I'm Going To Japan

:sniff: Boy, it's been five years now since I last saw one of those machines. What is it....Y120 for a drink?

and the pachinko parlors, actually played about a 1,000 yen worth, lasted me about 5 - 10 min of playing time, lost it all, but i didn't care since 1,000 yen = $10
i just had to try it for myself. This one that i took of is another one down the street, more busier than the one i visited.
the actual game itself really is not that exciting, but the sounds and color anime pix are interesting.
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photo from http://www.frangipani.info/index/]

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did anyone see any yamanbas like her? in shibuya, near 109?
i didn't but this picture just crystalizes the strange, uniqueness of modern japan.

Yikes. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:Yikes. :bleh:

yeah that's a trend in japan, not a huge one mind you....i'm telling you man...japan is a trip! :crazy2:

and one more for now, i think i should start a weblog of my entire japan '05 trip with a online journal and pix, i have so many to post up, and i don't think this is the place, but i will post the j-idols up, Yukie, already have Ryoko up, and will post up Yu Yamada, and Aya Ueto up..maybe a few more, you guys want to see more pix??
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qilver wrote:and one more for now, i think i should start a weblog of my entire japan '05 trip with a online journal and pix, i have so many to post up, and i don't think this is the place, but i will post the j-idols up, Yukie, already have Ryoko up, and will post up Yu Yamada, and Aya Ueto up..maybe a few more, you guys want to see more pix??
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nice pick...chikatetsu no kiosk....i like how everything is green...with all the green tea beverages in there it makes sense!

Tu_triky wrote:photo from http://www.frangipani.info/index/]

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did anyone see any yamanbas like her? in shibuya, near 109?
i didn't but this picture just crystalizes the strange, uniqueness of modern japan.

i don't want any nightmares tonight, that pix scared the crap outta me, :hehe: no, didn't see any of those thankfully, but i did see a lot of j-highschool girls and regular hot j-girls, but not the freaks like the one you posted... :bonk:

qilver wrote:
i don't want any nightmares tonight, that pix scared the crap outta me, :hehe: no, didn't see any of those thankfully, but i did see a lot of j-highschool girls and regular hot j-girls, but not the freaks like the one you posted... :bonk:

that ain't shiet...you should have gone to harajuku man....that picture is tame, yo......

i love crazy shiet....it makes for a good foto opp....it ain't like ur gonna propose to them....


the girl in that picture is actually quite famous in that circle of fashion....her name is ka-tan.....scary perhaps but true....she's been in countless magazines...

well it keeps some ppl here in check, methinks....those that have these ridiculously stereotypical notions of what japanese girls wear or how they look.....

that whole fashion trend of the ganguro/yamanba is an interesting sociological phenonmenon...it's a rejection of that demure, conventional shiet...like the whole school girl thing...i think it would make a fascinating study or academic paper to say the least.

chiaki pix i took at one of the stations...
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qilver wrote:

4 actual days eh? sounds like my trip back in summer '03. I flew on a Sunday, arrived late monday afternoon, started the next day Tuesday, flew out on Saturday late afternoon. I actually had 4 1/2 days, since the last day i had to leave for the airport by 1pm for my 5:20pm flight in Narita. This time, i extended it, left on a Sat, arrived late afternoon Sun, started out early Monday-Sun, 6 1/2 days in japan.
The '03 trip, i too went to hakone for 1 1/2 days and account the travel time between tokyo and Hakone, which is about 3 - 4 hour round trip by the JR-train. Kyoto - Tokyo was longer, i think it was closer to 5 hours round trip( 2 1/2 hr each way).
yeah saw Disneyland from the Limobus on the way back to the airport on the way out, actually tried to take a pix, but it was blurry and the bus was moving, Disney is in Chiba, not too far from Narita. I figured that Disneyland would be almost like going to Orange County's DL, only with Japanese, maybe if i were there a month or so, i would visit DL there.

Trust me. You got to take those special coupons for queuing. I forgot what were those called. It helps you reserve your queueing position, so you can go to wherever you want and come back within the alloted time for your ride...

Hakone was beautiful man. I sat in a ferry (pirate ship replica) across a lake (Ichizen?) during winter... it was chilly! Well maybe coz' our country doesn't have 4 seasons... :P

yeah actually did get a chance to visit Harajuku on my last day, and took a few pix there, not many people in cosplay, only a few girls or so.

qilver wrote:chiaki pix i took at one of the stations...

That's sorta scary, too... :beaten:

Fuwari wrote:
I sat in a ferry (pirate ship replica) across a lake (Ichizen?) during winter... it was chilly! Well maybe coz' our country doesn't have 4 seasons... :P

The Lake is actually ASAMI i think...i took the very same ferry....funny!

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It's funny how you assume I'm American even when it has no Us flag below my nickname. but anyway i'm happy you guys are helping me out. :hehe:

qilver wrote:chiaki pix i took at one of the stations...
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Tu_triky wrote:photo from http://www.frangipani.info/index/]

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did anyone see any yamanbas like her? in shibuya, near 109?
i didn't but this picture just crystalizes the strange, uniqueness of modern japan.

......speechless.....

kuroyume wrote:......speechless.....

Creepy, ne??

bmwracer wrote:
Creepy, ne??

u want creepy, homeboy...weird, etc....

speechless, kuroyume ...what about this ish


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Tu_triky wrote:the breakfast of champions in japan well at least the king of beers there...

the ubiquitous vending machine


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LOL

At least I know how to say it, but heck I can just go buy one!

SubaruWRX wrote:


LOL

At least I know how to say it, but heck I can just go buy one!

you can easily do both....and have a ball doing it, no less :woot: