Asia Journal #1 - Japan

There are so many words that can describe the feeling Japan has given me. Too many. In four much too short days, you have left an impression on me so special. If ever you are sad, think about Japan and it's infinite smiles. Even after little to no sleep and only wanting to fall into a dream, Japan kept my eyes open, blurred and beautiful at once. Here are a few pictures to illustrate.



My first steps into the streets of Japan, with DJ Tosh and Asako.



The watchful robot residing in the Castle In The Sky, at the Ghibli Museum.



With huge Murakami pieces inside, the 3 floors of the LV store was more a museum of color and fun than simple retail...



...Along with the Prada store, where architecture is truly something to marvel.



The Roppongi Hills Building, a city within itself.



The Mori Art Museum in the Roppongi Hills building, located around the 50th floor.



Night time in Shibuya



Light time in Shibuya



After about 72 hours with little sleep, things start to haze...



...and soon blur out of sight.


* A very special thanks has to be given to Tosh and Asako for showing me their city, FK for letting me play records, as well as all the great people I met.

Climber's Huge In Japan

Jake Jefferson, lame/lazy-ass-poster on this blog, and 1/2 of Climber has got a track on the new Stussy x Turntable Lab compilation that BluJemz helped put together.  EggFooYoung's also got a beat on it.

There were only 500 made -- so if you buy 100 of em, you've got the eBay market on lock when these producers blow up.

If Jake's nice, and/or even received a copy, I'm sure he'll post up his track . . . someday.