Started the day out by heading to Roppongi Hills to go eat steamed dumplings.
First beverage of the day being a nice cold draft beer, Happy New Years Eve!
Then it was off to see Avatar in 3D!
Afterwards dinner with friends in Harajyuku
At night it was a visit to Meiji-Jingu Shrine
Went out with Toshi and Chie the other night. We had dinner at some cheezy Yakinuku (Korean BBQ) place where the service was aweful. I guess the food was ok, but certainly not worth the bad service. Why did we end up going there again?
Afterwards to a nearby Karaoke, and I can’t remember how I got home. The usual story
Went to brunch today at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo; French Kitchen. It was Mari-san’s birthday celebration. Good spread, but pricey. Glad Naks treated.
Came into the San Francisco office today. This place is HUGE! Well, compared to the Tokyo office of course. They are subleasing a portion of the Siebel building. Nice area, and the weather is great here.
今日はサンフランシスコの事務所に初めてきてみました。めっちゃ広い！まぁ～東京とくらべたらしょうがないよね。天気もいいし、かなりいい気分です。
This is Chris chomping away at some kinda cuisine that has 2 pieces of bread and I think its buffalo sandwiched inside. Chris picked me up in his M3 today, not sure if he knows how to drive that thing, kept grinding gears….
こちらがクリスです。なんかよくわからないアメリカらしきでかいハンバーガーみたいなものをかじってた。ちなみにクリスが今日M3で向かいに来てくれた。でもあんまり運転上手じゃないって言うか、シフトするたんびにギアをガリガリしてた。
This is the guy that Saki refers to as “Sexy Willy”
こちらがウイリです。
I made a trip out to the Island of Maui for a business meeting. Labeled QBR (Quarterly Business Review). Its was mostly spending time with our business partner for relationship building. Basically good friends, awesome golf, and good food and drinks. This time was at the Kapalua resport in Maui, and we stayed at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua. We accomplished quite a bit during this meeting and should hopefully lead to a good 2007. Hopefully the next QBR will be in another great location, Kauai?
ハワイのマウイ島に出張してきました。今回は３ヶ月に一回おこなうビジネスミーティングでマウイのカパルアに行ってきました。マウイのリッツ・カールトンカパルアに泊まってきました。ミーティングって言っても、皆でゴルフ、美味しい飯と酒で仲良く人間関係を高めるって言う目的なんで、それほど仕事って事は無いんだけど。毎回ゴルフでクタクタになるんだけど。着いて１ラウンド、次の日２ラウンド、また２ラウンド、で帰るって３日間で５ラウンド？！今度は何処だろう、カウアイ？
I went to a restaurant called “Ichiryu” in Sangenchaya. This place is unbelievable. Specializing in sea food comprised of the freshest fish and other delicacies of the sea. The volume is amazing. We ordered 1 order of uni, and a whole box?! came out! The crab what a whole crab, and we ordered 3 orders of sashimi, and it must’ve been enough for 6 or 7 people that came out. If you get a chance check this place out. The price is very reasonable, and the volume is plenty to feed all. I recommend you go there with at least 4 people so you can order a variety of items.
三軒茶屋の一隆に行ってきました。信じられないよここは。新鮮な魚介がほうふで。なにせボリュームがすごい。うにとか頼んだら1人前がなんといつもすし屋のネタケースに入ってる箱？！どーんっと出てきた。行くなら4人ぐらいで行かないと食べ切れません。
On the brink of my birthday, I went to dinner with some friends and I guess because it was almost midnight, or wait I think it went way past midnight. Everyone decided to try and trash me and we all got stupid drunk. Thanks for the memories everyone
誕生日の前の日に友達たちとお食事に行って、その後12時回る前に、あれ12時過ぎたかな、馬鹿みたいに飲んでしまいました。皆さん楽しい一時ありがとう。
Went to a restaurant in Omotesando called Toriyoshi. Have been there in a while so it was great to go grub and drink there. The chicken wings are so grubbin. Reminds me of Furaibo from Nagoya. And of course during the winder season, a must is the hot pot. Specifically we ordered the Chanko-nabe, yumm….
表参道の鳥良に行ってきました。久しぶりに美味しい手羽先をたべてきました。名古屋のフウライボウに似ていて旨かった～。ビールとのマッチングが最高！それと、冬だからやっぱり鍋でしょ。はりはりちゃんこ鍋。
I have this ritual with my friend Mat-chan (short for Matsubara). He only has monday and some tuesdays off, so when we go out, its quite painful. Painful in that starting out mondays with a drink-fest and trying to survive the week is tough. Tough because of the insane amount of alcohol we consume at the beginning of the week. He drinks like a fish, and I guess I get drawn by that and end up consuming about the same. This occasion was no different. We went to this restaurant in Azabujyuban called Isekan. Soo grubbin. Whole bunch of fresh seafood like, live abalone, lobster. Along with that they have Matsuzaka beef, yuummy. Afterwards if was off to Roppongi is a 475HP Lancer Evolution. Displacement raised to 2.4 Liters, with some crazy Garret turbo. It had a titanium exhaust manifold for some reason. Crazy Japanese people be spending way too much money on their cars.
今日はまたまたマッちゃんとの飲み会でした。今回は麻布十番の伊勢貫って言うお店でご飯を食べてきました。めっちゃめっちゃ美味かった！あわびのお刺身、あわびのざんこく焼き（丸ごとあわび焼いちゃう）とか、伊勢海老、松坂牛などなど、食べたいものばっかり。その後は450馬力のサンサーで六本木へ。
This is me with some freak from a hostess bar in Roppongi. おねーちゃんとのツーショット。
