Japan Signs: Van Haren

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

We decided to head out of Tokyo for the day and chose Chiba as our lucky destination.

Unfortunately we didn’t find much that qualified as exciting out that way but I did get to visit Tower Records, which I hadn’t been to in a very long time, ever since iTunes came along.

However, one CD stood out in particular with the phonetic Japanese spelling of the classic American rock band – Van Halen ^^

Japan Images: Van Haren

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