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The story
A poster riding the Keisei Skyliner to Ueno live-blogged the trip in a 5ch thread. The back-and-forth with fellow users hunting for bar tips in Ueno, Shinjuku, and Asakusa took off, and the thread caught fire over lines like “drinking across the whole country is my life’s goal” — plus a mid-thread mishap where the OP briefly lost track of their own thread.
What people said
Let's raise a toast if you're up for it
Wait for me in the bathroom
and feel free to drop your pants while you're at it
and feel free to drop your pants while you're at it
Re: #4
Wait, am I about to get jumped!?
Wait, am I about to get jumped!?
Which do you like better, Chinchinken or Chinman? (two Chinese-diner chains)
Re: #6 A neighborhood Chinese joint (machi-chuka), huh!?
Alright then, let's go day-drinking at Daitoryo (a famous old Ueno izakaya)
Re: #10 Ooh
Can you actually drink there?
Can you actually drink there?
What are you even going to Ueno for?
Re: #12 To drink!
My hotel's in Shinjuku
My hotel's in Shinjuku
Did the thread fall off the board?
Re: #14 I'm such a newbie at starting threads that once I stepped away, I lost track of my own thread 🦾
I could link up around 9pm
Re: #24 I'll be at the Tanunaka snack bar in Shinjuku around then
Cheers on Nikomi-dori ("Stew Street") in Asakusa!
Re: #26 You mean Hoppy Street!!!
I went to Masa-chan there back in April!
I went to Masa-chan there back in April!
I might be a genius — I saved the URL in my LINE notes
Anyway, the guy next to me's been scratching his back nonstop, it's gross, I can't
Anyway, the guy next to me's been scratching his back nonstop, it's gross, I can't
Re: #31
Are you a time traveler or something?
Are you a time traveler or something?
Not going to Daitoryo?
Re: #48 Right after this! Did you already hit the gado-shita (the drinking spots under the train tracks)?
Didn't you already go drinking in Ueno before?
Re: #61 I go to Tokyo to drink all the time!
Thanks for keeping the pics low-res, OP
Did you come all the way from Kumamoto just to drink?
Did you come all the way from Kumamoto just to drink?
Re: #68 Well, the real goal
was a snack bar run by an influencer named Tanukana
but since I already love drinking, it turned into a whole drinking tour!
Drinking across the whole country is my life's goal!
was a snack bar run by an influencer named Tanukana
but since I already love drinking, it turned into a whole drinking tour!
Drinking across the whole country is my life's goal!
Sounds like a fun thread 😊
Right near the post office there's a coffee shop called Kohi Ojo ("Coffee Castle") that always has a line out front — good for a palate cleanser after all that drinking 🫴
Right near the post office there's a coffee shop called Kohi Ojo ("Coffee Castle") that always has a line out front — good for a palate cleanser after all that drinking 🫴
Re: #76 Enjoying it solo!
Is that in Ueno!?
Is that in Ueno!?
Re: #70
Some kind of "human rights" guy? (self-deprecating height joke)
Where do you drink when you're outside Tokyo?
Some kind of "human rights" guy? (self-deprecating height joke)
Where do you drink when you're outside Tokyo?
Re: #88
Yeah, I'm one of those "under 170cm" guys
But it's a blast anyway
It's a shame that bit got clipped out of context
https://imgur.com/a/FG29rA7
The places I've actually had drinks are the colored spots on this map
I come to Tokyo regularly
Yeah, I'm one of those "under 170cm" guys
But it's a blast anyway
It's a shame that bit got clipped out of context
https://imgur.com/a/FG29rA7
The places I've actually had drinks are the colored spots on this map
I come to Tokyo regularly
I want some carbs
Re: #89
Let's grab something to eat at the coffee shop
Let's grab something to eat at the coffee shop
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “I’m on the Skyliner headed to Ueno right now for a drinking trip.”
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