Eazy Peazy...

Just another Tuesday evening view from the window of my office.Today we are taking in Tokyo, Japan.

The black one, or the white one? Life is tough at the top of the skateboarding ladder, Sean Malto’s existence is full of these difficult decisions. Check the number plates...

Kyle Leeper is a bowling pin.

A rained out demo and possibly the worst obstacle in skateboarding history…

Me mate? What you sayin’?

Never look an electronic gift pony in the control panel, or something…

Allegedly this is what “Oliver” looks like in hieroglyphics…

The wildlife in the cities is immense, way better than the crack pigeons in London. This butterfly was lying on the pavement, I should have put something for a scale in here but I did not so you’ll just have to take my word for it that this thing was massive.

An anti-skate device is removed just in time for Sean Malto to get punishing before we got kicked out by a gardener brandishing a rake.

This plate of sashimi is enough to send me to heaven, but would send my Dad running for the nearest greasy spoon. Or at least to the plastic pizza place (you'll learn about those in a tick). The green beans are called edamame and are the most delicious appetizer on the planet, unless you are veggie which means you’ll end up eating nothing but edamame. A lot of traditional Japanese restaurants cook the food in front of you (which is great if you are with obnoxious people because it narrows down the scope for kitchen food tampering) and in quite a few restaurants you cook it yourself either on a hot plate or in a bowl of hot water which by the end of the meal becomes a tasty broth, so nothing is left to waste.

In the end all the excitement was all a bit too much for some.

Can you spot the odd man out?

Almost as beautiful as Lol’s though obviously never close, this little Beastickle was spotted in Yokosuka, not too far from the diving eagle sign (scroll down for more). Lola, I miss you so much and I’m coming to get you soon darling…

Despite the language barrier, ordering food in Japan is very easy. Every dish on the menu is presented in the window in a plasticized state, which also makes it very easy to choose the restaurant. Even the drinks available are plasticized for all to see. Unlike in England, when the food comes, it is unplasticized, and for the record, Japanese pizza is some of the best on the planet, although the egg in the middle of the Carbonara looks a little over enthusiastic.

This is Mike Manzoori, one of the first pro-skateboarders I looked up to, whom I saw in real life at the New Malden vert ramp back when skateboards looked like tenis rackets, when I was staying with my sister Suzie. I am now lucky enough to have him as my traveling compadre (he is the Sole Tech video department) and crutch in times of desperation. I can’t really say enough good words about this man, things would be very different without him. This advert for beer made me think of the old Ronseal ads on the T.V. “Does what it says on the tin”. Judging by Mike’s face, yes it does.

The signs in Japan are bonkers. Take the sign asking you to pick up your dog do. In the west, a silhouette an androgynous human stopped over a black blob suffices, but in Japan, Rover and his owner (with well filled plastic poop bag) are depicted happily strolling under a rainbow in a sunny green park. Skateboarders are depicted performing a variety of different tricks (actually they are depicted as a variety of different life forms), there is a sign in the town square of Yokosuka with a photograph of an Eagle warning dog walkers to beware because they might become Eddie the Eagles next dinner date and even the classic lost in translation “For Scuba diving freaks”. My favourite though was from a Japanese department store in the security section. The burglars are brilliant but the man stressing out with the screwdriver in his hand is the best, God knows that the green stuff bursting in to the frame is? Time to call Ghost Busters?!

Well, that's is it for now. Thanks to all the people that made it happen, see you next time!