On Apr 1, 1:10 pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 31, 12:14?pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > > Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Mar 30, 9:22?pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I figure whenever this kind of post drops in that the sender is in
> > > > > > Tokyo/Kanagawa/Saitama/Chiba. I haven't had time to crunch numbers,
> > > > > > but I'm fairly sure that once you take out the zainichi koreans,
> > > > > > chinese, and nikkei brazilians/peruvians, that something like 80% of
> > > > > > the remaining foreigners are based in Kanto. For North Merkins &
> > > > > > Europeans it may be higher. For Africans possibly higher still.
>
> > > > > There used to be a large number of Africans near Gochaku station in
> > > > > Himeji. They worked in the leather industries around there, and there
> > > > > was a large reggae bar with a mural of Bob Marley on the side. I don't
> > > > > know if the Africans are still around; seem to be a lot of southeast
> > > > > Asians around there nowadays.
> > > > Southeast Asian reggae? Cool.
>
> > > In the ally/street leading from Kichijoji to Inogashira's main pedestrian
> > > bridge, there was a live-house/"ethnic" restaurant that served SE Asian
> > > food and played lots of reggae and dub.
> > Was it Japanese owned and operated, have an engrish menu, and a "no
> > foreigners" sign on the door?
>
> funky-Japanese owned and operated, had a menu which was undoubtedly some-
> body's version of English (or mebbe French?), but not mine, and his Thai
> wife wouldn't post a sign like that. I mean, c'mon, it's Kichijoji...

Is it still around? How long ago was this?