DWC - Denim World Championships 2015 - 2017
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@Snowy Thanks mate. i actually read it a moment ago and realised it was you who wrote it. great write up there mate. i'll be sure to check them out and share the photos and thoughts.
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@louisbosco - that is awesome! I'd love to drive one. There's a BMW dealership by my house. Someone must have traded in a GTR. I might have to try to talk them into a test drive.
Great stuff! Your trip looked (looks) excellent. Have fun!
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@louisbosco you and your GTR made onto the Hachioji staff blog:
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@FurattoHeddo Thanks for the link.
i'm humbled that of all the customers, they'd mentioned me…anyway onto day 3 and 4. some photos from the other day going up fuji and the visit to meiji shrine.
Drove from my hotel to tokyo. Aimed on taking the Subaru line up to the 5th station. The roads were closed the last time i was here, so i was really hoping it would be open this time. And it was! First in line, waiting for the roads to open at 0900...
headed back down towards lake kawaguchiko area as well, but the ropeway up this hill, where you can see mt fuji from afar was closed. was content with being up the mountain anyway. winds were pretty strong and cold, but the views were worth it.
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Moving on.. i visited meiji shrine the next day and went to akihabara. didn't really take much photos around akihabara. there amount of people was just crazy..
Close up of the denim i took on the train. Rather hairy that recent pairs i've been wearing… Also more food pictures to come next.. Had to pay another visit to little nap coffee stand as they were around the area..
retook the photo above, more satisfied with it the second time around
my attempt at a sun star.
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FOOD
came across this in akihabara's sex shops… Denim condoms anyone?
had a go at sigma's 50mm f1.4 in akihabara. I really love the softness of this prime lens they've made in comparison with the same model from canon. this has been a thought on my mine if i should get it… anyone with experience with this lens?
and thanks.. going to yokohama now..
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Great pics @louisbosco . Really enjoying this thread lately.
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@Snowy Cheers. the drive up was pretty good. nothing like that in Perth. i use to go up to Cameron highlands in malaysia when i was in singapore to do uphill runs and that was very challenging. it was quite a short run, did the uphill run in about 19/20mins. either that or i was going a little too fast. The run up is not that challenging, beginner to low medium difficulty.. i counted about only 5 or 6 hairpin turns for this subaru line route. there's some pretty views and vantage points that are on the way up accessible only by car i presume.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–Z_T81XZTg
Here are a couple of videos while i try and find that lost full video of the full run. hopefully gopro didn't override it.
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10th Jan
Headed out to Setagaya to dropped a couple of boots of at brass for resoling. Wandered along the back lanes shooting and saw bear ponds espresso ( @Snowy )but will visit when i'm back in tokyo again. Then headed off to odaiba for the day, toyota megaweb and a visit to autobacs to look for jdm parts..
i'm in hokkaido now and will be hitting the slopes soon. i'll continue posting when i can
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@ louisbosco thank you so much for all the great images of your trip.
continued safe & fun travels
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wow nizzel, those look really good. loving the contrast on them..
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11th January
Took a visit to Yokohama today. Only had time for the ramen factory and cup noodle museum. will definitely be back. First time in yokohama, really lovely port city. Thoroughly felt inspired by the cup noodle museum and it's creator's history.
Had to have two bowls at one go from different stores. would've had a third if i could…
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Continued - Cup noodles musem
then popped over to chinatown for some random dinner…
will definitely be back in yokohama once i'm back in tokyo in about a week.
