Yesterday I had a chance to roll around “Downtown” as I know it – that would be Aoyama, Shibuya, and Harajuku. It was nice to drop by some spots and visit some friendly people: first drop was one of my favorite shops here, Goros. This is the spot to cop some original and beautiful traditional Navajo Indian silver and leatherworks created by Goro-san (or “Yellow Eagle”).
Mito-san was kind enough to overhaul a couple of my shabby coin cases. I was hoping to cop a few pieces, but as usual, the stock was very, very depleted. It was nice to catch up though, it’s been a couple of years. There has been talk of tearing down their building, which is one of the older ones remaining after they’ve torn down entire blocks to make way for Omotesando-Hills. I am glad that the original shop will remain intact.
I stopped by Carnival on the way back to the office. Yoppi’s bike shop was the first of several “piste” only shops to open very recently in Tokyo. I have mixed feelings about the trendiness of track bikes. The most important thing, is that kids are riding bikes instead of driving SUVS. Some will hopefully develop a true love for cycling culture, which runs deep and true. Many others, will dump their bikes after a year. It’s already happening, as the ultimate hipsters are now riding 20″ BMX bikes in response to the trend of track bikes. How silly is that?
I don’t know what you’re going to do with a Cinelli Pista Tandem in Shibuya…but I love it.
On a separate note, this morning I finally got Tenkai-san to pose for a photo. Blessed.
