Aug 12:13 pm from The Other East

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