A Week in Tokyo 13
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Sat 2008/04/26 19:31
Another busy week in Tokyo running around like mad man.
Photo taken outside Takadanobaba station. This place was our first hub when we came to Japan - lived on the Seibu Shinjuku line about 30 mins to the West. Brought back lots of memories just standing in this spot. Nine years it has been.
Photo taken outside Takadanobaba station. This place was our first hub when we came to Japan - lived on the Seibu Shinjuku line about 30 mins to the West. Brought back lots of memories just standing in this spot. Nine years it has been.
Not really a place to visit but is home to Waseda university so you see a load of students around the area.
One thing you may want to see is the amount of Tezuka stuff around - I believe his first studios were in the area. You can see his work decorating the streets and shops.
More Tezuka stuff - my fave being Astro Boy Atom. The last series of Atom was awesome - OP below.
Having some "Indo Ryori" or "Indian food" for a lunch meeting.
One thing I do like about Tokyo is the variety of international food available. In my area there is an English pub which does decent fish n chips (no savaloy though) and Italian, Spanish, Thai, Philippine, Korean, French and Chinese places to dine at.
Ginza has much more variety though - there are a few good Malaysian places there which I enjoy.
When I visit Shanghai however, I hardly see any international cuisine - a few Japanese and Korean places but thats it.
What is your region like? Do you have plenty of international nourishment establishments to dine at?
One thing I do like about Tokyo is the variety of international food available. In my area there is an English pub which does decent fish n chips (no savaloy though) and Italian, Spanish, Thai, Philippine, Korean, French and Chinese places to dine at.
Ginza has much more variety though - there are a few good Malaysian places there which I enjoy.
When I visit Shanghai however, I hardly see any international cuisine - a few Japanese and Korean places but thats it.
What is your region like? Do you have plenty of international nourishment establishments to dine at?
"This bicycle park is for customers only."
Have a habit of dropping figures because I fidget with them while thinking of database schematics and stuff.
The last figure I dropped was Mizuki-chan - ribbon fixed with some superglue.
And this is what I use to dust down the figures - a cooking brush picked up from a 100 yen store. Spend time every few days going through the Gunpla and figures doing dusting - its kinda therapeutic ^^;
Is having the Yakiniku - DIY cooking of beefs at the dinner meetings.
I've got a picture of me and Milla Jovovich somewhere - need to dig it up. Met her back in the UK when I was a groupie.
Is Biohazard 3 any good?
Is Biohazard 3 any good?
Walkies in Yokohama.
Want a boat - need to buy a plane first though.
Is having the sandwich for the lunch meetings. Sandwiches are known as "Sando" which is short for "Sandwich" but the Japanese often romanize "Sando" and write it as "Sand."
Have seen a sign saying "Have some delicious sand for lunch."
Have seen a sign saying "Have some delicious sand for lunch."
Out to get some groceries. That yellow sign means "medicine." A pharmacy is known as "Yakkyoku" [薬局[やっきょく]]。
No escaping these two.
The first drink I buy when I land in Seoul is Achim Haetsal - I think its a sort of rice drink. Tastes gorgeous. Luckily they sell it in Korean stores in Tokyo too.
Shin Ookubo [新大久保] has a large Korean population so if you are looking for good Korean food and groceries then thats the place to go - get off at Shin Ookubo station on the JR Yamanote line.
Shin Ookubo [新大久保] has a large Korean population so if you are looking for good Korean food and groceries then thats the place to go - get off at Shin Ookubo station on the JR Yamanote line.
Is having some Kaisen Yakisoba for the lunch.
Stopping by at a local shrine.
Picking up some drinks from the conbini.
Hoshino Aki plays Wii Mario Kart. Mario Kart CM below.
Getting the Yamanote line.
On the move.
Posted this pic yesterday - enlargeable.
Member Gordon was wondering why some photos don't enlarge - articles with gallery photos enlarge while non-gallery articles only have 400px wide photos. I generally do gallery articles where photos may be worth enlarging.
Member Gordon was wondering why some photos don't enlarge - articles with gallery photos enlarge while non-gallery articles only have 400px wide photos. I generally do gallery articles where photos may be worth enlarging.
Having some udon for din dins.
Going for some lunch.
A guard protecting his cones.
They are doing some decent Keroro goodies with the kids meal at Mc Dees - full list here.
A morning walk.
Visiting Joi Labs.
Some residential parking looks like this. 6 cars can park in this small space. There are a set of controls to lower and raise the bays.
This is the parking unit rising to show the third bay at the bottom.
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Toronto has a lot to offer for multicultural cuisine, just have to drive to places that's all and gas isn't getting cheap =(
(ID #175700) Posted on 2008/04/26 19:51
Videogame Magazine Editor
Well, the area where I work at isn't as international cuisine friendly, but at Damansara Uptown which is 5 minutes drive away, there're a number of Japanese, Korean, Italian, European, Vietnamese and even Swiss restaurants in the vicinity. And of course lots of Mamak and Chinese eateries. :p That 6-car park looks really neat. Reminds me of the movie I, Robot when Will Smith's character parks his car.
(ID #175701) Posted on 2008/04/26 19:52
Gundam parking hmmmmm
(ID #175819) Posted on 2008/04/27 03:02
Oh yeah, we have a large variety of international cuisine here. One of the main things to do here is eat. Both pricey and cheap places to chose from. Excellent east Indian restaurants that look much more appetizing. Ever come to visit Danny I'll prove it to ya.
(ID #175703) Posted on 2008/04/26 19:58
Did you remember to switch your phone off when you took that picture standing in the priority seating area? eh?
(ID #175704) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:00
Stupid comments of the day (I'm sure you missed them): - Why did Astro Boy never bothered in at least wearing a T-shirt? - Nice Boat~! - Better to have "Have a delicious sand for lunch" than "Have a delicious wich (sic) for lunch"... Seriously!! And heck, the selection for international food is huge here. No problem in finding the most suitable one for the taste of the person you want to have a date with. ^^;
(ID #175706) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:10
Web designer/blogger and studying
"A guard protecting his cones." - Haha, that made me laugh so hard, lol. On topic though, we have many international cuisine places here in Sweden, but I don't think we have anything Korean =/.
(ID #175708) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:18
Web Developer (i.e. Otaku)
Don't laugh - those baton waving men saved my life literally dozens of times while I was in Tokyo!!!
(ID #176637) Posted on 2008/04/28 18:17
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
Cologne isn't bad about international cuisine, you find bout everything here. Though in case of japanese cuisine i prefer Düsseldorf (little Tokio - yay). This post reminds me to my first trip ever to Japan, i was 17 - young and dumb. So when i did meet with a person for interviews i asked him where to go for lunch as my company back then would pay and so on... and i was being draged of into a GERMAN restaurant... humpf... i fly half around the globe to have german food... orz. He did notice that it wasn't such a smart idea afterwards and draged me into a bookstore to buy me a load of "Wining and Dining in Tokyo" books... i still have those but i bet they are outdated lol... 10 years... *sigh* =.=
(ID #175709) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:21
Here where I stay, definitely lots of International food to choose. The problem is that eventhough there's a lot to choose, you need to find a good place. Some are just...not so good ^^; I like the parking lot methods XD As for cleaning figures/Gunpla, I recommend using a blow dryer, but don't forget to put it under cool air, because you don't want to accidentally "melt" your figure with the hot air XD Fast and save time too d^^b
(ID #175712) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:29
Illustrator & Designer
I recently got this random gachapon thing that plays the theme music from the Takadanobaba station and it's the theme song to Tezuka's Astro Boy! ^__^ Astro Boy was and is my favourite anime of all time I think. The new series looks great but I think I've only watching the first season... Lots of international cuisine around my area (suburb) here. A really nice and cheap Indian place about 10 mins away. A great Korean place nearby, too. I've always wanted to know how you clean / dust your figures, Danny. Thanks for sharing that bit of info. Re: Achim Haetsal, I've actually had this before when I didn't know what drink to get at a local Korean grocery store. It's very yummy, I have to definitely agree. Quite filling, too. Can't decide if I should get Mario Kart Wii yet. I know if I do, I won't get any work done after my day job. There're so many games I want too, like Ninja Gaiden DS, Prof. Layton, The World Ends With You, GT5 on PS3, etc. etc.
(ID #175716) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:35
Director/代表取締役
Ninja Gaiden DS is awesome.
(ID #175913) Posted on 2008/04/27 10:30
Within a a few blocks of my university are lots of different small eateries representing the diverse somewhat cooking competent immigrant population who want their kids to go to UC Berkeley. Good eats, that.
(ID #175719) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:40
We have a few places here in Lund. Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Greece. Awesome photos as usual Danny, I love how you brush your figures. Could use one of those too. ^^;
(ID #175723) Posted on 2008/04/26 20:53
Where I live, we have a chinese and and indian close to us (naturally, not one but two fish and chips and a sandwhich bar too), however I would probably have to travel 30 mins/45 mins on the train to the city to find Japanese, Korean etc. I've not actually seen any Japanese or Korean there though... So, not much different types of food :D I'd love to try Korean food though! That car park looks quite awesome too.
(ID #175731) Posted on 2008/04/26 21:54
Full-time student へへ
just out of curiosity, how many figures do you carry around on a daily basis. you always seem to have a different figure for each shot!
(ID #175735) Posted on 2008/04/26 22:04
Director/代表取締役
Usually one ^^;
(ID #175912) Posted on 2008/04/27 10:29
Full-time student へへ
and it always has the perfect pose ^^
(ID #176227) Posted on 2008/04/28 00:54
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
The Indian bread there makes for funny pun (as in Yakitate!! Japan!) Kuroyanagi: "Kore wa nan-da!" Azuma: "That's why I told you it's Ja-pan!" ^^ Btw I lurve how detailed the photos depict Tokyo since that makes me feel like being there by myself. Would love to have more details photographed down. ^^ And, in my area, I haven't really traveled that much so I don't know what kind of international cuisine we have here in Sunway. I have seen Chinese (lots of them) and Japanese restaurants, though.
(ID #175736) Posted on 2008/04/26 22:06
Part human, part student, 100% loser
Singapore is definitely the place to visit if you want to eat... LOL @ the guard guarding his "cones" , I don't know why but it just sounds wrong...
(ID #175737) Posted on 2008/04/26 22:10
Student, Spiral Warrior
Taibei's full on international cuisine, but so far we've found that much of it is really Taiwanese food in disguise – kind of bland. Some really good things are out there, though; just usually more expensive.
(ID #175745) Posted on 2008/04/26 22:35
Student
I haven't seen any korean places here in edinburgh, but i know there is one in our neighboring city glasgow. But otherwise there are a few japanese restaurants, but more indian, chinese and thai restaurants, as well as a lot of european cuisine. That being said, edinburgh is a pretty international city, so i'd imagine there are a variety of cultural restaurants available; i think i saw an ethiopian restaurant too. How cool are those car parking units right. I was wondering, if you use your car in tokyo, how often you take advantage of these systems?
(ID #175754) Posted on 2008/04/26 23:00
Wannabe Designer
We've got plenty of international food around Brisbane, though most of the cheaper stuff is of Asian and Indian heritage. Current favorite is Hanaichi, which does a selection of Japanese food... not to mention that AU$5.90 will get you a meal ten times better than Maccas and twice the size. The other good one is Govindahs, which is a Krishna joint, but if you're a student about seven bucks will buy a plate you'll never finish.
(ID #175756) Posted on 2008/04/26 23:24
宅男 Otaku/ 工程师 Engineer
the indian food looks like roti prata. yum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roti_prata and lastly, resident evil 3 is alright. much much better than 1 & 2.
(ID #175758) Posted on 2008/04/26 23:29
University Student.
Actually, it's not roti prata but Naan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naan
(ID #175764) Posted on 2008/04/26 23:42
University Student.
Danny you have a flying license? A 2-seater plane is pretty cheap these days, you could easily get one for about 7.5 million yen, and it runs on petrol too! I also use a brush to dust my figures about once a week, then about once every 2 months I'll remove them and give the shelf a wipe before putting them back.
(ID #175766) Posted on 2008/04/26 23:46
Director/代表取締役
Not yet - was going to take flying lessons while in Seattle but never got round to it.
(ID #175911) Posted on 2008/04/27 10:28
Japanese, Chinese, English, Italian, Scottish, Irish, Vietnamese, Indian, Polish, Thai, Mexican etc... There is a huge sushi following in Utah so there are a ton of sushi bars and Japaneses steakhouses where I live. I just went to a Irish restaurant that opened up last week and the meat loaf was like mush. Tasted nasty. Some place called MacCools.
(ID #175776) Posted on 2008/04/27 00:03
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
my goodnes, , morning something rice o.o i never drank that even though i live in korea for a long time. anyways i have to go to japan @.@ need to buy me some new plastic models
(ID #175782) Posted on 2008/04/27 00:35
Another great set of A Week in Tokyo! Is Tezuka still alive by the way? My city/region has cuisine of ALL OVER THE WORLD. But, I don't have much time to go to the restaurants and taste a piece of the world. Clumsy Danny! Dropping your figures, disgraceful! Aww man, I really want some of that Yakiniku, and some of that delicious sand. NO WAY DANNY! You met Milla in real life? WOW! I'm always drinking that rice drink, one of my favorites. I didn't know it was Korean, I thought it was a Mexican thing! Sadly, I don't have a Wii at the moment. I'm going American right now, with the Xbox 360! That parking thing looks cool, hopefully something bad never happens. I LOVE YOU DANNY!
(ID #175786) Posted on 2008/04/27 00:52
Tezuka has left our world in Feb 9 of the year 1989... Been a while indeed.
(ID #175809) Posted on 2008/04/27 02:43
Upstair ...addicted to anything related to chibi
A plane!!!! You want to buy a plane....where you will park at.....
(ID #175787) Posted on 2008/04/27 00:54
Omg!! Who's the guy in the Mario Karts CM?!?! I saw him in a cm while in Japan, but i forgot his name! :( And OMG at the toys in McDonald's!!! What is this?!?! Japan gets the cool stuff while we get the ugly "barbies" and "transformer" "figures" XD
(ID #175790) Posted on 2008/04/27 01:26
Hello I'm new here, but I have a questions. I am going to go too school for animation after I take three college drawing art classes. Any ways my question is this, if I don't find work or don't find anything I like in the U.S. in animation could I go to Japan, and work for a animation studio? Or would that be a bad idea. I'm not looking to be famous, I just want a job where I could be creative and do what I love doing most and that is drawing. I know that there is lots of pressure in the anime business to get things done on time and come up with new ideas. But I am good at what I do and put a lot of work and effort into my drawings, and I'm going to have nine college credits and I'm also going to have a bachelor degree in art and media fron the International Art Institute in Minnesota. So I would not see why people over seas would not want to hire me.
(ID #175791) Posted on 2008/04/27 01:30
Director/代表取締役
Language may be a barrier.
(ID #175910) Posted on 2008/04/27 10:27
Speaking of food, would anyone know if they have vegan cuisine in Japan? Veganism is no meat, no dairy, no eggs, no animal by-products.
(ID #175795) Posted on 2008/04/27 01:47
Director/代表取締役
Not that I've come across.
(ID #175908) Posted on 2008/04/27 10:24
Monster raving loony
The November 2005 issue of JapanZine had English-language articles on how to order vegetarian and | or vegan food in Japan. Browse its W-WW archive to see if it's on-line. [The print magazine is sitting in a stack somewhere here; which is why I don't quote directly from it.] The biggest snag it had for vegetarians was that a lot of restaurants did not consider the little gold flakes which were sprinkled on top of your meal to count as <i>meat</i>, even though it actually was. Danny, where were you ten years ago? Near the Higashi-Murayama station?
(ID #176396) Posted on 2008/04/28 09:29
Monster raving loony
I get to reply to myself again. ;=)> I found the issue of _JapanZine_. "little gold flakes" should read "dried bonito shavings". vegietokyo.com/ is a good source for vegetarians in Tokyo (but it has not been updated in nearly two years). See Bento.com's list of "Tokyo restaurants of interest to vegetarians". [http://bento.com/r-veg.html (Tokyo)] [http://bento.com/kansai/kf-veg.html (Kansai)] The article [by Anna Ludvik] also mentions natto and tofu as being widely available. "I do not eat meat, dairy, or eggs." = "Watashi wa niku, sakana, nyuseihin, tamago o tabemasen."
(ID #177117) Posted on 2008/04/29 08:50
