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**update at 11:01am – see below for TV’s Lost Jake Theory via Krista Hattemer: Today, Monday, February 1st, marks what would have been Jacob Faust’s 30th birthday. Please hold Lynne, Rory and Amy Faust in your thoughts and hearts today. He was stolen from us when he was 25.  Hold your loved ones close and [...]

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If you’re in the LA area and in the mood for the best Vietnamese food you’ve ever had, check out Mandoline Grill which will be opening their new lunch truck come early February.  Good luck Mandoline Grill!

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So that giant Gundam statue I blogged about a while ago is now half completed.  Check out the pics below to see how its coming along.  A friend of mine made an interesting comment about this statue.  What if aliens were to do a fly by, see the robot, and think, ‘ok, they’re ready.’  Just [...]

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Went to the price is right today. Wow, I’m depleated of energy after all that yelling and screaming. If you have never been to TPIR, you must go! It was much smaller inside than I imagined.

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Dear Jake, Three years have passed today since the day you were taken from our lives.  I sit here now thinking about where I’ve been over the last 3 years and where you would be now.  In this time, I’ve moved back home to Los Angeles – back to Tokyo – back to Los Angeles, [...]

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And so ends my journey back home for the holidays. The time spent here was amazing as always and as always, I didn’t even find time to blog. Nonetheless, I board the plane tomorrow morning at 10:20 am and fly off, into the wild blue yonder, only to land in the concrete jungle that I [...]

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I’m coming home. Well, only for 2 weeks, but I’ll be home from December 15th to December 29th. Then I’ll be returning to Japan for another 2 month stay, following which I’ll be back permanently. Let me know your plans and hopefully we can meet up! You know where to e-mail me.

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Sorry that I haven’t written lately, but it’s been a busy weekend. Friday night, Miki and I went to a new Irish Pup in Shibuya. Failte had a wonderful selection of beer, mostly from Ireland, and the food was really delicious. I have to say one thing about English menus in Japan, they never really [...]

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Went to the wedding yesterday. It always surprises me how different Japanese weddings are compared to American weddings. At an American wedding people spend more time walking around and socializing, they are generally longer, people leave when they choose to, there is a lot of dancing to bad music, etc. Whereas, a Japanese wedding is [...]

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Well everyone, I’m off to another wedding.  Well, it’s not so much of a wedding, but the full reception for the wedding that I already went to.  I’ll let you know how it went when we get back.  They are showing the slideshow that I ad made for them.  Hope it goes well!

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Hey all, Here are some fun photos from some exciting events in our lives. I hope you enjoy them! This SimpleViewer gallery requires Macromedia Flash. Please open this post in your browser or get Macromedia Flash here. This is a WPSimpleViewerGallery var flashvars = {}; flashvars.preloaderColor = “0xffffff”; flashvars.xmlDataPath = “http://lostokyo.com/wp-content/photos/kimono/gallery.xml?for=fc_id_32″; var params = {}; [...]

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Haven’t gotten the kimono pics up yet, but I’ll be sure to get those on here later.  For now, here are some new fisheye photos! This SimpleViewer gallery requires Macromedia Flash. Please open this post in your browser or get Macromedia Flash here. This is a WPSimpleViewerGallery var flashvars = {}; flashvars.preloaderColor = “0xffffff”; flashvars.xmlDataPath [...]

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Went to class this morning. It’s finally getting harder and the guy I sat next to is just plain crazy. I’ll explain more about him later. Afterward, went to lunch with a friend and then shopped around Shibuya by myself. Pretty mellow day, but tomorrow is a writing day and I have some catching up [...]

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