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The Party Pad

Written By: toshi on September 12, 2009 5 Comments

It’s been 2 yrs since I’ve been back…

2年ぶりに見るこの家…

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Yes, this is my Irvine party pad that I left behind to move to Japan. It’s a small 3BDR house I bought in 1999.

はい、初公開です!僕のアメリカの家で〜す。日本に引っ越す為に置いていった物件。1999年に買った3ベッドルーム+2バスの一軒家。

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It’s not the biggest or most expensive place in the world…

特に広くもなく、値段も高くないけど…

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But as my friends will tell you, we had many a crazy party here.

いろんなパーティーと思い出が残っている場所です。

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Ahh, I can’t remember how many times I’ve looked at this clock…

この時計なんか何回見たんだろう〜?

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The house is double insulated for almost no noise and I chose all the options for the house and kitchen.

家はダブル防音対策されているため、外からは何も聞こえない!明け方までクラブと同じ音量で音楽ガンガンかけていた(笑)

冬は暖炉も大活躍したな〜

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My 50+ inch projection TV is super out of date. I bought it just to watch the 2000 New Years countdown.

2000年の正月カウントダウンを見る為に買った大型テレビ。今見ると画像も悪く、古い…今日本で使ってる俺の52インチ地デジには勝てないね!

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We cooked many meals and drank much alcohol here…

ここで数えきれない食事を作ったり、大量のアルコールを飲んだな〜

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I wish my kitchen in Japan was this big!

俺の日本のキッチンもこんなに広ければ良いのに!

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The backyard has an apple tree, avocado, orange/lemon/lime tree as well as some Japanese plants.

狭い庭にはリンゴの木、アボカドの木、オレンジ/レモン/ライムの木もある。

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This used to be in the middle of my living room with the big screen!

Gran Turismo was super fun with this.

元々リビングにあったゲーム用のコックピット。

大画面とBOSE オーディオで遊んだGRAN TURISMOは迫力あったな〜!

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Here’s my garage.

ここが車庫。

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Usually, my GTR is in this position but for now, it’s my widebody turbo S13.

普段ここには俺のGTRがあるんだけど今日は俺のワイドボディー ターボのS13.

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Next to it is my dad’s ‘55 T-bird.

そのとなりには親父の55年T-BIRDがいる。

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Here’s our pool area just 3 minutes walking distance.

歩いて3分のとこにあるうちのプール。

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It’s nice to come back to a huge pool. All the good pools in Tokyo cost like $100 to get in! WTF!?

2年ぶりに来てびっくり!こんなに広かったっけ!?都内だったら1万円コースだな。ありえない!

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Behind here is the jacuzzi…

この裏にはジャグジー…暖かくて最高!

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Night time swimming? No problem!

The pool is super warm.

夜のswimmingもバッチリ!水も暖かいしね!

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Ahh, I’m gonna miss this all when I go back…

あ〜最高。帰ったらすべてが小さく感じるんだろうな〜

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5 Responses to “The Party Pad”

  1. andy says on: 13 September 2009 at 2:44 pm

    You still own this house? Or you have completely moved to Japan.

  2. toshi says on: 13 September 2009 at 8:44 pm

    Yeah, I still own it so I crash there when I go to LA. Still have too much junk there… ; )

  3. Graham says on: 8 November 2009 at 12:11 am

    Sitting in my brothers place, with winter closing in, all I can say is…I’m so jealous! :D

    Such a nice place, and an S13. I sold mine a month back, fuel in the UK is just too damn expensive, and running a Stage 2 turbo setup ain’t cheap, as you’ll know! Plus the weather isn’t exactly old car friendly :)

  4. toshi says on: 8 November 2009 at 6:35 pm

    Winter’s comin’ to Tokyo and LA too! =( We all gotta hunker down…
    It sucks you had to sell your S13 too! Fuel is out of control over where I live too. I used to get real sad about letting my favorite cars go but have come to realize that it gives you a fresh new clean slate for the next car so it’s not all bad I guess! Gotta look forward to the new car!

  5. Graham says on: 10 November 2009 at 8:20 am

    Too true. I have a Hyundai to run around in now, but the 106bhp 1.6 just doesn’t cut it. It has no character. Back to jap next year with my first ever VTEC (money permitting) :D

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