Tonight, I actually went out for dinner with friends rather than being antisocial and going straight home to bed at 9:30PM like I’ve been doing recently. Alex (the guy in the middle) recommended this genuine Hawaiian place in Akasaka. OGO is run by a Hawaiian who came to Japan about 2 years ago. I didn’t get his name but he was very friendly. It’s supposed to be the best place for REAL Hawaiian food in Tokyo but since I have never been to Hawaii I have to take the word of my friend on that. Usually, the place is packed with people, mostly Hawaiians apparently, but tonight there were only a few other customers and we could relax listening to some Big Island music that sounded very similar to Okinawan music. Again, I didn’t have a proper camera and the place was rather dark so these pictures really stink.

Besides the fact that I’m not much of a food person, these dishes had Hawaiian names that all sounded the same and I could not remember any of them, sorry. But, I can tell you that they looked better than these washed out photos and tasted great too. I didn’t get a chance to try the SPAM omusubi. Afterwards we had two rounds of Vanilla KONA coffee.

A view from the window of the restaurant.
The narrow streets of Akasaka are always jammed
with taxis on a friday night trying to pickup
a drunken salaryman leaving a hostess bar.

On the way back to the station,
I passed by this Jangara ra-men shop.
I don’t know what kind of ra-men it is or whether it is good or not,
but the sign seemed like so much fun I almost felt like lining up
for a bowl. It’s all in the marketing.