Expect this to be the least coherent of my entries for my trip to Japan in 2015.

I got up this morning not know that exactly to do. I had several possibilities: buy a pair of $200 jeans at Momotaro in Koenji, eat a hamburger in Koenji, and go to the Cheese Festa in Ebisu.

I talked to my sister, who talked me out of spending $1891 for a seat upgrade on my flight back to Portland. She also suggested I go to Hoshino Coffee for pancakes, but they didn’t sell them until lunchtime.

Fortunately they sold French Toast in a breakfast set.

Then it really was off to Ebisu to the Cheese Festa. You got coupons to try four different cheeses, three of which weren’t that great. It was also incredibly crowded.

The Cheese Festa was held in the Subaru building event space.

I realized Ebisu is also where Blacows is, the place that eataku has the best hamburgers.

Honestly it was a disappointment. It never seemed that great when I went there there three years ago and they’ve only gone downhill since. They don’t butcher the meat on-site and there’s no longer any indication of which cow the meat came from. The meat tasted like Japanese hamburger meat (pork & beef?) and it was tough like if they salted the meat beforehand.

So after that I did what I usually like to do: wander around Tokyo. I went from Ebisu to Daikanyama, to getting lost in Shibuya. Look at the weird things I found.

I had to get coffee and this was smooth and had a peppery taste to begin with.

I also got a free energy drink on the way back to the train station.

The PDX beer bar made me want to buy some Japanese beers. I went to the Watering Hole in Yoyogi to start off.

They sent me on to Baird’s taproom.

And then I thought it would be a good idea to go to Zoetrope where I talked to a couple from London and a single guy from Manchester.

And that, so far, is that.