Illustrated Visitor Guide to Tabby HQ

I am routinely deluged by thousands of mails from readers who want to get my paw print on their TABBY CAT GAMESPACE t-shirts or other memorobilia.

I could schedule public appearances. But that's making it too easy for you guys. That which you must shed some sweat for, you cherish forever. Besides, who's going to handle event security for me? Sure as you know I am a lethal combat artist in my own right, but who's going to stop any crazed Chapman type of delusional fan from Lennonizing me right in the midst of inking up my paw for the print? That would be too great a loss to posterity, I can't justify the risk.

But I am willing to make a gesture that in its way is even more generous. I will invite you to vist me in Chez Tabby! As regular readers know, I'm not ashamed to admit that I happen to live behind a dumpster in a grungy alley opening off a Kabukicho backstreet.

An illustrated street guide that will lead you right to my alley appears below. I posting daytime photos for clarity, but try to come at night, when I'll be wide awake (we felines are nocturnal creatures). Bring a fat wad of cash as the charge will be 100,000 JPY per paw print. Line forms in front of the dumpster.See you all soon!

First, take the JR Yamanote Line to Shinjuku Station:

Walk out through the station's East Exit, then along the west side of the JR tracks toward the underpass:

You'll come up to my lookout, acting inconspicuous as he holds down my security perimeter:

You are now entering Kabukicho:

Pay no attention to the swarms of Yakuza pimps and touts and muscle goons, just take a left into this street:

Then take a right here:

A few more steps will bring you to the fried octopus eatery that fronts my alley:

I live off the rancid chunks of octopus meat they throw in their dumpster at close of business every night. Since this is an important landmark for locating me, you might want to take some more detailed notes on it:

And just to the left side of the octopus eatery, my alley:

You've made it! Be it Ever so Humble... *sniffle*

Of course for security reasons I had to Photoshop out my actual Calpis crate home, but go right ahead, just walk straight into the alley and I'll take very good care of you.  Nobody who walks into my alley is ever heard to utter even the smallest peep of complaint. I make quite sure of that.