I'm Going To Japan

It wasn't too cold with 10 to 15 degrees celcius. Indeed, I was relieved to be out of the heat for a bit :sweat:

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Spotted tonight at Harajuku :bonk:

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Spotted tonight at Harajuku :bonk:

LOL... Superfly in Japan. :hehe:

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TAXI!

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It was a demonstration by the extreme right at Shinjuku today. It was Nippon this and Nippon that. Then it was about America and that came with the word uragiri. I didn't feel entirely safe making photo's :sweat:

antspace wrote:It was a demonstration by the extreme right at Shinjuku today. It was Nippon this and Nippon that. Then it was about America and that came with the word uragiri. I didn't feel entirely safe making photo's :sweat:

August 15th is the anniversary of Japan's surrender ending World War II. That's probably why they were demonstrating. You have nutcases everywhere. There are people in the southern United States still fighting the civil war. :nut:

But I bet the Japanese nutcases are a lot more polite than American nutcases.

Yep! Japanese are more polite than anyone :-)
These were a bit agressive though :sweat:

antspace wrote:[image]
It was a demonstration by the extreme right at Shinjuku today. It was Nippon this and Nippon that. Then it was about America and that came with the word uragiri. I didn't feel entirely safe making photo's :sweat:

You should have asked to take a photo with them on their truck.

Yes that would be funny. Could've helped them waving the flag :-) Next year maybe :mrgreen:

Btw. I've left Japan. Am in Frankfurt now at an applewine fest. The contrast couldn't be bigger : )
It's amazing how efficient the Japanese are. Germany is a mess compared to it. Trains with a delay, waiting for a long time in Starbucks to get the wrong order: unthinkable in Nihon : )

antspace wrote:Yes that would be funny. Could've helped them waving the flag :-) Next year maybe :mrgreen:

HAHAHA. Great photos by the way.

antspace wrote:Day one: It's frikkin hot and humid here. After roaming Shinjuku a bit, and by mistake ending up in Kabuki cho, I decided to look for some nature.

By mistake. Suuuuuure. :hehe:

Great pictures! Glad you got to make it. :victory:

Have been back for almost a week now. Back to work as well. It's strange, but I'm still having dreams of being in Japan. Never had dreams of being in another country before, for so many days. Mostly I'm back dreaming normal after 1 or 2 days.
It was tremendous being in Japan this time, and I hope to be able to visit again soon!

antspace wrote:Have been back for almost a week now. Back to work as well. It's strange, but I'm still having dreams of being in Japan. Never had dreams of being in another country before, for so many days. Mostly I'm back dreaming normal after 1 or 2 days.
It was tremendous being in Japan this time, and I hope to be able to visit again soon!

I've talked with a number of Japan travelers. Those who are ex-JET, those who were exchange students, and those who went there on vacation. It seems dreaming about being in Japan is a very common after-effect. My own dreams were so vivid, I would wake up surprised to be in the U.S. One of my friends in Japan says it's my soul that is traveling to Japan, because it wants to be back there. My body just needs to catch up!

The dreams may continue for a while. (Your mileage may vary.) Enjoy them. Savor those tasty bits until you can return, body and soul.

Has anybody encountered any of these baggage carousels: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/08/19/airport-art-local-airports-having-fun-with-baggage-carousels/

WhiteHawk wrote:
I've talked with a number of Japan travelers. Those who are ex-JET, those who were exchange students, and those who went there on vacation. It seems dreaming about being in Japan is a very common after-effect. My own dreams were so vivid, I would wake up surprised to be in the U.S. One of my friends in Japan says it's my soul that is traveling to Japan, because it wants to be back there. My body just needs to catch up!

The dreams may continue for a while. (Your mileage may vary.) Enjoy them. Savor those tasty bits until you can return, body and soul.

Interesting :) Thanks for this remark. I'll certainly enjoy those dreams!

Starting next month, JR Kyushu will have a new luxury train "Nanatsuboshi" (7 Stars), it's already booked solid thru June of 2014: http://www.cruisetrain-sevenstars.jp/en/index.html

I didn't get around to posting all of my pics from last year's trip, and now I'm booking this year's trip.

WhiteHawk wrote:I didn't get around to posting all of my pics from last year's trip, and now I'm booking this year's trip.

Wow. :victory: