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LONDON - AKIKO GOES HOME

Our friend Akiko here is lovely. She's in bands like The Big Pink, Comanechi, Pre and her solo project The Sperm Javelin. She's just arrived back in Japan for Chrimbo holidays to discover that her solo shows are completely sold out and that people in Japan are totally hyped to see her. The Japanese are so switched on it's intimidating. While she's out there she'll be writing a little diary to keep us up to date.

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Packing the suitcase.

Back in my home town, Osaka.

My niece.

This says "Angels". They have many pretty girls apparently, £50 for 40 mins, £60 for 60mins.

Osaka is as known as the Mecca of Comedy and this is a very famous Comedy Theater, Yoshimoto. I wanted to be a comedian when I was a little and I still can't stand people who just talk without any twist of joke in the conversation. Boring. The guy on the bottom right is called Mr. Retard. He always makes a joke about being really poor, and the thing is, he is, he makes no money by being a comedian. One of his most famous jokes us that he once couldn't afford to buy shampoo so he washed his hair with washing up liquid and his hair went wrong.

We can buy hot dogs, sushi and chips from these vending machines.

One Japanese tradition I can't stand anymore are the public toilets. This is the Japanese toilet style:

I can't take shit in here anymore.

Akiko