Party & Music Archive

My friend Robert celebrated his 60th big one. All his classmates from St. Mary’s and ASIJ joined in to have fun time at JJ in Midtown. After the wonderful food, we hit Roppongi Bau Haus, after a bottle of Tequila we were all dancing, singing and jamming with the house band.

Party organized by Quintessentially Japan. Sat next to one of the founders, he said he was dating Steve Winwood’s daughter and his close friends are Mick Jagger.

Gora Kadan is one of the prime onsen (hot springs) bath and hotel in Hakone. Frequented by international celebrities, the SPA and the bath is said to be one of the best in Japan. Hakone is a nice 2 hour drive from Tokyo. You can also take the train from Shinjyuku.

Happy new year 2008. This is a view from my room at Tokyo Midtown. The new morning is about to break. I wish everyone a productive, profitable and healthy new year.

We Japanese have a tradition of eating Soba Noodles at the end of the year. Traditionally families cleaned their houses at the end of the year called “ousouji” and got together to eat Soba Noodles to pass the year watching TV shows. This is Mr Hori, a Soba Maestro making the noodles from Soba flour and water. Every step needs to be managed extremely quickly and with the right force, otherwise the batter will dry and Soba will crack with the humidity escaping to the ether. Watching a craftsman work is really entertaining and makes you more hungry… Notice the glass walled Soba cubicle and the elegant black chandelier..

It’s party and magic time. Celebrating my classmate’s birthday party. Wonderful magic and great food at Silvano’s Il Buttero.

Annual winter event is the Ferrari Brunch. We all gathered again at the Ferrari Garden (formerly Matsuda Collection) and look at cars all day long, along with conversation with friends.