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Chicago'ed, London'ed, Tokyo'ed and Tokyo-ing. Lawyering.

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@TheTokyoDerek
Derek S
6 months
A Starbucks customer has popped out and left a MacBook unattended at an outdoor table. Don’t go changing, Japan!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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8 months
“YabaiDen” (alt. “YaBiden”)… Well played, Nikkan Sports, well played! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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3 years
@alltimeklassic @meowtoba The “E”s in his handwriting are great!
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6 months
@chrisonjapan Alas no, the bag in the background contains my dirty gym kit… 😢
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2 years
@Tweet_Dec If they rehearsed that for hours, they couldn’t have improved on the timing!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
@Super70sSports Hill Street Blues doesn’t get the respect it deserves! 🚔
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
A Japanese summer!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Good morning, sir! * confirmed he was breathing before I continued to the gym #roppongi
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Cicada skins at my place. Going free, so get ‘em while you can… #japanesesummer
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@catbread9000 @HakataQueen Lawyer here who works in Japanese (sometimes), keigo is definitely “nice but not necessary”.
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@Super70sSports Senses Working Overtime -XTC
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@TheTokyoDerek
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8 years
Parliament at half-mast. RIP (I assume) the King of Thailand #london #Parliament #rip ไอดอ
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@TheTokyoDerek
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7 months
Roppongi Hills + Spider
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@TheTokyoDerek
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7 months
A full rack of ribs at Hato’s for the national holiday. Happy Birthday, Emp! 🎂
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@TheTokyoDerek
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5 months
¥850 lunch, which I believe is $5.50…
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
A well-deserved Old Fashioned, bonus background Tsukiji
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
@guywalters Stunned that I appear to be first one with an Office Space reference...
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
@ATRightMovies Richard Burton
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@pride_husky @HumanCynicToday @Super70sSports “Dolly, how long does it take to do your hair?” “I have no idea, I’m never there when they are doing it…” 👱‍♀️
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
@DrHillairet Doc, have you ever tried to open a bank account, get a credit card or sign a residential lease in Japan? You may see just a bit of discrimination...
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
@Super70sSports Backup QB for the Packers in (I think) ‘96, turned up to the White House in his Bears jersey!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@Mulboyne Great to see critics focusing on the most important issues facing Japan…
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2 years
Traveling by Shinkansen just got better!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
In Hakone, pre-fireworks
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
Never mad at seeing a Godfather quote! #TheGodfather #leavethegun
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@TheTokyoDerek
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6 months
Dinner at Pachon in Daikanyama last night. Cassoulet was superb as always!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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8 months
The Empire podcast is consistently great, interesting content and fun chemistry between the hosts.
@DalrympleWill
William Dalrymple
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New @EmpirePodUK dropped this morning: Nader Shah, The Sword of Persia
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1 year
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
@randombeers @Pr0naldo @anthonyjeselnik (Turns to camera) Or do the Germans would have us believe…
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@TheTokyoDerek
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6 years
@85BearsDoc In Trubisky we trust, in Parkey we lose...
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
Finished (and greatly enjoyed) The Anarchy by William Dalrymple. Superb account and especially good on Indian politics and history.
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@TheTokyoDerek
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11 months
Happy 10th Anniversary, Turret Coffee! Here’s to many more excellent Americanos!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 months
Dangerous neighborhood, Harajuku… 😠 #tokyo
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
Saturday night is yakitori night!
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1 year
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@TheTokyoDerek
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9 months
Enough to be getting on with! 🎅
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
@robotopia “doesn't do anything besides mumble and fart”.... I feel the threat of replacement by technology....
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
Yokohama fireworks from the hotel window. Happy New Year! #Quarantine
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3 years
Tsukiji at dusk #tsukiji #tokyo
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
On this typhoon morning, treating myself to a shakshuka breakfast at Bricolage.
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
@Super70sSports Beatrice Dalle. Feel free to look her up, you’ll thank me...
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@TheTokyoDerek
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7 years
I stare at the taxi door expectantly when I am outside of Japan #gaijinconfessionfriday
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@UnseenJapanSite Depressed that I “know” this, but I thought that underground idols didn’t have management companies?
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Pickles at Tsukiji market this AM
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
Tokyo DisneySea! Bonus, not insanely crowded.
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
@StephenCVGraham Don’t they host “brainstorming” sessions with interviewees, only to (1) not actually hire anyone, and (2) use the ideas from the sessions without any sort of credit?
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Fight Night! Scrubbed up well. Far less stress not getting punched on the night… #boxing 🥊
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
@Super70sSports That’s British legend John Inman! If the ladies didn’t like his ensemble, I think he could live with it...
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@TheTokyoDerek
Derek S
6 months
Possibly what fashionistas call a “statement piece” #shibuya
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
@Super70sSports I hope that we haven’t forgotten this gem:
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@TheTokyoDerek
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5 months
During the ongoing Tokyo Tourist Boom, tricky to get into Tsukiji’s Turret Coffee. So, result! ☕️
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@TheTokyoDerek
Derek S
1 year
Off to watch the Sumidagawa fireworks. I suspect we aren’t the only ones…
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@TheTokyoDerek
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11 months
Stunning sunset this evening. Red sky over Tsukiji!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
@ImaniJess Japanese women’s profiles were much the same, with added pet and flower pics...
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
Profound stuff on the Hibiya line.
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@TheTokyoDerek
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6 months
Shabu shabu night! 🥩
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
@GaijinMommy Something (slightly positive) amidst the dreadfulness: great work by the BBC and the FCCJ publicizing this to the background of silence by the Japanese media
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@tindenli BTW, great cheese from Okinawa by the Cheese Guy:
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2 years
First Sakura pic of the season!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
@profgalloway Hill Street Blues! Great show, oddly obscure/forgotten now
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Post-boxing class iced mocha to start the day right
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Ueno Skyliner (for the first time in ages), Turkey here we come! 🇹🇷
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@TheTokyoDerek
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9 months
Calm be for the (Christmas party) storm… 🎅
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@TheTokyoDerek
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8 months
@CacheThatCheque It’s not “timing the markets”, it’s “time in the markets”. Was that Charlie Munger?
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 months
Pizza night! 🍕
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@Super70sSports The cap is great for scratching your ears, too. So they tell me…
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@TheTokyoDerek
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6 months
Deeply, deeply nasty!
@MLB
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Yu Darvish is HYPED UP 😤 #SeoulSeries
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@GaijinMommy At least he was wearing a mask…
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@TheTokyoDerek
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6 months
A spot of carnage in Tsukiji this morning. No clue how someone managed to flip a car at the intersection… I don’t think there were any serious injuries, fortunately.
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
@KonstantinKisin @Lasurak “don't compare apples with arseholes”. Um, can I use that? 🙇‍♂️
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
A great day for ramen!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
@MarcherLord1 You, sir, are worse than ISIS.
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@kurui_zaki__ “Forget it Jake, it’s Kabukicho…”
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2 years
@bdjoetsu Copying/pasting into Google Translate was too expensive or too much effort?
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
24-hour Fast II ends (very pleasantly) with yakitori on the balcony #fasting
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
Sunrise on quarantine Day 6, a/k/a Freedom Day! #quarantine
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@TheTokyoDerek
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6 months
Lovely day for rugby at Chichibunomiya!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
@UnseenJapanSite Helluva nice place for hanami, too (weather permitting).
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5 months
Shiny Tokyo Tower from Roppongi Hills
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Full moon over Naka Meguro!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
Tempura soba lunch, with a rather good pic from the restaurant owner’s trip to Ethiopia. #soba #tempura
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@catbread9000 @HakataQueen Ah the privilege of those 12-14 hour days… Actually at a Japanese firm on a full-time secondment at a J government client. 2/10, Tweet better sweetie!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
My kickboxing coach. He’ll still cut 9 kgs before his fight next Sunday. Like wringing water out of a stone…
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
A little bit of a rainbow over Hamamatsucho early this morning 🌈
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@TheTokyoDerek
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7 months
Dishoom-inspired dinner last night. Deep breath: Chicken tikka Chicken Ruby Murray curry Gunpowder potatoes Kachumber salad Raita Poppadums Naans (takeaway)
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@TheTokyoDerek
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5 months
@powderbum75 As in the Blues Brothers: “How often does the train go past?” “So often, you won’t notice it”. Tough to ignore when it’s what, 3 meters away?
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
Gourmet burger for lunch hits the spot on this wet and dismal Friday
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
And the weekend begins!
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@TheTokyoDerek
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3 years
Pickled cherries, a new taste sensation. Pretty good, could be very nice as a garnish in a cocktail like an Old Fashioned… 🍸
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
@MelindaJoe Kuriya in Kabukicho is my go-to in that neighborhood: Kuriya 03-6302-1567
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3 years
Tsukiji breakfast
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1 year
@ATRightMovies Party on! Excellent!
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2 years
@batess @Super70sSports I don’t think I lasted more than 90 seconds on Dragon’s Lair…
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2 years
Cherry blossoms in the Imperial Palace
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@TheTokyoDerek
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2 years
@outonbluesix @zaichishka The teacher/supervisor in The Breakfast Club? 🧐
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@TheTokyoDerek
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4 years
@TarikCohen “You get a free bowl of soup with that hat?”
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
Roppongi cherry blossoms! 🌸 #roppongi #tokyo #sakura2023
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@TheTokyoDerek
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1 year
Got it goin’ on in Tsukiji!
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