If you haven’t been to Yamachan then you’re missing out, of course, it will help if you like Chicken Wings too otherwise you’re not really missing out on anything at all.
Yamachan have been going strong for about 30 years now and although they have many items on the menu they’re best known for their chicken wings.
I like my beers cold and my wings spicy, no problems with both of those at Yamachan. The wings come in 2 flavours, normal and spicy and each serve is 5 wings in total at a cost of 400 yen.
Pictured here is the first plate of 20 wings me and my buddy shared, or wings for 4 people is how you’d order.
Beware though, these wings are moorish, it’s hard to stop after 10 a piece so we grabbed another 20 wings and a few more beers to wash them down.
You can buy salads there too, so i’m told, but not on my watch, it’s beer and wings when i go to Yamachan.
Yamachan stores are all over the place, i’m sure there’ll be one close to you, check out the website if you can read Japanese. The one we went to was right next door to Shin-Okubo station, in the heart of Korean town.
I love Yamachan but it’s probably not worthy enough to sneak into the Seven Wonders Of Japan, if you haven’t checked the voting out then head over now, there’s still about 2 weeks to go.
Before moving here i must admit i was a little nervous about the higher rate of ‘natural disasters’ or at least events that may lead to a disaster. I didn’t really know what to expect nor how i would handle each situation as it arose.
In Australia, day to day living is never really affect by natural events many other countries experience. Yes there are floods and droughts but these are different to the Tornados, Hurricanes, Cyclones and Earthquakes which i’m talking about here.
My buddy Motts was here a few weeks ago and he mentioned he was hoping there’d be one while he was here, obviously just something minor, causing no destruction, but to get the sense of what it’s like to live in an Earthquake prone region. I assured him there’d be some seismic movement over the week but there was minimal.
Not much more than a week after he’s gone we had a reasonable size one last night around midnight, almost as big as the last. It didn’t occur to me to check how big it was and considering it was at night i missed all the TV broadcasting.
After checking the JMA i was surprised to see how big it was and how far reaching it spread, maybe i’m getting used to Earthquakes in Japan.
Also, check out a Map Of Japan and see the scale of the coverage for last nights action.
Japan has many many wonders and limiting it to just 7 is almost impossible. A little while back Gary asked me to assist him with coming up with a list and getting a vote to come up with the New Seven Wonders Of Japan and i accepted.
Now, this list differs from the original Seven Wonders of The World and has been adapted to Japan, a place where must see and must do activities vary greatly from person to person, but the question is asked and answered many times a day “What do you recommend i do while i’m in Japan for X Days?
With the help of Danny, Shane, Billy, Evan, Nick, Glenn, Hector and Marie i have a list of must-do things when i Japan, i’ve no doubt missed as many as i’ve added but if you do any or all of these while in Japan it’s a good start.
Multiple answers votes are allowed for each category and once a day you can cast a vote. Vote however you like, the things you’ve done, things you want to do, things you recommend or things you’ve heard are must do’s when in Japan.
The Poll will be open for about 2 weeks and Gary will write up the final Seven Wonders Of Japan. I also decided today that the final 7 will also provide me with an agenda for places to go and things to do in Japan over the next 12 months similar to the 29 Stops on the JR Yamanote Line.
Summer in Japan is a great time of the year and having a long weekend makes it even better. The destination was once again Shonan Beach at Enoshima. I had such a good time on Saturday i’m heading back down Sunday.
Despite the early morning Earthquake and warnings of a Tsumani the beach was busy.
No shortage of girls at Shonan beach and they’re always keen for a photo too.
I took the video camera again and this time took some better footage. The 2 bars next to each other saw a fair bit of my coin over the course of the day.
For the full HD version be sure to check it out on Vimeo. I didn’t add the sound track either, that was pumping out across the beach.
These bars open from about 9am and run through to somewhere around 6 ish.
Beers are cold and pretty reasonably priced considering your location at 600 yen a pop. There’s also a few food options if you get peckish.
They’re a pretty basic set-up with a portaloo that gets pretty whiffy out the back as the afternoon sun heats everything up, that aside it’s still a belter of an afternoon.
Not surprising cameras feature prominently on the beach.
Danny is at it again, this time he’s back in Shibuya, a place fast becoming a favourite of mine, nothing new about the location for Danny, but the music is a first, Enjoy … Rick Trooper.
For more Tokyo-Trooper action check out Danny’s site.
