Day 5 and Day 6: Go- Karts, Digi Art and Kyoto

May 25, 2019

I miss Kazumi. I will try and make sure to be reminded daily of her kindness. Especially, while I wait patiently for 30 fucking minutes for breakfast. Evan’s breakfast recommendation is The Happy Pancake. It’s the Japanese version of the pancake. I prefer a New York deli. I also like IHOP. It took awhile to get our food. However, by the time we paid, it was a happy ending. Sorry. Had too.

Off to Go-Karting. The parents opted to sideline this one. Kids rated it a HR.A+. In Japan they respect the Go-Kart. They drive them on the streets through Tokyo. Looks like fun.

What do you think about all the Lime’s, Byrd’s and other scooters in the US? Didn’t see any of them in Tokyo. It’s too clean a culture to have scooter litter. I can’t get over how clean it is. An amazing concept to remove trash cans and trash goes away. I wonder what would happen if we removed social media, campaign contributions, or lawyers?

Go Team Go-Kart!

After Mario madness we decided to go to the Digital Museum (TeamLab Borderless). It’s about an hour by train. But overall, not that hard to get too.

For the digital museum. We decided to all take Molly. Honestly, I don’t even know who Molly is? Is it: "take Molly" or "take a Molly?" Now, it’s time to play the digital version of "Find the Kids."

It’s basically a museum of digital art and effects. Here we are in a digital rainstorm. No umbrellas needed.

We all had a ball even without Molly.

Max coming off the DL. Nice.

Ball Mitzvah

We headed back to our hotel before dinner. It’s easy to get around in Tokyo unless Evan and Reid get lost. Luckily they both watch Amazing Race and found us. Or we found them. Or they met us back at the hotel.

The taxis are super clean, and the Japanese drivers wear suits and ties. Japanese taxi drivers look like CEOs. In the US, taxi drivers look like UFO's - Unidentified Farting Objects.

Dude smells nice

Amy - San made reservations at Robataya. It’s a Japanese traditional cuisine. No menus. The chef’s cook in front of you, on their knees. Nice spread.

Our chef was Kuji. He was hilarious. Served us beers and food from an oar.

Kuji even had some of us help him make Mochi.

Brad can handle a Mochi Stick.

Kuji was special. The food was amazing and he actually made me feel like we had a very special bond. It was spiritual, like I was his angel or something.

Kuji and Robataya were great. For sure a HR.A+. But a $$$$$ Warning. You may be able to find a similar experience, that's cheaper - but you won’t experience my Kuji.