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Osaka Views | RO Explore
Throw back to when I was in Japan for the United Royals show and the crew went to a sky tower in Osaka to check out some city lights.
Amy reaching into third base on the mascot of this sky tower.
Look out poses.
You could see everything from up here. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
A photo shoot up here would’ve been cool if we were more prepared.
IPhone lights work pretty well.
The feels.
Somebody to love.
Apparently the coolest restroom hallway ever to Sara.
Bomb pineapple soft serve.
Making a sticker out of this..
Sara and Barry.
Davin the umbrella guy.
Elevator bokeh.
Me and Ross figuring out what to eat and who to roster on my fantasy football team.
Nasty.
Nastier.
Nastiest.
Delightful.
The best. Yakisoba and a sunny side up egg.
Ending it on a good note with this soft serve waffle ice cream sandwich.
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Kyoto’s Golden Temple | RO in Japan
Some photos of when I went with the United Royals crew to the Kyoto Golden Temple.
Fried chicken in Japan. Not bad..
Teriyaki burger.
Green tea soft serve from the City that invented green tea.
So good, Sara got two.
I was Sara’s personal photographer for this trip.
The Golden Temple. Still amazes me after the third time seeing it.
Tourists.
Public transportation is key in Japan.
Toro!
Unagi.
Amy and Barry devouring some sushi.
More public transportation stuff.
Sara modeling some Japanese tea.
Fantasy football coach.
Kyoto was interesting.
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Exploring Shinsaibashi | RO Explore
Japan is such an interesting country, there’s so much to do and travelling without a car is so easy. Our hotel was right in the middle of the city and walking distance to Shinsaibashi, so it became a ritual of ours to go to Shinsaibashi for all of our meals. Today, I’ll be showing you some of the stuff you can do that is walking distance from Shinsaibashi station.
Love walking through the colorful alleys of Japan.
Shinsaibashi is filled with Chinese tourists and is always busy during the day.
Amy and Sara posing in front of the famous Glico sign.
This old guy makes me want to eat here, I don’t even know what they serve.
Sara looks like she’s part of the family.
Getting some fresh takoyaki, which originated in Osaka.
JDM food porn.
Fresh.
Amy ordering ramen through a machine.
I can never have ramen in the United States again.
The ramen spots here are so cool.
City views.
Sara and the astronaut guy.
We got these crepes so many times during our stay in Shinsaibashi.
I was Sara’s personal photographer all week.
And Amy’s candid photographer too.
Crowded all day.
The first time seeing the Persian ice cream man. He plays with you for a while until he really gives you your ice cream.
I want to bring my kids to him one day.
Interesting statues..
They didn’t really need to make their eyes that slanted.
Taking a break before we go out again.
Breaks to me is another meal.
We visited a dog cafe where you can hang out with little dogs and get some coffee.
Sara and Amy are avid dog lovers and could not get over all of the cuteness.
People come to these things to relieve some stress mostly, pretty neat.
Sunsets in the city.
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Osaka Hangs | RO in Japan
The first morning in Japan was an early one for me. My hotel was 40 minutes away from the airport and I had to be there at 6:00 AM for the flight at 7:30 AM. After a long taxi ride to meet Sara and Amy and being at the wrong terminal we were finally on our way to Osaka. Thank you to Japan’s airport system for getting us on our flight on time. They have a express line for people whose flights are in 40 minutes or less, so you don’t have to go through the long check in line.
See ya Tokyo.
After a hour flight, Ty picked us up from the airport to go eat at Umeda station. Sara and Amy looking awfully happy to finally be where we’re suppose to be.
Fancy food court.
There’s always a photo opportunity.
Teas on deck.
Cold udon.
Sara and Amy on that healthy diet.
While me and Ty were grubbing on some delicious chimichurri meat and fries.
We went to the Pokemon Center, so Sara can nerd out.
These balls were actually made for stretching.
Ty trying to win Amy a dog in the famous Japanese claw games.
Later that night we met up with the J Spirit crew who just flew in, Osaka JDM, AP Garage and so many more for some exotic fish. Reunited with this E36 that I saw on my last trip to Osaka.
Sushi boat.
Ty and Ross.
Look at all these peoples.
Love walking through these streets.
Thanks United Royals for dinner!
Subaru on Volk TE37s. Made me sad that Vinh always wanted this kind of setup for his car, but is now parting out his Subaru because of his ref ticket.
Anywhere we go, we always seem to be hanging out in parking lots.
And everywhere we go, Sara is always modeling.
It wasn’t enough food for me, so I had to stop by 711 for some more snacks. The next day we will be going to D1GP, so make sure you come back and check out the coverage for that!
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Delayed Arrival | Random Adventures
This is the first post of many of my trip to Osaka with the United Royals crew. We start the early morning with me Sara and Amy at SFO waiting for our flight to Osaka.
Our flight was delayed three hours, so we decided to get lunch at the airport. Getting sushi was a tease to what we will be eating in Japan.
Haters can’t touch them, these sunglasses are Gucci.
After waiting the 3 hours, United Airlines cancelled our flight and we had to reschedule to a 7pm flight, which would be 7 hours later…. So, I hit up Clinton and he happened to have a free day after class. We decided we would make use of this 7 hour delay and hang in SF.
The hero, Baeton.
Baeton took us to New England Lobster Market for some lobster rolls.
Heaven inside a toasty bread. This is the seasonal lobster roll.
Sara recording for her Japan trip vlog and Amy showing off her drinking abilities.
Amy really wanted to go check out this hill where there’s a swing that over looks the city. Turns out the swing was broken…
We still got an incredible view of the city.
Clinton all HOODRATstuff out.
Sara in her gremlin mode.
An Amy in her arm less gremlin mode.
Girls just want to have fun.
Next stop would be Mitchell’s Ice Cream for some grasshopper pie!
One of my favorite spots in San Francisco.
Messy eaters, I can’t take them anywhere.
We ventured across the rainbow bridge to show Sara and Amy this sick view.
We’re so close to the clouds.
It’s cold.
Thanks Vinh for letting Clinton use your truck!
First time ever getting a successful jump shot.
Too bad Sara and Amy were dressed for a 13 hour flight and not for a dangerous and sexy graffiti shoot.
Amy made it work tho.
More good news! United Airlines flight that we had at 7PM also got cancelled and the next flight out would be in 2 days. We hurried back to SFO to see what United could do for us and the only way to get to Japan on time was to take a flight to Tokyo and stay there for a night then catch another flight down to Osaka… And that’s what we did.
10 hours later… We were in Tokyo after 2 delays and 2 cancelled flights. We arrived at 10pm and Sara had Hiroki pick us up from Haneda airport for dinner.
First thing that was bought, Calpis Soda.
We couldn’t decide on what to eat, so we ended up getting McDonalds.
Only thing cool about McDonald’s here is that everything comes with an egg.
Impossible to make McDonald’s sexy.
Across the street was a 711 and we had to get our convenience store fix. Check out all of the delicious JDM candy.
Got back to our hotel and I decided to try take some bokeh self portrait shots. Did not come out like I expected..
Tokyo is so beautiful and we’re not even near the major cities.
Thanks Clinton and Hiroki for taking us around! It was an eventful journey to Japan and I’m glad we made it despite all the problems. Check back tomorrow for some more Japan adventures!
