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D DJKen Member Anaheim- Home of The Enchanted Tiki Room Joined: Jun 29, 2010 Posts: 35	D DJKen Posted posted on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 9:30 AM Tom, Welcome! Konichi-Wa! Spent most of my tour in Okinawa but I was stationed at Camp Fuji near Takagahara in '84-'85, (USMC), and stayed at the New Sano hotel many times while in Tokyo for the weekends...really enjoyed my time there...we did our own version of a Pub Crawl one night...starting at one end of Ropongi visiting each bar, collecting matchbooks, but only drinking at every tenth stop...we got hammered!!! (if you've never heard of the Ropongi District of Tokyo, it's all bars and nightclubs...six to ten story "office" buildings with a different bar on each floor!). Had a good time on the trains too... The Ginza was amazing! Visited a six-story toy store, each floor was dedicated to different types of toys...record stores were several floors with recording studios at the top...I still have a decal from a new television show that was being launched, "Midnight In Ropongi". The exchange rate was 230-250 Yen to the Dollar...ah, the good ol' days! Keep on Rockin', Ken http://www.djken.com (714) 686-8397 A Budhist walks up to a hotdog vendor and says "Make me one with everything". [ Edited by: DJKen 2010-07-21 09:31 ] [ Edited by: DJKen 2010-07-21 09:33 ]

Tom,

Welcome! Konichi-Wa! Spent most of my tour in Okinawa but I was stationed at Camp Fuji near Takagahara in '84-'85, (USMC), and stayed at the New Sano hotel many times while in Tokyo for the weekends...really enjoyed my time there...we did our own version of a Pub Crawl one night...starting at one end of Ropongi visiting each bar, collecting matchbooks, but only drinking at every tenth stop...we got hammered!!! (if you've never heard of the Ropongi District of Tokyo, it's all bars and nightclubs...six to ten story "office" buildings with a different bar on each floor!).

Had a good time on the trains too... The Ginza was amazing! Visited a six-story toy store, each floor was dedicated to different types of toys...record stores were several floors with recording studios at the top...I still have a decal from a new television show that was being launched, "Midnight In Ropongi". The exchange rate was 230-250 Yen to the Dollar...ah, the good ol' days!

Keep on Rockin',

Ken

http://www.djken.com

(714) 686-8397
A Budhist walks up to a hotdog vendor and says "Make me one with everything".

[ Edited by: DJKen 2010-07-21 09:31 ]

[ Edited by: DJKen 2010-07-21 09:33 ]

Post #543751 by DJKen on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 9:30 AM