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A Week in Tokyo 23

Particularly busy in Tokyo this week. Major milestone completions, Portal redesign launch and filming - an extremely fulfilling week. Next week will be filled with external meetings, Chara Hobby, server migrations to be followed the following week by more major TV network filming and if all goes well the launch ...

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 7:17 AM

Japanese Girls

By Danny Choo on 2008/08/22 19:35

Posted on August 22, 2008 at 12:23 PM

Japanese Women

The full title of this article should be "Violence against Women in Japan" but we all know long titles are bad for SEO ^^; I've seen many more "stop violence against women" posters here but only had the camera on these two occasions. These posters suddenly started to appear at ...

Posted on August 21, 2008 at 8:38 AM

A Week in Tokyo 22

Missed a week so this week contains stuff going back to the Wonfes at Tokyo Big Sight. If you are not attending the Wonfes to get hold of any exclusives then there's no real point in queuing up for hours - arrive at 12 noon and you will be able ...

Posted on August 14, 2008 at 11:18 AM

Akihabara

While in Akiba for the post Wonfes Hobby Traders Show, I scheduled some other meetings and went around snapping photos. Today we are going to have a general look around Akiba and tomorrow we take a look at all the ecchi stuff that Akiba has to offer ^^; Its difficult ...

Posted on August 9, 2008 at 1:18 PM

Yokohama Photo Walk

Today we go for a photo walk around Akarenga in Yokohama. Akarenga is a warehouse built by a port in Yokohama back in 1911. Until 1989 it was used as a bonded warehouse. It wasn't until 2002 when it started to be used as an event space and today its ...

Posted on August 2, 2008 at 1:34 PM

A Week in Tokyo 21

Yet another week blazes by in Tokyo. I need to find a shop where they sell time in bottles. Nothing better than a carton of strawberry milk after lunch - 105 yen. Sorting out the paper from plastics for recycling. I need to talk to Goodsmile to see if they ...

Posted on August 1, 2008 at 2:14 AM

A Week in Tokyo 20

Starting this week with a pic that I took at Kamakura last week. The young and the old. Remember folks - don't let others drag you down by telling you "you don't have a chance" or "easier said than done" or "do what you must do - not what you ...

Posted on July 23, 2008 at 3:51 AM

Tokyo Photo Walk 2

This time we go for walkies around the Musashikoyama area which is home to the longest indoor shopping mall in Japan. But we are not going to walk around the mall today and instead go catch some of the cool breeze on this warm evening. While we take the walk, ...

Posted on July 21, 2008 at 3:38 AM

Kamakura

Been living in Japan for many moons now but was my first time to take walkies around Kamakura. Kamakura is located about 50km South West of Tokyo in the Kanagawa prefecture. The Kamakura area is a popular tourist spot for foreigners and Japanese alike and is popular for the large ...

Posted on July 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM

iPhone Japan

The iPhone 3G went on sale before anywhere else in the world today at the Softbank flagship store in Omotesando/Harajuku. Many of my comrades have been out there waiting since 4PM and I just had to go along to egg them on. Saw the queues from the train extending from ...

Posted on July 11, 2008 at 8:20 AM

Tokyo Photo Walk 1

Starting a new series called "Tokyo Photo Walk" where I bring you pics from various walks around Tokyo on taken through the digital SLR. When I first got my EOS Kiss Digital N, I used to carry it around everywhere. After a while however, it became a pain to carry ...

Posted on July 8, 2008 at 1:00 PM

A Week in Tokyo 19

This week we take a look at speaking ice cream, pointing people, old eroge mags, fire day, wishes on a tree and more. First up is meetings at Ueno. Tokyo has a load of tall thin buildings. Why do you see train drivers pointing at things and shouting all the ...

Posted on July 7, 2008 at 12:01 PM

Ameyoko

If you fancy seeing some market life in Tokyo then there's probably no place better than Ameyoko. Ameyoko is a 400 meter long market that stretches between JR Okachimachi and Ueno station on the Yamanote line. "Ameyoko" [アメ横[あめよこ]] is short for the full name of the market which is "Ameya ...

Posted on July 2, 2008 at 1:32 PM

Japanese Home Security

So, you have just moved to Japan and bought a house but are worried about burglars aiming for your huge collection of figures, gundams and Candy Girls - what do you do? Well you can do what a load of other home owners in Japan do and hire the security ...

Posted on July 1, 2008 at 1:01 PM

Good Smile Warehouse

UPDATE: Sorry - you can enlarge the photos in this article now - t'was a bug on this end. Have you ever wanted to raid the Good Smile Company warehouses? If the answer is "yes" then come raid with me and Mikatan. ^^; The warehouse is huuuge so we'll need ...

Posted on June 28, 2008 at 6:36 AM

A Week in Tokyo 18

This week's "A week in Tokyo" starts off with a visit to Yanaka Ginza located in North Tokyo. The area is a popular walking spot and has many shrines dotted around the area as you can see from this map. Get off at Sendagi station on the Chiyoda line and ...

Posted on June 26, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Tokyo Housing

I'm sure you've seen many touristy pics of Tokyo and I've been showing you the non touristy pics of daily life Tokyo in the Week in Tokyo series but what about the run down areas? I don't know of any single area full of run down houses/buildings but you can ...

Posted on June 25, 2008 at 5:19 AM

Yukata

Snap of a Yukata taken at my local shopping arcade. A Yukata is a traditional Japanese garment and when it gets hot in the summer you will see many girls (and boys) out n about town wearing these. Its a casual form of Kimono and is commonly worn after bathing ...

Posted on June 18, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Shibuya Rock Trooper

With your feedback, I grabbed the nearest electric guitar I could find, threw on the armor and headed for Shibuya together with Hector and my wife. First up is the terrorizing of the passengers on the trains. Checking the vid on the Xacti video camera. Terrorizing the folks at the ...

Posted on June 17, 2008 at 11:32 AM