I'm Going To Japan

roppongi's clip and it's display of human overflow prompts to put up this clip of shibuya again...i threw this up way back....

everytime i see this i wanna hop on a plane and head straight for tokyo

check it out...it's a pretty hi-energy clip set to trance music...i don't think you'll be disappointed!

http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0400LF5LXXBGF27WSZVOYZPPMH

I tried riding the subway during rush hour once, and it sure was crowded, not like the cli. There was barely even standing room, but people still wanted in at each station. Each time it stopped we inched closer to the door to make it out when we got to our stop. You better not try it if your claustrophobic :sweat:

Roppongi04 wrote:I tried riding the subway during rush hour once, and it sure was crowded, not like the cli. There was barely even standing room, but people still wanted in at each station. Each time it stopped we inched closer to the door to make it out when we got to our stop. You better not try it if your claustrophobic :sweat:

fo' reals...it must be hellish.......but then if your like one of those old ass perverted salarymen you could get a grope or two and give all hard working japanese men a bad name...

Tu_triky wrote:roppongi's clip and it's display of human overflow prompts to put up this clip of shibuya again...i threw this up way back....

everytime i see this i wanna hop on a plane and head straight for tokyo

check it out...it's a pretty hi-energy clip set to trance music...i don't think you'll be disappointed!

http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0400LF5LXXBGF27WSZVOYZPPMH

wow the large crowd was so..wow! :shocked: haha I have never seen so many people on the streets before in my life, until I saw this clip. Considering this large crowd is an everyday thing.

sashimi wrote:

wow the large crowd was so..wow! :shocked: haha I have never seen so many people on the streets before in my life, until I saw this clip. Considering this large crowd is an everyday thing.

haven't seen the clip yet, have some of my own while in Shibuya/Shinjuku. you just have to be there for yourself to experience it all! :google: :bonk:

sashimi wrote:

wow the large crowd was so..wow! :shocked: haha I have never seen so many people on the streets before in my life, until I saw this clip. Considering this large crowd is an everyday thing.

amazing isn't it....i'm happy somebody saw this clip! yes, the insane amount of people is quite impressive.

I've never ridden on a train during rush hour and I'm so glad that I didn't.

qilver wrote:

haven't seen the clip yet, have some of my own while in Shibuya/Shinjuku. you just have to be there for yourself to experience it all! :google: :bonk:

Is it very polluted in the cities? I once went to my school library and searched for books about jp. One book showed pictures of people holding handkerchiefs covering their mouths while crossing a road in Tokyo.

Tu_triky wrote:

amazing isn't it....i'm happy somebody saw this clip! yes, the insane amount of people is quite impressive.

Thanks for the clip! It was a cool and a jaw-dropping one to me, since I had never seen such traffic in my life before. haha :woot:

Do you guys all live out in the countryside or something?

Sure there are alot of people, but not THAT much...

Still, I enjoyed the video, thanks.

KameSan wrote:Do you guys all live out in the countryside or something?

No. I live in the city of Hawaii.

KameSan wrote:Sure there are alot of people, but not THAT much...

Well, considering where I come from, it is a considerable amount of people that I'm just not accustomed to.

Living in a city or the country side has little to do with it, I assure you.

ie: Take a look at New York City. Hawaii's city is nothing compared to that. Thus even in New York City (and even considering that I come from the city in Hawaii) I would be somewhat, overwhelmed.

Your statement was broad and concluded too much.

Do not forget that some cities are larger than others.

That is all.

KameSan wrote:Do you guys all live out in the countryside or something?

Sure there are alot of people, but not THAT much...

Still, I enjoyed the video, thanks.

glad you enjoyed the video...but no i'm not from the countryside but i assure you the amount of ppl walking around in tokyo during rush hour is quite impressive even compared to cities like new york which i lived in for three years...as aho, mentioned it's all relative but rest assured the amount of ppl in tokyo walking around during peak traffic times is at the very high end of the list.

Hello everybody

Excuse me for kicking the topic.. but since i was a bit active in the opening of this, i thought i might be forgiven for I telling you that i'm in Japan now, and i'm keeping a blog (but not in english) and a foto gallery that Im updating often.

I kindly request you to take a look at:
http://www.japandatabase.com/japanblog/?mode=gallery
http://www.japandatabase.com/japanblog/

I'm sorry the 'comment' function is not fully working, so if you want to reply, please copy the written text before posting and try again if it doesnt work.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu

SuperMidget

Any tips for doing Japan for the 1st time on the cheap?

I'm supposed to be arranging a holiday there for Nov but I haven't got a bloody clue what I'm doing tbh, don't know where to book, what flights to go for and when to order etc. I gotta try and keep the cost down as much as possible but still maintaining a comfortable experience.

supermidget wrote:Hello everybody
Excuse me for kicking the topic.. but since i was a bit active in the opening of this, i thought i might be forgiven for I telling you that i'm in Japan now, and i'm keeping a blog (but not in english) and a foto gallery that Im updating often.

Cool, I'll take a look at the gallery since I probably won't understand your blog. :)

Edit: You know what? I'll try to read your Japanese translated version instead. :mrgreen:

supermidget wrote:Hello everybody

Excuse me for kicking the topic.. but since i was a bit active in the opening of this, i thought i might be forgiven for I telling you that i'm in Japan now, and i'm keeping a blog (but not in english) and a foto gallery that Im updating often.

I kindly request you to take a look at:
http://www.japandatabase.com/japanblog/?mode=gallery
http://www.japandatabase.com/japanblog/

I'm sorry the 'comment' function is not fully working, so if you want to reply, please copy the written text before posting and try again if it doesnt work.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu

SuperMidget

:bonk:

nice pictures, did you stay with a host family? and what language is your blog in? english translation? who is the cute girl with you on the train in that pix?

dochira wrote:
Cool, I'll take a look at the gallery since I probably won't understand your blog. :)

Edit: You know what? I'll try to read your Japanese translated version instead. :mrgreen:

qilver wrote:
:bonk:

nice pictures, did you stay with a host family? and what language is your blog in? english translation? who is the cute girl with you on the train in that pix?

:) thanks for taking a look, but lol i'm not translating it into bad Japanese anymore... its too much of a hassle, and full of mistakes... Also I rather keep it in my language (which is dutch) because most of my friends (and family ofcourse) are dutch.

Yes I'm currently in a homestay family, I've been there one week now, and will stay another week. I dont think I will do an english translation, I already dont write as much in my blog as I'd wish to. I met that girl on the train when she started talking to me (how lucky!?). We had to change trains a few times but since our destination was the same we traveled together. She's reallly cute and she was very nice! But how lucky I may have been, I lost her email address during the day, since I was on the Aichi World Expo. Now I'm waiting for her mail for 3 days already :'( Please hope with me!


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edit: I discovered theres an error in my script that resizes the pictures to 1024... vertical taken pictures are completely messed up now... will fix tomorrow (I hope... need to re-upload some, so may take time)

supermidget wrote:

:) thanks for taking a look, but lol i'm not translating it into bad Japanese anymore... its too much of a hassle, and full of mistakes... Also I rather keep it in my language (which is dutch) because most of my friends (and family ofcourse) are dutch.

Yes I'm currently in a homestay family, I've been there one week now, and will stay another week. I dont think I will do an english translation, I already dont write as much in my blog as I'd wish to. I met that girl on the train when she started talking to me (how lucky!?). We had to change trains a few times but since our destination was the same we traveled together. She's reallly cute and she was very nice! But how lucky I may have been, I lost her email address during the day, since I was on the Aichi World Expo. Now I'm waiting for her mail for 3 days already :'( Please hope with me!

wish i understood your language, i would love to read about your blog and japan travels. I should have done the same when i was in Japan a few months ago. Host family, that is cool, how long is your stay? where did find the information on the host family? they seem like nice people.
The girl on the train, nice. That cool that she talked to you and was friendly. I didn't think that the Japanese would talk to strangers much, especially a cute girl like that. Then again, you are blond and caucasian, so maybe they are attracted to that, not sure if they would respond as much to another asian even if a gaijin like myself, :puppydog: , anyhow, i will hope that she emails you back, but the japanese tend to forget sometimes and get busy. :fingerscrossed:

seems like it's peak season now.

SubaruWRX wrote:seems like it's peak season now.

i think flights out of LAX area for this time, being peak season now, are probably $1000 and up for JAL and maybe Singapore airlines.

qilver wrote:
wish i understood your language, i would love to read about your blog and japan travels. I should have done the same when i was in Japan a few months ago. Host family, that is cool, how long is your stay? where did find the information on the host family? they seem like nice people.
The girl on the train, nice. That cool that she talked to you and was friendly. I didn't think that the Japanese would talk to strangers much, especially a cute girl like that. Then again, you are blond and caucasian, so maybe they are attracted to that, not sure if they would respond as much to another asian even if a gaijin like myself, :puppydog: , anyhow, i will hope that she emails you back, but the japanese tend to forget sometimes and get busy. :fingerscrossed:

My stay in japan is 5 weeks total; 2 of it are in this family, 1 short week in Tokyo where i'm climbing Fuji-san and going to get myself drunk in clubs :P After that im in a volunteer summer camp 2 weeks where we help local people in a village cleaning up some public roads and places.. wer also visiting handicapped people and help to organise a summer festival. Should be fun! :woot: