NAOKI TAKENOSHITA

still in paris

originally i was gonna leave paris two days ago.. yesterday i decided to extend my trip because i was too tired for long flight to PARIS-CHICAGO-LA-TOKYO. i was all ready to go back this morning but all the taxi drivers in paris went on strike..
there is no way to get to airport by train with 2 of my suit cases so i decided to spend another night in paris.

its raining in paris today. another crazy day with fred is coming.

all pics are taken in paris last 3 days, introducing,

aron, a new generation of french-chinese sneaker guru
fred, the god father of paris
kanako from no.0044

and some random flicks.

最初の旅程では２日前に日本に帰国する予定が、昨日は体調不良を理由に、今日はホテルを出たとたん、町がタクシーで埋め尽くされ大渋滞。どうやら今朝から一斉にパリのタクシー運転手ストライキだとのこと。倍払うから空港までつれてってとオファーするもぜんぜん駄目。パリの地下鉄（エスカレーターなし）をでかい旅行鞄２つもって空港まで急ぐ気力なし、よってもう一晩パリにいる事にします。

ray and packer

after one business meeting in the morning, i met up my old room mate from rutgers.
it has been a quite long time since i saw him last time.

he works for this german company called hilti. they supplies a lot of construction equipments in us market. and one of ray's customers are in world trade center. it seems like a lot of going on out there now.

ray, you are the next guy that needs to come visit me in japan.

he also gave me a ride to one of my favorite stores in new jersey. it was very nice to meet you mike.

packershoes

a birth day eve with special people

today january 20th is my 27th birthday. last night my special people celebrate my birthday eve.

special thanks to melissa. you are the sweetest.

and also thank to royce, angie, nozomi, miho, neil, and all komugiko crews for wonderful dinner.

now i am at narita airport heading to new york. more news from nyc.

stay tuned.

royce and angie

after their JR pass touring to osaka-nara-hiroshima-miyajima round trip, my brother royce and angie came back to tokyo. then
then we went to this restaurant called "kaikaya" in shibuya.

food is bangin' out there. "FISH MY LIFE"

Kullen from freshnessmag.

my man Kullen Ozaki from freshnessmag.com came by this afternoon.
he is working of JP version of freshness magazine right now. i hope everything will work out with him and freshnessmag in 2008.

IN N' OUT

Edson and Lee are gone. now Royce and Angie are here in tokyo.
we went to school together when i was in New Jersey.

more pics later.

lunch with mitsuo swaggerrrr

had yakiniku lunch with mitsuo from swagger. he is the nicest person in tokyo street fashion industry. he alway hooks me up with someone new.