Paid Hang Zhou City another visit this past weekend. This time it was for one G-Shock event and also had to shoot a segment for Beijing’s Travel Channel.

West Lake at night.

Chai is one easy going guy, now just chillin’ before the G-Shock event kicks off at nite.

Mr. Nie Zheng, mostly known for his fashion photography works in China, but you should talk to him about sneakers. G-Shock is curating a photography exhibition for Nie Zheng, and it will be sometime next month in Beijing. I’ll definitely fly over there to check it out!

Shannon relaxing after our Travel Channel shoot, she is the director, and basically just went nutz listening to my Mandarin (that’s not my first language…) She got tired out from screaming “CUT!” “AGAIN!” “Good, now can we do this all over again with Eddi actually speaking Mandarin?!” Haha, sorry, Shannon. We worked together before, and this time around she felt comfortable enough to actually tell me off when I make a mistake…. Definitely one of my favorite gals in Beijing! Don’t work too hard, Shannon!

VEIL’s designer SU. We pulled through 2 all-nighters discussing about the new collection. Got alot of work done in those 2 days. Can’t wait to see some samples!!

Subcrew’s Sam Lee and the whole crew were in town as well. We had time to confirm a drop date for our next collabo. Can’t say what it is for now, but you’ll see it soon enough. We had the opportunity to see the Autumn Collection of Subcrew that night, and I must say, the catalog was very nicely expanded. Subcrew was known for trucker caps, but they are much more than just that. Stay close to these boyz as they kick off their 5th anniversary celebration.

Hiroshi from F430 doing his thang.

Visited the Forbidden City in Beijing and saw the Cartier exhibition that was going on inside the national landmark.

“CARTIER TREASURES: King of Jewllers, Jewellers to Kings”
Louis-Francois Cartier established the Cartier brand back in 1847, and crafted items like the following for the royal families. In this exhibition, there are 346 original pieces on display including the ones in the following photos. Breath-taking to say the least….

Was in Beijing for a bit over the weekend.
A few friends to meet up with, a few stores to check out.

Saw the English furniture company HALO’s exhibit at the Crossover Center.

Quite a few pieces caught my eyes.
My heart was saying “yes”, while my credit card was screaming “you must be kidding!”

Sam’s SUBCREW did a lil’ collabo with Mini-Cooper.
The graphic-covered Mini was put on show at SanLiTun.

That shark-sub, you’ll see it more and more for sure.
How would I know? Oh I know….haha

Hopped over to Hang Zhou City for the weekend.
A beautiful city just 1.5hr away from Shanghai by train, Hang Zhou is one of the fastest growing cities in Mainland China.

Take the boat to the Xi Hu (West Lake), enjoy the scenery for an afternoon, that’s what some people do when they go visit HangZhou. I did that many years ago, so no, didn’t do it this time.

Enjoyed the time looking at the greens instead of the computer screen.

Oh well, back to Shanghai, back to work!

Came to YOKOYAMA.
Just in time to check out their Yokohama Port 150th Anniversary Exhibition.
Needless to say the weekend there was crowded.

The show stopper was Francois Delaroziere’s La Machine.

Unlike the Transformers, this giant machine doesn’t transformer itself into anything. It is, however, a robotic performer that needs 8 people to control and “dance” to the music.

The sky was so blue, I was lucky that the weather has been great while I’m Tokyo so far.

Diet Butcher…. most sizes were sold out.

Finished my day with this for dinner. It was like $12usd….

Woke up early to go check out Tsukiji.
This district of Tokyo is mostly known for its fish market.

If you love sashimi, this is the place to go for the freshest raw fish.

I came across this store where folks were lining up in front.
With a small table set up in front, people can buy the raw seafood and eat it right there. Talk about fresh!

I had a few of these. My favorite sashimi!!! I picked them up and the store owner immediately prepared for me. It doesnt get fresher than this. Yummmm…

A nice temple that I passed by. Dont know much about it though.

If you are interested to visit Tsukiji, bare in mind the market opens at 4:30am, and closes at 11am… dont sleep on this.

Paid Tokyo another visit since my last trip here over a year ago.
This intersection in Shibuya is still as crazy as it has ever been.

Picked up the Sneaker Tokyo book by Shoes Master. A nice book for the collection.

Scored some videos for Yoyo as well, I’m sure she’ll enjoy these.

Sushi, how can I not go nutz on these when I’m in Japan??

Spent about 6 hrs on subway train commutes today…. so many ads on the trains..

August 22nd, SoleGoodz will have this latest collaboration between Jeff’s Staple Design and New Balance available for sale.
The White Pigeon 575. Dont miss out.

As for me, I arrived to Beijing again this afternoon.
Meeting up with a few friends in town, cooking and planning.

 
Joleigh took us to Dali Restaurant inside Xiao Jing Chang Hutong.
This is inside a group of old (broken) houses in the Hutong.
Who knew inside such a pile of old houses near stores like Blinking and Deal there’s such a peaceful place for Yun-Nan cusine??

Thank you, Joleigh, for leading the way.

One of the busiest sreet in the East District of Taipei

Went up to the Yang Ming Hills for dinner tonight.
Never been up there for the past 4 years that we have been visiting Taipei. This was new to me. Quite a few nice restaurants up on the hills that over look the night scene of Taipei City.


Amazing view of skyline, I think this is better than looking out from the Tower 101.
But that’s just me.


Taking it easy for the evening.
Waiting for a few more friends coming to the city for the crazy week.