7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-04-28) Kawasaki, My Mother, New Bike and more...

Ive added standard location titles as of this episode so you guys know where I am exactly. You can find google location maps next to the days so you can find them if you want to or you can at least streetview them.

00:00 notMONDAY Lazona Mall, Kawasaki <location>
01:00 notTUESDAY Window Seat
02:00 notWEDNESDAY Happy Birthday <Okachimachi Station location>
03:07 THURSDAY Word to(from) my Mother
04:00 FRIDAY Padding the Wallet <Kamata Station location>
05:00 SATURDAY FREEDOM!!!!
06:00 notSUNDAY Kawasaki Station Random <Kawasaki Station location>

Venus Fort Car Museum

In an earlier post I showed you that even out here in the Land of the Rising sun, one can get a nice Jozi style shopping mall experience. But it does not end there because Venus Fort takes it to the next level.

Screw Casinos and screw Fourways Fashionistas (especially the hot ones) Odaiba has a CAR MUSEUM!!!! Spread over 2 floors you can see some of the rare and beautiful classics that define the passion and power that the internal combustion engine has brought forth. 

The upper level is dedicated to classics. Iconic names like the Dino, DeLorean, S400, Fairlady Z, RX-3, Bel-Air get the drool glands pumping. But its not simply a room filled with cars, its the building itself. The american cars are in a very american setting, the italian cars in an italian setting. They went all out to present these beautiful machines in great tributes to their natural habitats.

The Lower Level is dedicated to the company that sponsors the maintenance of the Museum… TOYOTA.


They have a large selection of both race cars and engines as well as a brief history of Toyota and it’s racing Heritage.
If you are a petrolhead, You have to see this museum. If you are not that passionate about cars… then a visit to this museum may just cure you of your terrible condition.

Shots! #5 Doggy Accessories with an Engrish Twist.

Appropriate name for a dogcessory shop. and to describe the women who buy the rats that wear this stuff :p

Montecasino in Japan! Venus Fort, Odaiba.

Before I went home, when I was last in Odaiba, we went through to Venus Fort (I have the urge to call it Venus Frot for some reason, even though I like the place)
The big deal for me was the uncanny similarity between it and Montecasino back in SA. Basically the whole indoor outdoors Italian jive. I am willing to bet that there is a link somewhere but to be honest, I couldn’t give two shits in a chardonnay.

I was rather homesick at the time (read: the tail end of a bitter winter) and anything that reminded me of home, even the places I where the scum gathers was refreshing.

I must say however, I did enjoy the place a whole lot more and unlike Monte, I actually cannot wait till I go back there again. Not so much for the decor or shopping, but the Food. Russian food in particular.

I ate my first ever Borscht and Josephine Henrietta Christ!!! it was good. Every bite down to the last drop of soup. Spectacular. And it was not just my naive tongue either. Luka has experience from the old country and he agrees that this food does the Motherland proud.

in soviet russia, food eats YOU!