Follow me to be more interesting and meet inspiring people 👋🏻 I built and sold 2 multi-million dollar companies, Museum Hack and FDS Avionicsnickgray.net/about/?tw Austin, TXJoined June 2009
I am hosting a Tokyo meetup now 👋
These people saw my Tokyo Blind Date posts and we are all hanging out in the park today
I brought name tags for everyone and have been leading rounds of intros to help everyone make new friends
The weather is so nice today!
I would like to introduce you now to my Tokyo Blind Date
She works as a mechanical engineer in the medical device industry
I am not going to give her name for her privacy but maybe she will post here on my account soon
She saw my post for the trip and sent me an email
Her…
Tokyo food photos— sushi 🍣
Today we went to Onodera for first lunch
It is a restaurant in the Omote-Sando neighborhood run by a Michelin-star chef
The fish is extremely high quality
Our favorites were the seared tuna, salmon, scallops, and a little egg cake
I’m telling you…
After the ramen tour we walk around Shinjuku, a major business neighborhood in Tokyo
She’s getting sleepy and the jet lag is catching up
It’s catching up to me too…
We stop for a photo
It is fun to write these notes for y’all
Eventually I’ll have to stop
But I can tell…
I booked us a ramen tour for 2 main reasons
(1) in case it was awkward between us, we would have someone else leading the conversation for a while
(2) to help keep her awake until at least 9pm through the jet lag
We meet the Japanese guide outside Shinjuku Station
He is a…
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