Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Suits and school and Dreamcast 10 year anniversary

Headed out to Shinjuku and met up with Mike and his friend John who is visiting to check out suits. Since the pants on one of my suits is getting shiny it's time for a new one anyhow. We started at Aoki since they have the cheapest suits but didn't really see anything good so we went to another place next door which I don't remember the name of but they didn't really have anything that seemed interesting either. After that we went to the Perfect Suit Factory which seemed pretty good. The one guy working there didn't seem deterred by the fact that he couldn't really speak English and helped us out. I think we found suits we liked there the best cause of the service and we really got to try stuff on. Also the layout made it easy to see what everything was priced at and which sizes would fit us. Anyhow, we still wanted to look around a bit so we went to Aoyama and Zara but didn't really see anything of interest there so then went to Kinokuniya and look at GQ magazine to check the latest styles before heading to Mr. Donut for donuts before going back to Perfect Suit Factory where we made our final decision and got them fitted. Being a suit store they also sold dress shirts and ties and at Perfect Suit Factory they had lame ties. Lame is taken from French and means "shiny" or "glitter" in Japanese. It's pronounced like "ramen" but with a "L" and no "N". But I stick with the English pronounciation.
The nice thing about Tokyo is that there are a ton of Suit stores all competing which keeps prices low and gives a wide variety of styles. Mike's friend who is visiting from the US specifically brought money for a suit in Japan because it's easier to find a more stylish suit that fits better than most places in the US.
Today was also the anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast one of the last great gaming systems ever made. A couple titles didn't make it to the top ten list below, but I'd like to make a mention of a couple which I think should have been on there as well. Rez, Ikaruga, Samba de Amigo, Virtua Tennis, Space Channel Five, Rayman 2, Quake III, Dead or Alive 2, Virtua Fighter 3tb, Chu Chu Rocket, Toy Commander, Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2, Ecco the Dolphin, Bomberman Online, Daytona USA 2001, and Outtrigger

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