Life in Japan - Pictures galore !! Arcades, Temples, Rainy days, etc

[GaijinPunch]

God, what is that? Chinese?
Roujou Kitsuen Kinshi Suishin Chiku

You've clearly never seen a Japanese government document.

[Yakumo]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Yakumo

[sabre470]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1130/1440139117_7e5958c868.jpg

Pacman smokes?

Yeah he's getting divorced from Ms Pacman 'cause he was cheating on her with a couple of Locorocos...sad story...

[ave]

Sad but true, Loco Rocos seem much softer and lovelier than Pac-Women.

[andoba]

Roujou Kitsuen Kinshi Suishin Chiku

You've clearly never seen a Japanese government document.

Well and I wish that I never have to otherwise I'd be seriously screwed! :banghead:

[GaijinPunch]

Well and I wish that I never have to otherwise I'd be seriously screwed!

They are out of hand.

[Perkunas]

Here's some more

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2293/2265086624_73b5ed2c1d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2273880184_611eb0ed9b_b.jpg
(Do not fish in this pond この池の魚を取らないで下さい)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/2268792092_f8f9e3be5d.jpg
My beloved Kyoto.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2316/2273539979_0be80792ca.jpg
Vote for Kadokawa, he loves animals!

[Yakumo]

NIce pictures, Perkunas. I love the one of the dried up lake / pond.

Yakumo

[Perkunas]

NIce pictures, Perkunas. I love the one of the dried up lake / pond.

Yakumo

Funny thing was that there were some boats stranded and it was marked as a pretty big pond on the map. ;p

[liquitt]

i don't know why but everytime i see japanese people and snow on one picture i'm confused. for some reason this doesn't fit together in my mind

[GaijinPunch]

i don't know why but everytime i see japanese people and snow on one picture i'm confused. for some reason this doesn't fit together in my mind

Here, this will warp your brain when you realize all of the pictures except one were taken in Yoyogi park this past winter:
http://www.gamengai.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2048

[liquitt]

beautiful :)

[graciano1337]

i love that picture of Kyoto. very nice.

[rupert]

Ive enjoyed looking at all the pictures here allthough I have never been to Japan, Ive got a picture taken in China of a nice bit of Engrish i'd like to share (if thats ok?)

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n45/jamescostello/sign.jpg

[funkstylez]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2273880184_611eb0ed9b_b.jpg

I guess common sense isn't that common. :P

[GaijinPunch]

It says "Don't take fish from the pond", not "don't fish from the pond". Completely different. It's most likely a warning as the fish are far from healthy.

[Tatsujin]

yeah..it makes a lot of sence, since it is very easy to pick up those fishes since there is no water in which they're able to escape.

[andoba]

Ive enjoyed looking at all the pictures here allthough I have never been to Japan, Ive got a picture taken in China of a nice bit of Engrish i'd like to share (if thats ok?)

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n45/jamescostello/sign.jpg

LOL. :lol:

[GaijinPunch]

Chinese Engrish is the best. There was a picture on the internet floating around of a floor directory at a hospital.

"2A Cunt Examination"

EDIT: Oh, Google.. you're so good to me.
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2008/04/08/excuse-me-i-am-here-for-my-cunt-examination/

[Yakumo]

hahaha, how on earth can they get away with that?

yakumo

[Oldgamingfart]

Cool thread, I've always been fascinated with Japan (hard not to being a gamer), so seeing pictures of more or less everyday life there is very interesting.
Nice one Yakumo, and all others who have posted pics so far :thumbsup:

[ianoid]

I likey this thread alot. The pictures are fascinating.

[Yakumo]

You're welcome guys. Anyone is free to post pictures of Japan here so let's hope more members that visit will do :thumbsup:

Yakumo

[GaijinPunch]

Enjoy!

http://www.japanorama.com/images/Japan_from_space_2.gif

[Tatsujin]

wow..THIS..IS..JAPAN!!

[Oldgamingfart]

It looks like a Crocodile.

[Tatsujin]

the momentary score on my yamada denki pointcard:

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5756/yamada1942gd9.jpg

[Yakumo]

That's a nice selection of points. At one time I had almost 10'000 points on mine. Needless to say that they have been used. Got my self two wii games with them.! My card now though had the machine make a mess of it giving me 43 tries. Just a shame I keep getting 10 bloody points each time I put it in to the machine :(

Sorry for the crappy picture. Metallic items don't seem to scan very well.
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2464/yamadaef8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yakumo

[Tatsujin]

yeah.. i had a 500 hit few times ago. but ever since then a 20 hit is the max.

but this time i more like to refere to the exact amount i have now on the card :)

[GaijinPunch]

I have 3300 or so on my Sakuraya card. I took a picture but it came out like shit so I didn't post it.

[cez]

I went to Nagasaki during O-bon holiday and put some pics online:

http://picasaweb.google.com/caniscontentus/Nagasaki

It's a really fascinating city with its long history of Western influence. Most of the photos are not very interesting without an explanation I guess, but you'll get a few impressions. It's really worth a visit.

More forum related, I also spent a few hours in Fukuoka on the way back and dropped into Mandarake. Nice selection of rare stuff (Rendering Ranger loose for around 18.000!) but most of the normal games are quite expensive, esp. for Dreamcast.

[GaijinPunch]

Nice pics. I've never seen half a torii before, either.

[Yakumo]

Nice collection of pictures indeed.

Yakumo

[Codeman]

You're welcome guys. Anyone is free to post pictures of Japan here so let's hope more members that visit will do :thumbsup:

Yakumo

that reminds me.. I still havent posted any of my pics from my 2005 trip, have I? xD

I only have a few online+

My desk in KYOTO


http://pics.hi5.com/userpics/743/163/163238743.img.jpg

hide MUSEUM
http://pics.hi5.com/userpics/560/163/163262560.img.jpg


http://pics.hi5.com/userpics/581/163/163262581.img.jpg

random SHIBUYA picture
http://pics.hi5.com/userpics/884/163/163270884.img.jpg

Ill post more picture later

[ShadowGuy]

Wow, I never realized how fascinated people are with Japan... this is a LOT of pictures of Okinawa, which is like the Hawaii of Japan. It's not exactly the same but pretty similar, people here are much nicer than what everyone calls 'mainlanders'. It's the difference between the rural south and New York, in US terms.

http://nickguyver.com/?level=collection&id=1

[GaijinPunch]

I think the Hawaii of Japan is indeed Hawaii. ;)

[Jamtex]

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3076/cimg1739oe7.jpg
From hotel window in Kyoto. :)
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/59/cimg6553fk9.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4172/cimg6535mb3.jpg

Every august at the end of Obon, they celebrate by burning large picture fires in the Gozan Fire Festival. Here are the best non blurry shots I could find in the 100s of pictures I took from a park in the middle of Kyoto which you can see 4 of the 5 fires, although two of them are hard to see clearly, so the Dai kanji and boat are the ones I took the best photos of as they were much nearer.

[ave]

Have you been in the park near the river, between Marutamachi and Imadegawa?
I was at last years Daimonji-Okuribi at this place and just like you, only managed to get a handful non-blurry shots out of about 100. Fantastic festival, I can recommend a visit to anybody who plans to go to Japan during summer.

Here are some pictures from last year:
http://picasaweb.google.de/julian.ertelt/AGamerSTripToKyoto2007/photo#5113230751535323362
http://picasaweb.google.de/julian.ertelt/AGamerSTripToKyoto2007/photo#5113230781600094450

I have a lot more, including from the Funagate amd Myo/Ho-Kanji, but I thought they are too blurry to upload.
I love how eager the Japanese are with their traditions. The afternoon before the Okuribi, I spoke to a guy who worked at a wishplate thing at Ryôanji-dera and although he knew I wouldn't understand more than 10% of what he said, he continued to tell me all the history of the festival plus how many members of his family are climbing the hills to install the fires and so on. ^_^

[Yakumo]

Nice picture of the lit kanji. Bit of a shitty view from the hotel mind you.

Yakumo

[Stupid Dufus]

Ah, I finally got my gallery back online. Here are some pics I took between June 23 - June 30, 2007. Only had a point-and-shoot digital camera.


http://www.rain-man.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=62&g2_serialNumber=2

http://www.rain-man.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=133&g2_serialNumber=2

http://www.rain-man.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=155&g2_serialNumber=2

http://www.rain-man.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=168&g2_serialNumber=2

More images: http://www.rain-man.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=20&g2_page=4

[ave]

http://www.rain-man.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=36
Was that at the NHK studios? I'd love to go there, Domo is my favourite tv mascot. Would travel miles just for seeing Domo's simulated living room cave :drool:
Was there any merch for sale, too? A small domo on my desk... :)

[Stupid Dufus]

haha, yeah. That was at NHK in Tokyo. It was a stop on a bus tour my friend (in the pic being eating by Domo) took. At the end of the tour through the place (which shows live filming of news, dramas, etc) there is a store to by lots of NHK merchandise, including Domokun plushes.

And if you don't know Japanese, there are English tour guide pamphlets available. It was pretty neat.

[ave]

Mh.. gotta remember going to NHK on my next trip to Japan :)
Fortunately there are always Domokun plushes up on yahoo, so I will have one at home soon - will fit great into my large collection of Domo clip files :)

[GaijinPunch]

And if you don't know Japanese, there are English tour guide pamphlets available. It was pretty neat.

Other than Yoyogi Park, NHK is one of the largest sources of white people in Tokyo. I live a few blocks away.

[Yakumo]

Ah, I finally got my gallery back online. Here are some pics I took between June 23 - June 30, 2007. Only had a point-and-shoot digital camera.


http://www.rain-man.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=62&g2_serialNumber=2
Is that Yokohama? I sort of recognize the place although I've only been to Yokohama once.

Yakumo

[Stupid Dufus]

Indeed, that is Yokohama. I don't remember where exactly that particular picture is at though. A lot of them were from Minato Mirai.

I'm hoping to take some more when I go back in December this year, but I'll be in Tokyo for most of this trip.

[Midnight Milkshake]

Seen at Osaka

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3779/dsc05427sf8.jpg

[Yakumo]

WOW! Masturbation room of oncoming generation. Not only is it shocking but the English is your typical piss poor Japanese crap. And they wonder why the world takes the piss out of them :shrug:

Yakumo

[Midnight Milkshake]

My typical piss poor Japanese crap? sorry, but I think that you're wrong if you think this about me. I don't care about "engrish", or as you want to call it, I found funny the concept of "masturbation room of oncoming generation" not the writing.

[Tatsujin]

muahahahahahmasturbation!!

[Yakumo]

My typical piss poor Japanese crap? sorry, but I think that you're wrong if you think this about me. I don't care about "engrish", or as you want to call it, I found funny the concept of "masturbation room of oncoming generation" not the writing.what? I think you need to read my post again. When we use "your" in English is doesn't always mean "you" . My post was in no way directed to you, Midnight Milkshake.

Yakumo

[Midnight Milkshake]

Ok, sorry :redface:, I'm working, and with the flu, so I'm not too good at the moment:-(; also thought that it was very strange coming from you.

[Yakumo]

no worries man. Sometimes it's easy to take things the wrong way when you read overthem quickly or feel a bit under the weather :thumbsup:

Yakumo

[Midnight Milkshake]

Thanks yakumo :thumbsup:

Another one:

This is a cool restaurant from Nikko. Everyone who eats there puts something on the wall, ceiling or wherever you can; thay also had vegetarian food :drool:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9314/dsc05703cl2.jpg

[Yakumo]

shit, wouldn't like to be in there with a load of smokers :lol:

I wonder how many hooker cards can be found :bedsex: :lol:

Yakumo

[Giel]

Took this picture in a local arcade, it was just too hilarious.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/giel4000/IMG_5550.jpg

He was actually sticking to the left side of the road, doing 70mph and heavily breaking for every corner while playing Initial D 4. Needless to say, he wasn't rewarded for his safe driving.

[alphagamer]

Took this picture in a local arcade, it was just too hilarious.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/giel4000/IMG_5550.jpg

He was actually sticking to the left side of the road, doing 70mph and heavily breaking for every corner while playing Initial D 4. Needless to say, he wasn't rewarded for his safe driving.

lets find one of these for him: tokyo bus guide arcade

http://japan.weill.org/photos/games/tokyo_bus_guide_002.jpg

[andoba]

Anyone have a pic of Desha de GO! arcade? :D

[Yakumo]

I love that Tokyo Bus Guide arcade game. They're getting hard to find these days though :crying:

That guy playing Initial D is funny though. I've seen a few older guys playing the Battle Gear 4 by Taito like that.

yakumo

[Giel]

I recently played Drummania/Guitarfreaks (me on the drums) with a atleast fifty year old man who asked me if I wanted to play together. He was really good though, couldn't keep up at all. :)


I love seeing elderly people in the arcades instead of behind the Pachinko machine.

[GaijinPunch]

I love seeing elderly people in the arcades instead of behind the Pachinko machine.

Go to the porno mahjong floor. That's where they gather.

[Tatsujin]

:lol:

[Jamtex]

Go to the porno mahjong floor. That's where they gather.
Do arcades still have floors with adult orientated Mahjong games? I've seen a lot playing Mahjong Fight Club and MJ4 but I struggle to find any decent arcades that have more then 1 adult mahjong game. :crying:

[Yakumo]

Yes, they do but not as many as there used to be. One of my fave indi arcades has the adult mahjong stuff on the first floor along with all the driving games and coin machines while all the kick arse stuff is upstairs.

Yakumo

[ave]

@Giel
Is that in the Round 1? I played Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 against three Japanese guys there - and I won. After that they walked away pretty fast and looked at me like I was an alien, no chance for another duel I guessed :P

As for interesting cabs, I think the Densha de GO ones are slowly vanishing too?! I was only able to spot one in whole Japan, a DDGO 2 cab in Nakano. Nothing else there (and I entered every GeeSen I spotted), I thought there might be some Shinkansen cabs or so as the Wii version isn't too out of mind yet.

[GaijinPunch]

The large ones that have a big print club / UFO catcher base probably don't, but the small ones usually do. The one I frequented in Akasaka (which shut down) did, Shibuya Kaikan, all kinds of shit in Shinjuku, etc. all have them.

[Yakumo]

Is there anywhere in Japan with an original Daytona? Every place I knwo only has the 2nd game.

Yakumo

[Johnny]

Is there anywhere in Japan with an original Daytona? Every place I knwo only has the 2nd game.

Yakumo

Same here in Rio. :crying: I don't understand why people got rid of them, since they were so profitable. It was the peak of multiplayer arcade racing!

Anyway, i'm playing it on the Nebula M2 emulator. It still has some bugs (some places with invisible walls, colors not right), but i would say it's 95% done.

[Yakumo]

I'd play it on the emulator too if I could but my PC is just so old. It can't even run a N64 emulator at a decent speed.

Yakumo

[sayin999]

Thats funny. Here in the U.S. it's real easy to find an arcade with dayton usa machine, despite how dead that market is here. But as for part 2, never been to arcade that has it.

[Yakumo]

well in that case think yourself lucky. I long for the days of multiplayer Daytona. Sure, the multi player Out Run SP in the cars is cool but it just doesn't have the same feel as what Daytona did.

Yakumo

[Tatsujin]

Daytona Dinosaur Canyon course = best multiplayer course of ever!

[Elrian]

From my recent trip to Osaka:

Nice bar name!
http://xs136.xs.to/xs136/09073/snv30300661.jpg

The Hot Spring Howto!
http://xs136.xs.to/xs136/09073/snv30411345.jpg

:icon_bigg

[sven666]

the japanese baths were pretty nice man, altho i never saw anyone with a rockabilly hairdoo while i was there :P

[Elrian]

the japanese baths were pretty nice man, altho i never saw anyone with a rockabilly hairdoo while i was there :P

Yeah they are! Too bad i went in the morning since i only had access to the indoor baths (men switch with women for the indoor/outdoor areas at noon)...

[Tatsujin]

had some family gatherin' today :)

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9829/celebvn1.jpg

[ave]

Kirin Milk Tea... I miss it so hard!! °_°

[drakon]

Took this picture in a local arcade, it was just too hilarious.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/giel4000/IMG_5550.jpg

He was actually sticking to the left side of the road, doing 70mph and heavily breaking for every corner while playing Initial D 4. Needless to say, he wasn't rewarded for his safe driving.

same thing happened when I got my mom to play need for speed 2 on my computer back in 199x. I'm surprised the game didn't lower her insurance rate.

[Elrian]

had some family gatherin' today :)

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9829/celebvn1.jpg

Those sushis sure look tasty! If only that was on the menu for my family gatherings...:rolleyes:

[GaijinPunch]

I like the fried chicken and weiner plate. Most people don't know that it is a traditional Japanese dish, quite often found with Sushi. Since back in the Muromachi Era!

[cez]

Yeah, they had a special about in on TV the other day. After a battle Oda Nobunaga would get together with his men for a chicken and wiener fest.

[Gaming]

I'd like to visit Japan, I'd go to all the gaming stores and look around.

[GaijinPunch]

Wouldn't buy anything?

[Jamtex]

At the exchange rate it currently is? Probably be better off selling back to the stores. :P

[Yakumo]

I've started taking a few shots of things on the drive home. Some nice and some moody sites. Here's two from yesterday. It's amazing how fast the weather changed from a dull to very dark rainy night.

Sorry about the poor quality. My phone camera is last!

Check out the lovely cherry blossom trees in the distance.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9660/wayhome1.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wayhome1.jpg)

Lovely moody shot with a Honda shop in the background.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9690/wayhome2.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wayhome2.jpg)

Yakumo

[alphagamer]

if only those cherry trees produced fruits ;_;

[DCharlie]

Akihabara photoscrum

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/2320189043_02f6b7db60_b.jpg

Red sky in Kyoto

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1599052094_cf64b957ab_b.jpg

Out on Nijima

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/31933387_5d2bcbc76f_b.jpg

Not everyone in Akihabara is happy to be there....

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/263050355_8c5f8d5510_b.jpg


Obligatory hanami shot

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/120248926_ef4a04cc86_b.jpg

[Stupid Dufus]

Hey DCharlie, love the photos. What'd you shoot them with?

[Jamtex]

A camera? :P

[DCharlie]

Hey DCharlie, love the photos. What'd you shoot them with?


thanks :)
Using a Canon EOS 30D and a variety of lenses and my limited skillz.

more photos from day to day :

I pass this at Shibuya station most mornings , it was a little weird to see at first, but i really like it.

first
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/3184325733_7c72748df5_b.jpg

A local restaurant does a little window box display that changes week on week, we've had traditional weird Japanese stuff, a scene from Aliens, weird lego artwork etc... recently, it's been a little more "normal" but still slightly quirky

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/3185170696_66acafaf89_b.jpg

Local pet store has a "bucket of fish" method of sales

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/2913957045_e88e80f378_b.jpg


Japan loves incinerators - at least they usually power a swimming poor with it, but still...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3184133209_8244b8fac0_b.jpg

[GaijinPunch]

I should have you give me a damn photo lesson. I have the same camera... but most of my photos suck.


I pass this at Shibuya station most mornings , it was a little weird to see at first, but i really like it.

Inokashira-line, right? I went by there the other day (First time in years) and saw that. Pretty crazy.

Here's a photo I took during hanami season at Yoyogi Park's dog run. If you realize how fast the dogs were running, it seems to be a much more admirable feat. I'm actually surprised neither dog was hurt.

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1060/midair.jpg

[DCharlie]

well, 99% of everything i shoot sucks, it's just down to throwing a 4 gig+ card in there and shooting over and over and over.

some of the guys i hang out with are all insanely good photographers so i get some tips from them. When i see their photos i am always awed, but they all give the above advice - just keep shooting.

[Jamtex]

I pass this at Shibuya station most mornings , it was a little weird to see at first, but i really like it.
It's an art piece by Taro Okamoto a famous Japanese abstract painter. The piece is called Myth of Tomorrow and is a wonderful abstract painting showing the horrors of the nuclear bombs dropped on hiroshima and Nagasaki. I saw it last year at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

[DCharlie]

Inokashira-line, right? I went by there the other day (First time in years) and saw that. Pretty crazy.


yeah, have to ride the Inokashira - slightly less painful than the Toyoko line, but not by much! Way more suicides on this line :(

But yeah, the murial is awesome. I was aware it was by Okamoto but didn't know the story behind it, i was told by a japanese collegue that it was "his vision of the future", but the actual discription makes more sense. Still, it's great seeing it each day. very striking.

[DCharlie]

oh, GP - really like the doghug picture. One thing that's really worth looking at is cropping and editing down photos. Now, not saying i'm in any way qualified and hope you don't mind, but i quickly cropped your photo (and it's a pretty messy crop at that!) :

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3564423993_d1645b27ce_o.jpg

It's a cool scene - without the extra background you now have two dogs jumping in what looks like a huge, a crowd in the background including one person lookin on bemused, the top 1/3 of the picture tells you its in a park and frames the action preventing your eye leading up and away. But the killer is the white dog who looks to be looking in a "wtf you two doing?" way. Nice nice shot - again, clipping things down and editing things in terms of framing can really add an edge to your photographs.

[alecjahn]

Not enough negative space, IMO. There's plenty of photo to admire, and when you cut it down to some dogs it seems a bit restrictive.


The best elementary thing to remember is the rule of thirds, it works wonders.

[DCharlie]

The best elementary thing to remember is the rule of thirds, it works wonders.

definitely.
The hardest part of photography for me has been seeing creatively too. There's been a couple of helpful books but it's not an easy thing to just "do"


There's plenty of photo to admire, and when you cut it down to some dogs it seems a bit restrictive.

yup, like i say, it's not the greatest crop and it's not in a good aspect either - but just wanted to point out that with a bit of editing/framing a decent picture can become a great picture.

[GaijinPunch]

I actually cropped it down a lot.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7849/midairfull.jpg

You could easily do the bottom right hand corner, cutting out the other dogs... but I find them far more interesting than the people.

The photo served it's purpose though. I was seeing how fast of a moving object I could shoot w/o blur, in relatively low light. It was the afternoon, but overcast, and of course under a bunch of trees.

[Tatsujin]

some assorted pix :)

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1961/fujismall.jpg
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[Tatsujin]

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[ASSEMbler]

Akihabara photoscrum



Red sky in Kyoto



Out on Nijima



Not everyone in Akihabara is happy to be there....

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/263050355_8c5f8d5510_b.jpg


Obligatory hanami shot



Upskirt already? Feckin high five!

[Yakumo]

Some fantastic pictures there guys! I'll have to get a few done now :p

Yakumo

[GaijinPunch]

Tatsujin: From where did you take the picture of Tokyo Tower and the Azabu Corkscrew buildling? Helicoptor?

[Tatsujin]

LOL..yeah..kinda looks like eh?:lol:

but no, it was just from the roppongi hills roof.

[alecjahn]

Previously posted girl rear makes me not even care what she looks like from the front.

In other news: Need more pics! How's the weather up there this time of year?

[DCharlie]

more random Japan stuff

Karaoke hell

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1295/860870654_e1c245ea10_b.jpg
Wasabicrab

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/1596165446_274bb30dd6_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3297197856_f1e3acb45f_o.jpg
Miss Universe contestants warming at the charity run

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/288075051_09323855a9_b.jpg

Japanese mass floating trick

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Ramen blasphemy

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/1598319730_0705074aba_b.jpg

... it's written RIGHT THERE, how can you possibly get it wrong?!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1201/1105768708_6cf4d894eb_b.jpg

[graciano1337]

^ haha, so awesome...

[Johnny]

Priceless really!

[Yakumo]

... it's written RIGHT THERE, how can you possibly get it wrong?!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1201/1105768708_6cf4d894eb_b.jpg:lol: :lol: That is so typical:lol: :lol:

[ave]

You should post that on engrish.com :lol:

[DCharlie]

This is still my favourite piece of Engrish i've seen in Japan :

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/127537487_6539025da2_b.jpg

[VMS]

This is still my favourite piece of Engrish i've seen in Japan:

WOW that's horrible... it's made out of heart??? :lol:

[Tatsujin]

it's made out of pure non-sense!

[GaijinPunch]

... it's written RIGHT THERE, how can you possibly get it wrong?!

And they probably work there to boot!

My favorite Engrish (or is it just weird old Japan?) is the place in Shibuya called "Wine Bar Pee".

[Yakumo]

This is still my favourite piece of Engrish i've seen in Japan :That gave me a head ache trying to understand that dribble. Do they honestly not know how dumb they look?

[Oldgamingfart]

They probably just ran the Japanese through some grubby online translator, and then sent it straight to the sign makers :clap:

[alecjahn]

Priceless really!

Every one, too.

Priceless combo!

[Jamtex]

Akihabara before the shops open (taken around 8ish in the morning).

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Parts of the old Akihabara thread are still alive if you look hard enough...

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Morning sun glinting off the Taito centre.

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Progress of Akihabara... :(

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Red triangle marks the er spot...

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No normal luggage lockers in Akihabara...

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Too many damn skyscrapers...

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Can you say 'Sunburnt boxes'? Come on repeat after me "Sunburnt Boxes..."

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The old shell of the old Sofmap 2 building.. you can still see the markings...

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Whilst most of Japan has Sakura blossom festivals in April, Koga in Ibaraki is one of the few places that has a Momo (Peach) Festival

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Cherry Blossoms at the imperial palace

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A more local sakura blossom festival in Saitama. The park is famous as it was in some hit Japanese film whose name escapes me...

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Before the flowers sprout, these plants are a delicious vegetable side dish (again I've forgotten the name...)

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Some of the Yakuza run stalls.

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The view half way up a small mountain in Tochigi just before you get to a temple.

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Part of the temple.

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Another part of the temple and some cute woman...

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It was childrens day recently so you could see lots of these...

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Got up early one morning (6am or so) and saw lots of Baloons about...

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Great pictures DCharlie, keep posting more. :D It'll give me a reason to get of my butt and post more myself...

[alecjahn]

Sunburnt boxes.


I'd think at least Japan wouldn't commit this crime... Surely there's some window coating or something that would keep this from happening? UV-protectant?

[graciano1337]

Great pictures Jamtex. Makes me want to start a Life in the US thread. :lol:

[DCharlie]

Great pix too Jamtex, and everyone ! Quite a nice collection coming together.

Flowers out at a park i forget the name of

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Makuhari crossing on the way to Costco

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random lanterns at Atami

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Shinjuku backstreet

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Tried doing something different with TGS booth shots ...

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Chef at work

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YEAAAAAAAAHHH THHUG

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Japanese Little Big Planet at TGS

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Makes me want to start a Life in the US thread.

A "Life from your hometown" in pictures would be great!

[GaijinPunch]

Tried doing something different with TGS booth shots ...


Yeah, a picture of a girl's ass hasn't been done yet. ;)

[DCharlie]

Yeah, a picture of a girl's ass hasn't been done yet. ;)

haha.

it's not a girl though! ;)

[ave]

it's not a girl though! ;)
I shall always remind myself to scroll down beforehand.

[DCharlie]

haha, just kidding, it is a female..... or is it?

[graciano1337]

haha.

it's not a girl though! ;)

I'm feeling some emotions which are weird and deeply confusing.

[GaijinPunch]

haha, just kidding, it is a female..... or is it?

This defintiely seems to be the year of the okama. It's a bit irksome to be honest, as all the ones on TV are such ass hats, except for maybe Haruna Ai. The biggest jackass is the one w/ yellow hair.

[DCharlie]

This defintiely seems to be the year of the okama. It's a bit irksome to be honest, as all the ones on TV are such ass hats, except for maybe Haruna Ai. The biggest jackass is the one w/ yellow hair.

every single time i switch on the tv, Haruna Ai is on it.

Now whilst she's not as annoying as some of the others the Japanese are doing the usual saturation approach and i'm frankly sick of the sight of her/him already (and i don't actually watch that much tv, it's just that when the tv -does- go on round at the inlaws she's inevitably on)

at least when the did the "who do you prefer to date : the young lady who is like an old man, or the old man who is like a young lady?" they had the short plump female comedian on who is genuinely pretty funny.

[GaijinPunch]

they had the short plump female comedian on who is genuinely pretty funny.

Is she part of the "debu no sannin". One of them said my son was cute... not sure which one. I wasn't there.

[alecjahn]

Flowers out at a park i forget the name of

Awesome blossoms, of course.







*insert slow clap*

[Yakumo]

This defintiely seems to be the year of the okama. It's a bit irksome to be honest, as all the ones on TV are such ass hats, except for maybe Haruna Ai. The biggest jackass is the one w/ yellow hair.They'Re all ass hats, no exceptions! What makes it worse is that they're practicality forced down your throat. I can't stand them :DOH:

[DCharlie]

Black and white Japan.... almost something illegal in removing the colour from Japan, but hey :

Ebisu and mate....

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Moat, castle, shite weather, hiroshima :/

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Mocked by a cartoon dog...

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Peace museum done.... Let's go get bladdered :( :(

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almost looks old... almost.

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Hiroshima... with friend... pissed it down with rain for 5 days. Miserable stuff, thank the lord for long island ice tea and arcades.

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Tiny park next to where i used to live

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[Tatsujin]

looks like ancient japan:icon_bigg

[graciano1337]

love the b&w photos!

[Jackhead]

Very nice photos! :thumbsup: Have you guys some pics from the tea plantation in Japan? I like to see where my tea from :icon_bigg
Thanks!

[Tatsujin]

not from me, but voila :)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=de&lr=&um=1&sa=1&q=%E8%8C%B6%E5%9C%92&aq=f&oq (http://images.google.com/images?hl=de&lr=&um=1&sa=1&q=%E8%8C%B6%E5%9C%92&aq=f&oq)=

[Robert_Kendo]

these pictures are amazing.I love pictures from other countrys!!

[Jackhead]

not from me, but voila :)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=de&lr=&um=1&sa=1&q=%E8%8C%B6%E5%9C%92&aq=f&oq (http://images.google.com/images?hl=de&lr=&um=1&sa=1&q=%E8%8C%B6%E5%9C%92&aq=f&oq)=

Thanks, lovely to see. Sometimes i have an Gyokuro from Kyoto (best tea of the world :icon_bigg ) and i wonder where thies fields are. Are they open for an visit ? Or only for employee? I love the japanese tea tradition.

[Johnny]

Thanks DCharlie. b&w pictures are always fantastic.

[DCharlie]

more randomness ...

cleaning the water ... or something

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Izu is always a little odd. Penguin park changed to a "mysterious" park... some artistic license with the old penguin statue there...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/391838358_7a968e43b0_b.jpg

Yokohama rollercoaster

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big metal spider
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storm brewing at Odiaba

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aki dusk

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Invadaaas

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[Yakumo]

DCharlie, some of your pictures are amazing!

[Tatsujin]

i find this sooo cute :)

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[andoba]

何魚これはですか？何ではなので誰はサメを起こるか？

[GaijinPunch]

Okay, here we go.

Yoyogi Hachiman
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3587301489_2275056c65_b.jpg

Roppongi Hills
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Matsuri 1:
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Matsuri 2:
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Kyoto 1:
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Kyoto 2:
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Kyoto 3:
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Harsh Reality:
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[GaijinPunch]

Here's a before & after. I'm not sure WTF is happening. Either it's a shortcoming of JPG (likely) or me just sucking. The after shot looks great, until I save. :/

It's still better than the before, the but the sky keeps turning purple on me. It was an amazingly overcast day, which kind of destroyed all the pictures.

Hanami at Shinjuku Gyoen
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[Yakumo]

THat's very odd the way the colour keeps changing. What are you using to alter the image?

[alphagamer]

Harsh Reality:

[pic]



I see, collectors prices everywhere.

Can you get fruits for cheap somewhere in Japan?

[Yakumo]

Can you get fruits for cheap somewhere in Japan?Yes, move out of the big city. Even to me those prices are way over the top.

Yakumo

[andoba]

Japanese railways make me think of Valencian railways so much! :D

[GaijinPunch]

What are you using to alter the image?

Photoshop. Generally just dicking around w/ levels & color balance.


Can you get fruits for cheap somewhere in Japan?

I'm usually all for hunting for a good bargain, but in my fruit experience (which is vast since I don't eat meat) you get what you pay for in Japan. The sad thing is, that store isn't the most expensive. It's definitely above average. Quality is good, but not excellent. Bananas are fairly priced and taste good, but their avocados suck massive balls. If I really want to cum in my pants when I eat produce I go to Kinokuniya. But, I've left there 6000 yen short and only a bag or two of fruit. O_o It's ridiculous, I'll admit, but it does taste better, plain and simple.

[c_rpg]

Do they even sell fruit like strawberries and raspberries? I bet they cost even more :nod:

[GaijinPunch]

Yes. Strawberries are pretty cheap this time of year. You can get a nice "pack" for about 400 yen. I've got some in my fridge now. Raspberries are always expensive. However, I don't remember them ever being cheap in the US either.

[Oldgamingfart]

Maybe it would be cheaper without all that plastic packaging all over it! I thought for a recycling nation that would be a bit of a no-no?

[GaijinPunch]

I thought for a recycling nation that would be a bit of a no-no?

Dude... that's nothing. If you buy a box of crackers, the insides of them are wrapped in packs of 5! Japan is the king of over packaging.

[DCharlie]

i love "pricing signs that seem a little redundant" in super markets.

Like ....

"STRAWBERRIES!! 400 YEN A PUNNET!

TWO FOR 800 YEN

THREE FOR 1200 YEN

!!!!! < . < "

[alecjahn]

Hey, sometimes you only want 5 crackers, and also need the rest to stay fresh in case of nuclear holoca- I just realized this sentence is going in a very bad direction.

[DCharlie]

hoho, the wife is quite protective of what is left of her NES collection. She'd had a huge collection but lost a whole chunk of it due to a very dull and not very interesting incident.

Anyways, so - she had had what was left in a big plastic box - and it had been put of arms reach. However, i finally got to peek inside, quite fun and a bit like xmas. Iphone photos :/

one
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3595280436_900b0f2ea2_b.jpg


some rarish items, mostly just fun games :D Played an unhealthy amount of bungling bay last night :/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3595281444_4053c5c869_b.jpg

[Yakumo]

You're wife is a gamer and owns games!!?? You lucky bastard!

[GaijinPunch]

i
TWO FOR 800 YEN

THREE FOR 1200 YEN

Shibuya Tipness had a machine that cost money.
The Sign: 1 Time: 300 yen. 2 Times: 600 yen.

This is the land of redundancy though.

[DCharlie]

You're wife is a gamer and owns games!!?? You lucky bastard!


yeah, like i was saying in the other thread, she's one of the fabled J-Girls (except she's not really J)

Our nijikai at our wedding ended up having a game (!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvLJ8MDhWqk

[Oldgamingfart]

yeah, like i was saying in the other thread, she's one of the fabled J-Girls (except she's not really J)

Our nijikai at our wedding ended up having a game (!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvLJ8MDhWqk

LOL, that intro is hilarious!

[Yakumo]

Love the wedding video, DCharlie. You're a very lucky man. So you wife isn't Japanese or she is but not what is known as the typical jgirl?

[DCharlie]

she's half Japanese half portuguese - but she basically raised in a western way, but inhereted the games part of Japan :D

These days she's more of a western gamer than anything (Halo, Rainbow 6, left 4 dead, gears etc) but she'll basically play anything (FF11, Gradius 5, etc)

anyways, last few days i noticed another couple of suspicions boxes over her side of the gaming floor. Might have to go "black ops" and see what she has in there, though i fear the shoe box is going to be N64 stuff. I note with some glee that a complete unyellowed SNES has appeared on her shelf... :dance:

[graciano1337]

yeah, like i was saying in the other thread, she's one of the fabled J-Girls (except she's not really J)

Our nijikai at our wedding ended up having a game (!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvLJ8MDhWqk

Wow! That was amazing!

[Tatsujin]

lol..charlie, happy family with some secret spy actions :lol:

yeah..and a very great gift your friends gave to you twos wedding. absolutely priceless stuff!! :)

[DCharlie]

Random Japanese fly sticker

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/3185162102_96a2e501d9_b.jpg

night time booze stop off

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2914047127_054d8b84fb_b.jpg

the start of a very bad evening

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2211/1595118401_471a7fe21d_b.jpg

temples, no real need to do more than a couple :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/1597602325_9d80f639e3_b.jpg

Kyoto from a window

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/1599038450_64e1555737_b.jpg

spare parts express

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3151599791_a553e207df_b.jpg

Odiaba sun

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1015/1132107777_55f01d6e72_b.jpg

Aki pre-"incident" when the streets were fun
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1365/562812994_fda70c09f8_b.jpg

On the way to nijima

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/31925115_f4ef63ed9c_b.jpg

[graciano1337]

sweet pics DCharlie. i love the sun and the boat.

[ave]

Very nice pictures indeed. I really enjoy reading this thread, nowhere else I can find such a concentrated mass of beautiful shots :)

What happened to your last pic btw? It seems like the colors are crumbled in huge pixels.

[DCharlie]

weird , looks okay to me, but there are a huge number of sensor blobs on the shot - i thought i'd linked to the cleaned up shot - i guess not :D

[ave]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/1597602325_9d80f639e3_b.jpg

Is that the area around Kiyomizu-dera or the Inari-shrine? Looks very familiar to me.

[DCharlie]

it's kiyomizu-dera :D

[DCharlie]

recent day out in aki

coming in Kanda side!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/3613408183_74c36b986c_b.jpg

evangelilocker

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3364/3613408935_f3f046d01f_b.jpg

Persona Locker

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3613409257_16aca36c4e_b.jpg

nightwalker

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3613408651_babc89966e_b.jpg

blurry vizzions

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3614228610_95561753b9_b.jpg

nightlights

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3614229490_269ec0f3ea_b.jpg

streetlovers

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3614230042_7437e725b6_b.jpg

the wrong side of the tracks late at night

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3614232688_da55c9849d_b.jpg

[ave]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3614229490_269ec0f3ea_b.jpg
Awesome! I'd so love to be in Japan right now... there are so many great places to take photos. >_>

[alecjahn]

Kansas looks worse and worse every time I come to this thread.

Though it did rain today, and that was nice.

[Yakumo]

It's been a while since I posted any pictures in this thread so today I took a few. Just my luck that it became overcasted as soon as I get the camera out :shrug:

Here's a few shots of a mystery bridge that leads off in to the sea. Nobody knows what's at the other end. To me it looks to be some sort of terminal but I can't be sure. It's been closed ever since it was built a few years back. Just what is out there?

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8753/bridge1l.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/bridge1l.jpg/)
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4663/bridge2s.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/bridge2s.jpg/)
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6185/bridgeent.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/bridgeent.jpg/)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4002/bridgeroad.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/bridgeroad.jpg/)

Here's another bridge that the goverment built then wanted to charge people for using it even though there was a normal road that was just a quick. In the end this was closed down but re-opened this year for free use.
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2379/bridgeother.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/bridgeother.jpg/)
A picture of my car's console. No idea why I took it. Seems a nice shot at the time :rolleyes:
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/179/carconsole.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/carconsole.jpg/)

Finally a shitty mini van dressed up in anime images. I've actually got a picture of a Suzuki Swift tarted up in anime on my phone. I'll post that soon as well. Looks rather cool in a sad way.
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2333/animevan.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/animevan.jpg/)

Yakumo

[Tatsujin]

lol..that shop behind the mvan is a chuuko-game chain yes? found some in kanto and nagoya and their prices arised like nobody could believe it.

e.g. a lose darius alpha for 80'000yens! haha

that industrial area (oil refinery i guess) i just passed last friday night. and i will pass 'em again probably tomorrow.

[Yakumo]

lol..that shop behind the mvan is a chuuko-game chain yes? found some in kanto and nagoya and their prices arised like nobody could believe it.

e.g. a lose darius alpha for 80'000yens! haha

that industrial area (oil refinery i guess) i just passed last friday night. and i will pass 'em again probably tomorrow.It may be related but this one and others in the area are called Famicom World. Just like the Chuuko chain they ask really stupidly high prices for sun faded crap. God only know show they stay afloat.

Yakumo

[Tatsujin]

they use the same font white on black. and they ask really stupidly high prices for sun faded crap. it's already hard to outbid akibas high prices, but those hustlers know no schame :lol:

[Codeman]

@Yakumo

Where is this bridge? Have you tried using google maps/earth to see whats on the other end?

[graciano1337]

It's been a while since I posted any pictures in this thread so today I took a few. Just my luck that it became overcasted as soon as I get the camera out :shrug:

Yakumo

Overcast is the best time to take pictures.

[Yakumo]

@Yakumo

Where is this bridge? Have you tried using google maps/earth to see whats on the other end?
I tried that but the images on Google Earth are that old that the bridge isn't even there. Only the stumps upon which it's built. At the end of the stups is a large rectangular man made built area with what looks like a shipping lane guide. No building on there unlike now.

Yakumo

[handofg0d]

Does anyone have any pictures of Nara? Specifically of the Todai-ji Temple, Kōfuku-ji Temple, and the wild deer roaming the streets?

[Giel]

I have some from my trips there, any particular reason why you'd like to see them? I'm sure there's enough to be found on Google.

[handofg0d]

I have some from my trips there, any particular reason why you'd like to see them? I'm sure there's enough to be found on Google.

Sure, there are plenty on google, but there are plenty of images of all of japan on google. I read this thread for more intimate views of Japan, as most of the photos in here are taken for personal viewing, not tourism.

[Yakumo]

Here's that anime decorated Suzuki Swift I mentioned on the other page.

Cropped image
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2376/animeswift0.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/animeswift0.jpg/)

Original picture
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5642/animeswift1.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/animeswift1.jpg/)

Please excuse the poor quality. My phone's camera is last.

Yakumo

[DCharlie]

Yakumo, odd question : are you by any chance from Liverpool?

Anyways, had to go to the ward office so decided to take a walk in the rain. Came across a whole section of weird.

Sudden amount of weird abandoned house complex things - lots of overgrown plants, disused/disrepaired play parks etc.

Took a couple of shots, but going to go back with video cam/camera (these taken on iphone) was all quite surreal.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2613/3691953787_330bf633aa_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3692755128_441184d07d_b.jpg

Oh wow, turns out this complex has been around since the late 50s, they are redeveloping next year...

http://www.geocities.jp/asagaya_jyutaku/page/photo/memory/memory003_3/image/003-3.jpg

[Yakumo]

Yakumo, odd question : are you by any chance from Liverpool?Yes, but my accent is no where near as bad as the "real" scouse accent. I do have it in me though.

Nice find on those buildings. Old creapy apartment blocks are quite spooky at night.

Yakumo

[Oldgamingfart]

Yes, but my accent is no where near as bad as the "real" scouse accent. I do have it in me though.


What like these guys? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaccLMuLa7o&feature=fvw :lol:

[DCharlie]

Yes, but my accent is no where near as bad as the "real" scouse accent. I do have it in me though.

haha, cool.

I went to university in Liverpool many many years ago - not seen/heard the phrase "<subject> is/was last" in many years :D

[Yakumo]

What like these guys? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaccLMuLa7o&feature=fvw :lol::lol: Harry Enfield's sketch, the scousers is so funny! Even us from Liverpool laugh at them characters because it's so true of the typical stereo type scouser.


haha, cool.

I went to university in Liverpool many many years ago - not seen/heard the phrase "<subject> is/was last" in many years :Dbloody hell, you guessed I was from Liverpool just from that? Pretty good going :thumbsup:

Yakumo

[DCharlie]

Hoho ....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3691958449_f966278d3a_b.jpg

[graciano1337]

I see what you did there.

[DCharlie]

Something a little different, made a video of todays DQ9 launch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuMvUEV1K0

[Yakumo]

nice video there of the DQ9 launch. I never had a clue there was a new DQ game until I saw the news today. Just goes to show how much I care about the series :lol: It's still hard to believe that the game gets such massive sales on release after all these years. I've only ever played the SFC Dragon Quest games and to be honest I always thought Final Fantasy 4,5 and 6 were better. In fact for my, Final Fantasy 6 was the last great game in the series as far as story went.

Yakumo

[SuperGrafx]

Hoho ....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3691958449_f966278d3a_b.jpg

Haha.
The one thing I've always admired about Japanese culture is the fun and quirky advertising. They're not afraid to dress up signage and ads with cute and weird characters.

[DCharlie]

In fact for my, Final Fantasy 6 was the last great game in the series as far as story went.


haha, the wife was only just going about how FF7 was the start of the end of the series for her and how FF6 was the high point.

i never finished FF6, didn't get far into it either, so she's been on my back about playing it through for a while now.

[Yakumo]

Ah, your wife knows quality gaming. FF7 was ndeed the start of the down fall. THere will be many newer gamers who won't understand why the simple looking FF6 was the last great FF game in the series. The Final Fantasy games of today have no conection to the good games apart from the name. In away, Final Fantsy in now just a brand name to sell cack just like Sonic :(

[Johnny]

The problem is that Final Fantasy brand is way overhyped. I mean Square Enix could make a shit game (like they did with Dirge of Cerberus) and it would sell millions of copies, while some not known company could make the greatest RPG of all time and it would sell ok.

People read "New Final Fantasy soon" and they end up acting like druggies. "Need, Need"...


I liked FFVII and FFXII, but i'm not a big RPG fan. Apart from Kingdom Hears series, Grandia 2 and Wild Arms, most fun RPGs i played were before the "3d era". Actually i think i like the first Wild Arms so much is because he mixes the 2d and 3d, and has a fantastic soundtrack. The intro music is just unforgettable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISSAZrUU9aU

[Tatsujin]

we had a partial solar eclipse here in japan, so I had the chance to take a rare shot between the lots of clouds..lol.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2060/solareclipse1.jpg

:)

[graciano1337]

^^ Awesome!!

[GaijinPunch]

Cloudy as balls in my hood. Didn't get to see it. Maybe again in 132 years.

[Omar]

Saw it from Kyoto. I kinda expected a darkening day so was slightly disappointed (2000 eclipse from Paris was quite dark), but that day was still awesome and all-day party :)
Btw wondering if anyone on this board lives in Kansai ? I live in Kyoto now.

[DiamondDave]

Akihabara at night.
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/NEO-AEG/Japantrip028.jpg



Look at all those ants....
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/NEO-AEG/Japantrip004.jpg
I'd hate to be responsible for writing jay walking tickets, that's for sure.

[GaijinPunch]

Look at all those ants....

It's hard to when the picture is so out of focus.


I'd hate to be responsible for writing jay walking tickets, that's for sure.

Not a problem (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A9%E8%A1%8C%E8%80%85%E5%A4%A9%E5%9B%BD)

[DCharlie]

trying desperately to learn how to shoot decent video by throwing together an akihabara vid, will throw it up once it's done.

hmmmm - this turned out a bit shitty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hmeY-rKAw

ah well, i know how to make things better - just need to go shoot more stuff and put it all together :D

[handofg0d]

trying desperately to learn how to shoot decent video by throwing together an akihabara vid, will throw it up once it's done.

hmmmm - this turned out a bit shitty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hmeY-rKAw

ah well, i know how to make things better - just need to go shoot more stuff and put it all together :D

I loved it. I can't find the right word for the feeling I got while watching it, but it was one I enjoyed very much. Thanks and I look forward to more videos.

[Tchoin]

trying desperately to learn how to shoot decent video by throwing together an akihabara vid, will throw it up once it's done.

hmmmm - this turned out a bit shitty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hmeY-rKAw

ah well, i know how to make things better - just need to go shoot more stuff and put it all together :D

Loved the video !!

Really cool, you should make some more!

[graciano1337]

trying desperately to learn how to shoot decent video by throwing together an akihabara vid, will throw it up once it's done.

hmmmm - this turned out a bit shitty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hmeY-rKAw

ah well, i know how to make things better - just need to go shoot more stuff and put it all together :D

it's amazing what a little music will do to a video. :thumbsup:

[DCharlie]

Another short video from around our area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJBqt73J8xg

[phate]

it's amazing what a little music will do to a video. :thumbsup:
sounds like the music from Mirror's Edge

that said, good video, its cool to see Aki at ground level like that.

I could never do that, stand out in the open and just record stuff on camera... I have a bit of social anxiety (Thanks Mom!) that keeps me from doing that kinda of stuff. I'd love to but just "can't".

[DCharlie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-7tV4EePas

threw together a quick (and choppy!) Aki-by-day time - not really much in the way of gaming in there, but gives a feel of what it's like i guess.

Incredibly ballsy (obviously!) cross dresser in the video. Guy was pretty built - the look on the old store keepers face is pretty awesome - it's somewhere near the end.

[cantido]

Apparently I haven't been integrated enough into Japanese society to be allowed to complain about the place, so I thought I'd upload a few images instead.

A lot of people don't realise how dangerous Hokkaidou is in the winter. A few years back when these where taken me and the misses went to Sapporo to see someone, CoCo I think.. any how on the way home we crossed over the road, and just as we crossed one of the new type Mini's flew across the pavement we had just been standing on and took out a tree, and half of a shop. Salting the roads would be a good idea.

[Tatsujin]

some amateur night shoots of the kanagawa shinbun hanabitaikai 2009 in minato mirai :)

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4402/p1070957.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/213/p1070801.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6580/p1070827z.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7671/p1070830.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3295/p1070832.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1496/p1070834k.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8652/p1070839b.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3715/p1070840.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4636/p1070841.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4995/p1070847e.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2734/p1070848.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7066/p1070853.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4056/p1070854r.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4004/p1070855o.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7860/p1070858m.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8864/p1070860.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3854/p1070869x.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5572/p1070906.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3329/p1070924.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2316/p1070937.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3781/p1070938d.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4282/p1070940.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4793/p1070947w.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5373/p1070948.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3676/p1070951h.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6773/p1070955z.jpg

[DCharlie]

nice shots as always Tatsujin!

[ccovell]

This might not be the most exciting, but here are my most recent Obon holiday pics (there are some games in there too, honest!):

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/Izu/


And once again, some more pics from all over Japan in general:
http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/lifeinjapan.html

[DCharlie]

tamagawa fireworks finale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve8AAg8Vzdg

[Oldgamingfart]

tamagawa fireworks finale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve8AAg8Vzdg

LOL, just as you think it's over....

[Yakumo]

Today (August 23rd) was the Bakan Festival here in Shimonoseki. Basically it's a festival to celebrate the old Shimonoseki or so I believe. Anyway, the main feature of this festival that most of the city attends is the dance. This consists of thousands of citizens of the city performing a special dance along the city center's main 1 mile (1.6km) street. The amount of people that take part is unbelievable. maybe these pictures can give you an idea. Sorry about the quality but I was a bit on the tipsy side...... oh alright, I was well out of it :D

All the dancers are split in to their companies that they work for. As you can see, the dancers go right off in to the distance and these pictures were taken near the center of the parade.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2870/bakan03s.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/bakan03s.jpg/)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2694/bakan04m.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/bakan04m.jpg/)

The people dance to the rhythm banged out by these guys while two women whale out a traditional (oh my ears are bleeding) Japanese song. Sort of a cross between enka and Buddhist chants.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9573/bakan02.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/bakan02.jpg/)

Of course I'm not really in to this dancing because I've seen it 10 times or so, so I spent most of my time stuffing my face and drinking among the 100 or so stalls.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2835/bakan01.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/bakan01.jpg/)

Yakumo

[DCharlie]

best restaurant receipt ever!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/27380682.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1251993524&Signature=9qdwDdyH8cHF37S%2Bt4pdx7%2FMi3A%3D

[Tatsujin]

uh D, that link doesn't work:-(

[DCharlie]

doh. will try that again.

[DCharlie]

here we go !

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/3885485759_0374720dbf.jpg

[alphagamer]

Hey, FOOD, i had that too! :lol:

[Tatsujin]

FOOD! yeah, quite important it is!

[Jamtex]

Not sure about the best resturant reciept ever as I've had similar ones in resturants, one even said Alcohol...

[andoba]

here we go !

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/3885485759_0374720dbf.jpg

Too much information on that receipt. :lol::lol:

[ianoid]

Even Japanese fireworks are better.

[Yakumo]

I visited some waterfall today with a few freinds. Mostly took video but I did managed to squeeze off at least 2 not so great images.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9453/falls1e.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/falls1e.jpg/)
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2978/falls2.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/falls2.jpg/)

Yakumo

[thomj]

Those are beautiful rocks. I love how it's just about impossible to tell the scale on the first photo.

[Yakumo]

It was actually quite high but you can't really tell from the pictures. The video I did shows the scale much better.

[Lethal Jelly]

I've lost my Gaijin Card! :O

I can feel a kerfuffle coming on...

[Johnny]

here we go !

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/3885485759_0374720dbf.jpg

This is too damn funny. :lol:


Hey, FOOD, i had that too! :lol:

:lol: Best. Comment. Ever

[Yakumo]

No pictures posted in this thread for a while so here's one I took on the way home tonight.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4715/stireflexion.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/i/stireflexion.jpg/)

I'm on the 2nd level of a 3 level road behind a chrome tanker. Love driving behind those things. It's like driving in a cruved lense :)

yakumo

[alecjahn]

F-ing amazing.

[Borman]

Thats a pretty awesome shot Yakumo :)

[alecjahn]

Is that the license plate slightly obstructed by the ladder?

Or, is it less necessary since there's a billion other numbers/characters on the back of the truck?

[Yakumo]

I'm glad you guys like the picture. I just whish I had a real camera on me at the time. That was taken with my piss poor 2mega Pixel phone camera through a not so clean windscreen. That's why I shrunk the picture down to hide a lot of the nasty "fuzz" on it.

alecjahn, that ladder is obstructing a part of the number plate but you can get away with it. Japan has many stupid ass laws about driving and cars yet nobody gives a shit and neither do the police. The only problem you'll face is when you got to get the car MOT'ed (serviced for a new tax disc). They will fail you on such a problem. The owner of the truck would just remove the ladder before the examination though or move the number plate.

Yakumo

[andoba]

Man, that much shinning tank must be distracting. XDDDDD

[ave]

I love those sparkling Japanese trucks. You never see those here in Europe, although over the past few years European truck drivers seem to have been inspired by their American colleagues and began installing lots of unnecessary lamps and reflectors on their machines :)

But chrome ain't as much "in" as it is in Japan. I wonder if there is a law how much chrome on a car is allowed, I know that cars over here are limited when it comes to the % covered in chrome b/c the mirror-effect could distract / confuse other drivers.

[Oldgamingfart]

It looks like you've opened a time bubble to a parallel universe! But yeah I guess it's pretty cool being able to see yourself driving along. I wonder if it made you feel a little bit self-conscious?

[Yakumo]

Driving behind a chrome truck IS really cool but you have to be careful not to become mesmerized by looking in to it for too long.

I don't know if there is a rule about how much chrome you can have on a Japanese vehicle but I do hate it when idiots in those stupid shitty 3 cylinder small cars add chrome because they are that small and shitty the light from the sun or your headlights at night just reflex back at you dazzling you. Right dumb arse twats those people are. The trucks are fine because they are high up so it doesn't bother drivers.

Yakumo

[alecjahn]

<-- wishes chrome vehicles were the bane of my existence instead of big for trucks and other bullshit.

When I worked at a Ford dealership (IT), I realized how many damn useless big trucks were sold in comparison to other vehicles here. I guess I do live in Kansas, which is only a state removed from Texas (sorry Texas). It always made me really happy to hear the internet sales staff (where my office was) talking to farmers who lived miles away and actually needed a truck with dualies to tow their equipment instead of just some schmuck who needed to compensate for something.
Side story: Local aero company Boeing (now Spirit) has a surplus shop and once I parked in the lot next to a FULL SIZE Dodge truck that decided to take up two spaces.
And had two full-size poodles in the front seat.

HAH

Anyways.
I figured I'd ask: is it actually difficult to drive a... "normal sized" car in Japan, as opposed to the many compacts and such that I certainly see around? Maybe just the residential nooks and crannies can get a bit technical. My friend Luke has an older Skyline and his street is pretty damn narrow. Yield!!!

[Yakumo]

If by normal sized car you mean European or Japanese normal then no. Not a problem at all. People just buy those little shiity box things because tax, insurance and MOT fees are so cheap. My Imprezza cost me only 1 million yen. My wife's Mitsubishi EK Wagon (3 cylinder little boxy crap) cost the same. OK, her car was brand new and mine was an 8 month old ex-display with 1200km on the clock that looked and smelt brand new, but really it's a no brainier to which car you'd buy. Saying that, many Japanese guys just have no real interest in cars which is probably why they drive like shit and buy crappy "family" cars or little turdy box cars then add a load of body kits and so on until they look really stupid.

As you can tell, I'm not a fan of small box cars, people carriers when most Japanese only have 1 or 2 kids. Why the hell do you need a people carrier? I like my sports saloons / sedans like Impreza, Evo, M series BMW, Audi and so on.

Yakumo

[Yakumo]

I'm off my face at the moment as they say back home in the Uk after drinking 1.5 liters of chuhai (Sake) but I'll concentrate to bring you these pictures.

Today I found a very cool area on a mountain while taking the car for a good work out. These places are probably bomb shelters from the 2nd world war. The "homes" were carved in to the actual mountain side.!

Pictures taken with amy piss poor 2mega pixel camera phone. Actually I'm surprised they turned out because inside was so dark.

THE HOMES
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8981/sbsh0629.jpg (http://img515.imageshack.us/i/sbsh0629.jpg/)

THE DARK TUNNEL - My mate bet me 10'000 yen to walk to the end and take a picture to prove it. Fuck that!
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/190/sbsh0630.jpg (http://img410.imageshack.us/i/sbsh0630.jpg/)

INSIDE THE HOME
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6042/sbsh0631.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/i/sbsh0631.jpg/)

yakumo

[Yakumo]

Me again. Nothing better than being out of yeh head on drink :lol: Anyway, I forgot to post a few pictures of an old closed down arcade I "visted" a few weeks back. Nothing at all of interest apart from a load of crap but wait, what's that. WOW, a G-LOC arcade cab!!. I'm seriously planning on renting a truck to take it home. Problem is that I have nowhere to store it :(

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5526/20090923135047.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/i/20090923135047.jpg/)
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7576/20090923133657.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/20090923133657.jpg/)

Yakumo

[Yakumo]

Today I was very lucky to have permission to enter private Mitsubishi grounds situated in Choufu, Shimonoseki. These grounds are only open to the highest positioned people within the company so the likes of me being able to enter is quite rare. So I took the chance to grab a video and a few pictures while I was there. I doubt I'll ever be able to enter again.

These mini towers are all over the place. They represent dead members of the family that originally owned the land.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4602/mitsu1d.jpg (http://img410.imageshack.us/i/mitsu1d.jpg/)

This is the side entrance to the "mansion".
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5434/mitsu2.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/i/mitsu2.jpg/)

A sneaky shot from within the building. This shows one of the main bedroom quarters from the outside.
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These lanterns light up the hallways. When I was there though none were on giving the place a right creapy feel.
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This is the main dinning hall. This is still used today when the big wigs of Mitsubishi get together to blow some cash on booze and food.
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An outside view of the dinning area.
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Within the grounds are the remains of what was going to be a British style house. This was built over 100 years ago however during construction the owner of the land of that time had some bad luck which cost him a lot of money. Construction of the building had to be stopped half way though. Originally the entire outer section of the house was completed but has fallen down throughout time.
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Another view of the British house.
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The entire area is surrounded in beautiful trees.
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Yakumo

[caincan]

these mitsubishi pictures are astounding, i love autumn. and the gloc arcade is quite fun & unusual to see there :)

[Tatsujin]

cool. and now please explain us, why you had permission to enter the rare ground? :)

next stage, mitsubishis gunkanjima ;)

[Yakumo]

cool. and now please explain us, why you had permission to enter the rare ground? :)

next stage, mitsubishis gunkanjima ;)As you may or may not know, my wife works for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (the section that makes ships) in the foreign travel section. Mitsubishi wanted to use our son's picture in their promotion paper so we had to go to this closed off private area that Mitsubishi own for the pictures to be taken. In the whole place was myself, wife, son and some guy from Mitsubishi who was taking the photos. It was quite a thing to be in such a massive privately owned area and to be able to roam around as I pleased. Inside that mansion was quite creapy though due to there being no lights. Thank God it was so bright outside.

Yakumo

[Tatsujin]

wow..very nice. the lil' gets some celebrity touch :) gongrats.

btw. I just visited mitsubishi heavy ind. today. the sagamihara plant :)