I'm Going To Japan

Tu_triky wrote:If it is, he'll light that sh*t up, but he's liable to smoke it.

Dual purpose.

bmwracer wrote:
Dual purpose.

Or he can hang himself with it like a noose.

Tu_triky wrote:Or he can hang himself with it like a noose.

The preferred choice. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
The preferred choice. :mrgreen:

I was waiting for that one. :hehe:

Wanna keep up with Tokyo Sky Tree? They have their own website:http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/

Fujisan sunset

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^ Nice. :victory:

^plus one - really lovely!

^^^Domo

Here's some koyo pics around Mt. Takao.
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Takoyama wrote:^^^Domo

Here's some koyo pics around Mt. Takao.
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Stunning colors. Did you paint them yourself? :P

Very nice. :applaud:

Aah, very beautiful pictures of nature ;)
I was last summer for three weeks in Tokyo, we stayed in a house of a hard-working woman. The best picture we made is this I think, even i look strange :D
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Naaah I'm really too big for this country xD

But despite this fact I can imagine to study six months there, it's a nice country with a great mentally.
// Of course tourists are more welcome then people who live there for a longer time ^^"

Oops. Wrong thread.

Chrolo wrote:Naaah I'm really too big for this country xD

Are you standing on something? :hehe: Wow how tall are you?

Murakami on the Menu @ Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Art Inflation: Macyfs Murakamis

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The Japanese artist Takashi Murakami watched as balloons of his Kaikai and Kiki characters were readied for the parade.


November 24, 2010

The New York Times
By DAVE ITZKOFF

It is not uncommon for people to react with awe to their first up-close encounter with a balloon from the Macyfs Thanksgiving Day Parade. But when Takashi Murakami saw his contributions to Thursdayfs event, he bowed. Twice.

On Wednesday afternoon, on a stretch of West 81st Street in Manhattan where brightly colored, 30-foot-tall inflatable versions of his characters Kaikai and Kiki were wriggling and writhing underneath a huge net, Mr. Murakami, the Japanese pop artist, held a brief Shinto ceremony for purity and luck. He stood at a table where he poured out a glass of water and a glass of sake in front of two plates, one of white rice and one of sea salt. He gave two bows and clapped twice, then declared the ritual complete.

Read more at
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/arts/design/25murakami.html?_r=1&ref=arts

^ Nice. :applaud:

Will the Rose Parade have a Puri Gorota float? :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:^ Nice. :applaud:

Will the Rose Parade have a Puri Gorota float? :mrgreen:

Only if you ride it and sing the anthem. :)

Tu_triky wrote:Only if you ride it and sing the anthem. :)

Okay, but you have to come along and sing Onara Taiso. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Okay, but you have to come along and sing Onara Taiso. :mrgreen:

After I finish gluing the last flower on the float, I'll be singing it while drinking some Asahi's along the parade route.

Tu_triky wrote:After I finish gluing the last flower on the float, I'll be singing it while drinking some Asahi's along the parade route.

Haha.

Sold. :victory:

ah..thanks for the pic posts of all things Japan...i do miss visiting Japan,
and the decorating whatever season it may be, the Japanese go all out and really put the extra effort in, and it does show.