Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

Tu_triky wrote:
.why is manani going to be there?

are you going 2morrow?

If she were, I would be camped out NOW but, no, I have to work tomorrow. :shakehead: [/list:u]

gaijin mark wrote: If she were, I would be camped out NOW but, no, I have to work tomorrow. :shakehead: [/list:u]

i have asked any of my hommies if they're going, moreover i go to little tokyo quite a bit to grocery shop and the like so i don't have an extreme desire to attend nisei week activities unless it was there was exceptional event.

Tu_triky wrote:i don't have an extreme desire to attend nisei week activities unless it was there was exceptional event.

I would think the taiko would qualify. :)

bmwracer wrote:
I would think the taiko would qualify. :)

yeah that's cool...you really enjoy that music....i don't dislike it but i don't necessarily have a penchant for it. i'd rather go with my peoples and eat dinner there and have a few drinks or what not rather than fight the masses during the heat.

Tu_triky wrote:yeah that's cool...you really enjoy that music....i don't dislike it but i don't necessarily have a penchant for it. i'd rather go with my peoples and eat dinner there and have a few drinks or what not rather than fight the masses during the heat.

Yeah, the crowds do make it sorta nasty to get around.

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, the crowds do make it sorta nasty to get around.

i guess that's why i'd have to have an earnest desire to really want to brave the masses of humanity....it's still l.a....it's not like being in tokyo where it'd actually be worth it.

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crowds? :headscratch:

looks pretty desolate to me.

krim wrote:crowds? :headscratch:

looks pretty desolate to me.

especially here on takeshita-dori ...took us 30 minutes just to get from one end of the street to the other

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Tu_triky wrote:

i guess that's why i'd have to have an earnest desire to really want to brave the masses of humanity....it's still l.a....it's not like being in tokyo where it'd actually be worth it.

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nice pix, tokyo!, a lots of people too.... :bonk:

Tu_triky wrote:

especially here on takeshita-dori ...took us 30 minutes just to get from one end of the street to the other

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what day did you go on that street? i think i went on that one, or one close by in Harajuku, on a sunday too.....very little cosplayers... :doh:

Tu_triky wrote:

especially here on takeshita-dori ...took us 30 minutes just to get from one end of the street to the other

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Ugh, looks like Lahore on a SLOW day. >>horrible memories coming back<< :bleh:

qilver wrote:

what day did you go on that street? i think i went on that one, or one close by in Harajuku, on a sunday too.....very little cosplayers... :doh:

on a sunday...there were a quite a bit of ppl there doin' there thing. it was definitely crowded but it was cool...because takeshita street is just chuck full of clothing stores of all kinds....

Wynter wrote:

Ugh, looks like Lahore on a SLOW day. >>horrible memories coming back<< :bleh:

probably a little more well organized than pakistan :sweat: crowded it was, but ppl there don't act rude or push...lots of crazy off the wall clothing to see and some cool stuff to boot..i wonder how it will be at the nisei festival activities today in los angeles?

Tu_triky wrote:

probably a little more well organized than pakistan :sweat: crowded it was, but ppl there don't act rude or push...

If you're a girl walking down the street of Lahore market, not only do you get felt up by invisible hands, but you're likely to get stripped of all your jewelry without noticing it until you're back at home.

i wonder how it will be at the nisei festival activities today in los angeles?

I'm so jealous we don't have something like this here! And if we do, I wanna hear about it! I can't wait unitl next year. :fingerscrossed:

Tu_triky wrote:

probably a little more well organized than pakistan :sweat: crowded it was, but ppl there don't act rude or push...lots of crazy off the wall clothing to see and some cool stuff to boot..i wonder how it will be at the nisei festival activities today in los angeles?

there was a good amount of people last week at the Nisei festival last week, and at the Tofu Festival. It was probably a lot more crowded on last Sunday at the parade.

qilver wrote:

there was a good amount of people last week at the Nisei festival last week, and at the Tofu Festival. It was probably a lot more crowded on last Sunday at the parade.

Did you know: Although China is credited with the origin of Tofu, very little is known about the exact historic origins of it. No one really knows how it came about, and from where... dum dum dummmmm...

Question: Why is tofu so "big" in Japan? I know it's big in South Asia because of the vast majority of people are vegetarians. It had no real taste, but adapts the taste of whatever it's cooked in. Right? I dunno...

Wynter wrote:

Did you know: Although China is credited with the origin of Tofu, very little is known about the exact historic origins of it. No one really knows how it came about, and from where... dum dum dummmmm...

Question: Why is tofu so "big" in Japan? I know it's big in South Asia because of the vast majority of people are vegetarians. It had no real taste, but adapts the taste of whatever it's cooked in. Right? I dunno...

ohayo....

didn't see you on msn/jdorama yesterday...
what's up?

no, i didn't know that with Tofu...yeah, it's huge in Japan. guess it is made of soybeans...which is healthy for you. :bonk:

Wynter wrote:
If you're a girl walking down the street of Lahore market, not only do you get felt up by invisible hands, but you're likely to get stripped of all your jewelry without noticing it until you're back at home.

sounds about as fun as most females have in countries dominated by Islam....full of respect, love and dignity.

I'm so jealous we don't have something like this here! And if we do, I wanna hear about it! I can't wait unitl next year. :fingerscrossed:

well it happens here every year like clockwork, at the end of august.

Tu_triky wrote:sounds about as fun as most females have in countries dominated by Islam....full of respect, love and dignity.

I'm tempted to agree with you, since my grandparents left that country because they were prosecuted for being Christian, but we can't allow our judgement of a small group of fanatics condemn the greater whole.

well it happens here every year like clockwork, at the end of august.

Score!

Wynter wrote:I'm tempted to agree with you, since my grandparents left that country because they were prosecuted for being Christian, but we can't allow our judgement of a small group of fanatics condemn the greater whole.

very true...but unfortunately i know through anecdotes, personal travels, and reading that the aforementioend fanatacism is increasingly on the rise...a group that was small is not necessarily so small anymore.