Day 3 wasn't much of anything, I wandered around a bit, saw a few different neighbourhoods, but I was pretty exhausted from the running around and sensory overload of Day 2. My Day 2 covered almost all the touristy stuff I really really wanted to do while in Tokyo anyway.

Day 4, of course, was Dynamite!! (Technically, "K-1 Dynamite!! Power of ( Read more... )

Got lazy, video blogged instead of writing for NYE. :) Besides, there are probably like 10 of you who care about my in-depth thoughts on Japanese MMA anyway, so a lengthy write-up would just be mental masturbation.

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Day 2 is in the books, and I have to say I fuckin' love this city. Recency bias be damned; it's definitely making the top three of places that I've visited, and the "places I've visited" list is getting decently long ( Read more... )

I spent way too much time on trains today. Way too much. But it was still awesome, and I am ending the day very happy. Here's why ( Read more... )

Next Monday I begin the long trek to the PCA. I've decided instead of getting my travel all done in one miserable day to break it up into multiple days with some short trips. On Monday I'm headed to Tokyo, where I'll be for three nights, including New Year's Eve. The biggest MMA show of the year in Japan is always held on New Year's Eve in ( Read more... )