dochira wrote:

When I somehow develop smell-ernet technology, this will be one of the first things I use it for.

Not only for beer but for other things too...

Just as long as it's not a fart.
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ahochaude wrote:

Not only for beer but for other things too... Just as long as it's not a fart.

@aho,
had that avatar up before eh?
who's the cute girl?

She looks like Matsu Takako. http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.270.htm

I believe it's Nanako http://jdorama.com/artiste.557.htm

krim wrote:

I believe it's Nanako http://jdorama.com/artiste.557.htm

Ping pong. Correct. One point for Mr. Krim.

krim wrote:

I believe it's Nanako http://jdorama.com/artiste.557.htm

nanako is hot...

from the Mainichi Daily News:

New electronics store draws 3.5 mil. customers to Akihabara in 1st month

Multimedia Akiba is packed with shoppers.
Tokyo's "Electric Town" Akihabara, an area known throughout the world for electronics and anime-related products, has begun attracting families as well as computer geeks since a major electronics retailer opened a giant store there.

Yodobashi Camera Co. opened the "Multimedia Akiba" complex near JR Akihabara Station on Sept. 16, and more than a million shoppers flocked to the building in the first four days.

"People, people and people! We felt as if we could see only people, not our products," said Yasushi Kato, the deputy manager of the massive complex.

Yodobashi Camera had to summon employees from other outlets to handle the flood of customers.

In its first month, more than 3.5 million people visited Multimedia Akiba. Compare this to the monthly average of visitors to Tokyo Disney Resort in fiscal 2004 -- 2.09 million -- and the season total of fans that watched home games of pro baseball's Central League champion the Hanshin Tigers in 2005 -- 3.13 million.

The Tsukuba Express Line connecting Akihabara with Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture opened on Aug. 24, and the number of passengers using the line's Akihabara Station increased by 10,000 to 20,000 per day after the opening of Multimedia Akiba.

Electronics shops in the area had been afraid that Multimedia Akiba run by competitor Yodobashi Camera might take their customers. But for the time being, the popularity of the complex has had the favorable effect of attracting more people to the area in general.

"I have never seen such huge crowds of people walking along the main roads here in the past," a leading member of an Akihabara shop operators association said. "More customers than we expected come to shops around the electronics area."

No detailed records have been available, but industry sources said that sales in Akihabara have increased by some 10 percent since the opening of the complex.

Multimedia Akiba includes restaurants and a toy section, and its toilets have sections for nursing babies.

Yodobashi Camera's president has said he wanted to attract more families to Akihabara, which is famous -- and notorious -- as a town for electronics and anime enthusiasts.

The president's vision turned out to be on target, and now more than half of the visitors to Multimedia Akiba are family groups.

"I used to go to a camera shop in Ikebukuro. But from now on I'll be coming to Multimedia Akiba," said a 36-year-old man who was accompanied by his wife and 7-month-old daughter.

Kenichiro Senoo, a professor at Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, said that men who gave up visiting Akihabara were returning to the area.

"Men fundamentally love machines. Those who previously frequented the area are coming back to Akihabara, using the Yodobashi building as an excuse," Senoo said.

Akihabara's future looks bright. A major, 22-story building is set to open in the area in March 2006.
"Akihabara has a mysterious potential. It could possibly become an area like a theme park in the future," Senoo said. (Mainichi)

October 29, 2005

HEy. I have one quick question.
I'm gonna be going to japan during xmas vacation and i want to buy a typical school uniform there.
Does anyone know where i could buy one in Tokyo and approximately how much they cost? Thnx

Topic merged.
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i'll be in tokyo next may for a week with 5 other friends. i'm really looking forward to it.
tanoshimi ni shiteimasu!

kenjilina wrote:

i'll be in tokyo next may for a week with 5 other friends. i'm really looking forward to it. tanoshimi ni shiteimasu!

been there before?
any questions on tokyo? just let some of us know...

qilver wrote:

been there before? any questions on tokyo? just let some of us know...

Q, he's been to Japan many times before. Heck he's part Japanese.

qilver wrote:

been there before? any questions on tokyo? just let some of us know...

thanks!
i've not been to tokyo but we've all got something we've put on a list of must sees. for me it's the harajuku goth chicks on a sunday.

kenjilina wrote:

thanks! i've not been to tokyo but we've all got something we've put on a list of must sees. for me it's the harajuku goth chicks on a sunday.

i've been there on a sunday, unfortunately, i missed out, and was on the wrong street, i did manage to take a photo or two of a goth-lolita j-girl, i politely asked her for a picture and she accepted, thankfully.
I haven't posted that pix, i will try to locate it and post it again on the thread. Let me know if you have questions on Tokyo...
Dochira has been there before too, so he knows about Japan too.

in the meantime, for some pix, check out my (www), near my profile for my weblog on my japan trip i took May '05.

i've been to osaka twice this year. here are some photos.

the above two are of port town where i stay at my dad's place.

very important!

the above are of yodobashi camera in umeda. the giant poster of hasekyo in the top right corner of the building caught my eye!

kenjilina wrote:

i've been to osaka twice this year. here are some photos. the above two are of port town where i stay at my dad's place. very important! the above are of yodobashi camera in umeda. the giant poster of hasekyo in the top right corner of the building caught my eye!

very nice photos....

Tu_triky wrote:

very nice photos....

thanks. i only turned digital this year. i have better ones on film.

kenjilina wrote:

thanks. i only turned digital this year. i have better ones on film.

well given your impending trip to osaka...i'm sure you'll be able to start your collection of digital photographs in grand fashion....i'm sure you'll have a blast!

kenjilina wrote:

thanks. i only turned digital this year. i have better ones on film.

Are you considering scanning the prints and/or negatives into digital format? I'm wondering if I should do the same. I have tons of pics of Japan from 1998 and 2000 that were taken on 35mm.

dochira wrote:

Are you considering scanning the prints and/or negatives into digital format? I'm wondering if I should do the same. I have tons of pics of Japan from 1998 and 2000 that were taken on 35mm.

i probably won't bother. what i will do is go back to the places i've been with the digital camera. well, any excuse will do...