So what's up! It's been a little while since I had a chance to talk to my Tokyo soulmates. But have no fear, I am still here.

Some people might remember about a year ago, I wrote several articles about the first bootleg Soul Train Cafe that opened up in Shibaura. Since then, after a long legal battle with Don Cornelius Productions (DCP) and as much bad press as I (among others) could put out, the producers of the club, Star Maker Japan Co. Ltd., changed the name to the Soul Star Cafe.

Now what they did was foul, this is true. But they did eventually come clean, and since then as far as I know, have been keeping their noses clean. So, I have no beefs with them now and I don't mean them any harm by bringing up this story. It's just part of the history that finally lead to the creation of the real Don Cornelius' Soul Train Cafe in Odaiba, and I didn't think the story would be complete without bringing it up.