Ebisu, Meguro, and Shinjuku

This morning on youtube I saw a video with Utada Hikaru where she said that she liked hanging out on the streets on Ebisu. Based on that and I've heard good things about Ebisu Krosu and I went out exploring the streets. Unfourtinatly we weren't able to meet Utada but we did see many very cool looking restraunts. From Eibsu we walked to Meguro where we ran into two of the counsolors from Temple.

We Grabbed a quick lunch in Meguro before heading to Shinjuku. From the station we headed to Taito Station which is a large multi story arcade across from the Kabuki chou area. There they had 4 "Half-Life 2" arcade machines. It was pretty cool cause you sit down and you have foot peddles for jumping or crouching and one control on each arm rest for movement and using weapons. After that we headed to Club Sega on the west side of the station where we played "Taiko Drum Master 9". There was a group of 5 or 6 Japanese guys gathered around a awesome Sega game called "2 Spicy". While the name is pretty lame the game is really good. I challenged one of the guys to a match and beat him in 3 rounds. He then told me in English "you are strong!" and they all left.

WHen we were heading back to the station we passed Yodibashi Camera which is like a Bust Buy on crack and they have PS3's and Xbox360's out front to play. They had Forza 2 on the 360 and Ninja Gaiden on the PS3.

Got home for dinner and had some Tonkatsu and it was off to the Onsen. At the Onsen we made friends with a guy that works there so hopefully he'll be able to hook it up for free next time we go. We headed home and stopped at Yoshinoya for a nice bowl of Buta-Don which is a bowl of Pork and onions over rice and it's really good.