A Week in Tokyo 23
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Sun 2008/08/24 15:17
Particularly busy in Tokyo this week. Major milestone completions, Portal redesign launch and filming - an extremely fulfilling week. Next week will be filled with external meetings, Chara Hobby, server migrations to be followed the following week by more major TV network filming and if all goes well the launch of one of my clients English websites.
Cant mention which news network carried out the filming but will announce once its on air - you will be able to see it online. Here you see us going through a box of puchi nendoroids.
Out of all the media appearances I've made, this one is the biggest and pretty much covers the entire globe. They cover my work in Tokyo and film me working with one of my clients at their office which also gives them exposure too. The news feature wil also be the first news network to announce a certain thingy ^^; Very much looking forward to this one.
Comrades who are website owners will know that I try my best to channel traffic to their sites instead of attempting to keep everybody behind a silo - will continue to carry out my duty of sharing because sharing is good for everyone.
Comrades who are website owners will know that I try my best to channel traffic to their sites instead of attempting to keep everybody behind a silo - will continue to carry out my duty of sharing because sharing is good for everyone.
And then we hit Shibuya for some filming of Japanese Girls ^^;
Need to find a way to easily update the media apperance list which keeps growing ^^;
Need to find a way to easily update the media apperance list which keeps growing ^^;
- CNN (iPhone 3G Tokyo Launch)
- G4TV
- Lily Allen and Friends (UK BBC)
- Weekly Ascii (100 famous folks gadgets)
- Blog TV (Tokyo MX TV)
- News Zero (Nippon TV)
- Akiba Report part1 (Tokyo MX TV)
- Akiba Report part2 (Tokyo MX TV)
- Asamade Nama WonHobby (Good Smile Internet Broadcast)
- Nikkei Sangyo Newspaper (Talking about dannychoo.com and online monetization)
- Weekly Ascii (Japanese Internet publication)
- Windows 100% (Japanese computing publication)
- Monoqlo (I write for this magazine and feature myself ^^;)
- Yahoo Internet Guide (Japanese publication)
- Windows 100% May 2006 (Japanese publication)
- Metropolis (Magazine for gaijin folks in Japan)
- Weekly SPA Jan 15th 2008 (Japanese publication speaking on Second Life)
- Weekly SPA Aug 15th 2007 (Japanese publication speaking on dannychoo.com and online affiliating)
- Monoqlo 2 (Japanese publication)
- Giant Robot Magazine 51 (Asian culture publication)
- Asahi Newspaper (Japanese national newspaper)
- Yahoo.com top page (my Akiba dance trooper vid was featured)
- Remix Tokyo (Tokyo) (Speaker at Remix 2006 for Microsoft on "Windows Live Gadgets")
- Imprint Culture Lab (Los Angeles) (Speaker at Imprint Culture Lab 2007 on "dannychoo.com & Blog Culture")
- Trend Day 2008 (Germany) (Speaker on Otaku culture, mirai.fm and dannychoo.com)
Name that JR station.
Mc Dees are doing 100 yen for each of these deals. Anybody thought "Shanna" as soon as you saw this?
The lovely Kaho on my to-meet list.
The mascots for Sato Pharmaceutical. They can be seen outside pharmacies but don't usually wear T-shirts.
Its the half boiled egg on Pizza time again.
Fancy having your feet massaged for 35 mins at a laughable 4,200 yen?
Or how about a shoulder massage - 10 mins for 1,050 yen.
Kaisen Yakisoba - 1,050 yen. Mikuru and Nunchucks - priceless (because shes a SAF) ^^;
Getting decent shoes in my size in Tokyo is a pain. I'm a UK size 10 and not many places do that size. I had to go all the way to Kichijoji where the head Nike store is just for these trainers. They were about 7,000 yen.
I would have thought that with the change in Japanese eating habits that the lads would have bigger feet by now. Anybody here have the same problem?
I usually get my shoes when I'm overseas. The last batch of shoes I got was from LA last year.
I would have thought that with the change in Japanese eating habits that the lads would have bigger feet by now. Anybody here have the same problem?
I usually get my shoes when I'm overseas. The last batch of shoes I got was from LA last year.
The busy schedule causes me to eat at odd times now and then - fast food to the rescue.
There is something about being in Mc Dees which creates an atmosphere that allows you to easily ponder stuff as you look out the window. I've spoken to many Japanese friends who feel the same too. Maybe Mc Dees are sticking something in the coke ^^;
"It is an outlet for the personal computer. Please use it freely."
Many folks in the media are writing that the iPhone boom is over now that everywhere seems to have them in stock and the monthly payment has dropped from 7,280 yen to 2,990 yen.
Shopping for groceries.
The colonel gets in the Matsuri mood.
Shop selling second hand stuff which seems to be getting more n more popular. You is being having second hand stuff around the house?
Half boiled egg on peas n bacon - about 200 yen.
Meitaiko Spaghetti with seaweed - about 400 yen.
Stuffed animals are not given any dignity over here.
More half boiled egg shenanigans in a kaisendon set - 880 yen.
Meeting up with some readers including Nekoguchi, Windbell and Adun. While I don't get to meet all readers who contact me due to the schedule, I do manage to get away once in a while.
The manga version of Ronald.
Sour Salmon with vegetables - 800 yen.
Dusting and cleaning before the TV crew arrive ^^;
Mos rice burger and chilli chicken.
Clint Eastwood makes it to Pachinko.
Mikuru Uncho joins me for lunch.
That red shirt is designed for dogs...
As you may have guessed by now, raw or half boiled eggs are part of the Japanese diet. Are you the type who only eats eggs well done? Have you tried raw egg while in Japan?
Scrambled egg okonomi yaki.
Some dessert after an afternoon of coding ^^;
Getting the battery changed after 3 years.
Cost about 12,000 yen for a new Eneos battery.
If there is one thing I love about Japan its the roadworks. They always have little men waving their mini light sabers guiding pedestrians and traffic.
You know exactly when the roadworks are going to finish. These guys are going to be finished on the same day at 6PM.
The roadworks back in the UK were terrible. They went on forever and if you peeked in the holes left in the road you would see traffic cones and always newspaper.
The roadworks in Seattle were pretty bad too which also went on forever. Roadworks go on forever in your region or come and go swiftly?
The roadworks back in the UK were terrible. They went on forever and if you peeked in the holes left in the road you would see traffic cones and always newspaper.
The roadworks in Seattle were pretty bad too which also went on forever. Roadworks go on forever in your region or come and go swiftly?
A new Kanu figure - review soon.
New figures arrive every week and seem to be spending more time dusting and figuring out what stays or what goes ^^;
On average, how often do you get a new figure?
On average, how often do you get a new figure?
Missed a week so this week contains stuff going back to the Wonfes at Tokyo Big Sight.
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Thu 07/31 10:14 comments (110)
daichouginga in Byston Well, the land between the earth and the sea (Registered on 2008/06/04 10:04)
Professional Bum Mode
Hmmm. First post? or not? xD I just started collecting figures this year so I can't gauge it for now, but I dream that I could get a figure every week to spice up my life. xD
(ID #276456) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:41
daichouginga in Byston Well, the land between the earth and the sea (Registered on 2008/06/04 10:04)
Professional Bum Mode
Sorry, double post. Also looking forward to what you're filming.^^
(ID #276458) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:42
Multimedia Technology Student, eLearning software developer
So am I, how does it feel to be infront of the camera?
(ID #276744) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:19
Danny seems to do just fine looking how hes smiling xD
(ID #278164) Posted on 2008/08/25 22:29
Multimedia Technology Student, eLearning software developer
Haha yeah, I'm mostly behind the camera so I'm just curious lol
(ID #278290) Posted on 2008/08/26 00:10
Computer Engineering Student
You sure have a busy but entertaining life. I see your figures like to eat with you all the time. lol.
(ID #276462) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:46
Full-Time Otaku!
I have only one figure that i bought last year. But just this moth i ordered 2 new figures to my collection. Guess i'm spending much time here XD
(ID #276465) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:50
Full-Time Otaku!
*month. *edit button, where are you?*
(ID #276467) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:52
Vampire
/agree
(ID #277883) Posted on 2008/08/25 16:22
I get new figure prob in a month, If I see something good I buy them, sometimes it takes a month for a good figure to appear D: The roadblocks here in Vancouver BC take forever =.= making traffic slow as hell..
(ID #276466) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:52
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
Mm Raw and Half boiled eggs, I do like them! Yeah Roadworks in the US are horrible....shits can last forever. And we dont get people with mini lightsabers to entertain us when we are pissed off with the road.
(ID #276476) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:00
Software Engineer
Name that station .... looks like Ebisu but really not so sure.
(ID #276479) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:02
Software Engineer
But i guess if there was filming involved then i'd say Shibuya
(ID #276481) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:03
Director/代表取締役
Neither ^^;
(ID #276489) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:11
Is that Tokyo Station near where they process the Rail passes?
(ID #278560) Posted on 2008/08/26 05:30
Oooh. Wonder what the TV deal is about.
(ID #276482) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:03
http://animenlife.blogspot.com
Yeah, me too!!
(ID #278397) Posted on 2008/08/26 02:01
closet hikikomori
Ahhh I see my face! *shy away* haha! :) Ahh That's the Kano figure I was waiting for! Seen it's pix on the oneline some time back in April. I love the pose. Especially da view from da top. :D
(ID #276483) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:06
Full-time student へへ
can't wait to see you on tv.... again. ^^
(ID #276484) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:07
Cook, avid manga reader, avid video game player
man the last time i collected figures was years ago. ill probly start once i get my own place or move 2 japan, where it should be easier.
(ID #276487) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:08
The rice burger looks pretty good! How easy is it to hold though?
(ID #276491) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:17
Director/代表取締役
As long as you use the wrapping then its fine. If you loose the wrapping then its an ongoing battle ^^;
(ID #276517) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:53
Computer Engineering Student
I'm a poor guy that doesn't have any money for figures....I need a job. But If I don't graduate there is no job. Mehh...Study instead I must. The only figures I actually have that could count as them is a huge gundam wing toy and some figures I won from a contest from a game called Manga Fighter. My life long dream is to have a Kosmos V4 figure. I may never realize that dream. But that is the figure that has left me in awe since the first time I saw it on the internet.
(ID #276493) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:19
Student Engineer
it WAS every few years but now I am spoiling myself rotten with a PG gundam every year at Christmas time =). FANTASTIC to see you are doing great- this inspires me.
(ID #276497) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:28
It's a shame, I can eat almost ANYTHING, I love food, especially Japanese food, but raw egg is one thing that I have never been able to staand the taste of, Suppose that when I finally make it over there, I'm going to need to either learn to like raw egg, or just skip raw egg meals all together, looks like Danny does a good deal of raw egg eating.
(ID #276498) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:30
WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!! You're gonna be on Lily Allen and Friends? OMG, it's gonna be a battle between the cockney dialects XD Think you could do me a favour and get me Lily's signature?*puppy eyes*
(ID #276507) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:39
Director/代表取締役
I was on a while ago. She introduced me and I was on for a few secs ^^;
(ID #276515) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:52
qwsqsdst! I watched most her shows an I missed the one you were on!? Why didn't you make a little bit more a deal about it?*mummble* I'll just hunt that ep down. I'll never forgive you about that autograph!
(ID #276523) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:58
Wow. Busy life indeed. Oh and I'm sorry. I need my eggs done. As for figures, I think I mentioned this already, but I get 3 or 4 figurines a year. So, I get a figure every few months. I have to start being careful though. I don't have a lot of room left to work with.
(ID #276510) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:45
security/3d graphic artist
easy on the fast food... that stuff is horrible for ya.. you'll be sick again before ya know it! Take more care of yourself.. and give yourself some time off every now and again.. go enjoy life.. and the wife!
(ID #276526) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:00
I went to HK awhile back and over did it with the figure buying. Seeing the prices there compared to the prices you see here in Canada gave me a case of the crazies. I am now exercizing a lot of self-discipline... And road repairs here in Toronto can last for over half a year to a year. Traffic suffers. It could be because everyone here is laid back and have no pressure to work harder than they need to.
(ID #276530) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:05
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Once every year, because I only buy them at events. Though this year I bought figures 3 times already, at 3 different events... Waiting to see Danny musings on video! :D
(ID #276531) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:06
now i reaaaaally want some eggs. and kanu. :P
(ID #276537) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:09
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
i sometimes have problems buying shoes as well. not because stores don't have my size, it's because US9,10 are common sizes and they are sold out fast. road works here can goes for a few days to weeks. but they get the job done well. i'm buying lesser figures now as most of my money now goes to the armour/accessories and photographic equipments.
(ID #276546) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:23
i wear a UK11, but even that's a little too tight for me now. sigh
(ID #276617) Posted on 2008/08/24 18:38
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
big feets. O_O
(ID #276768) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:42
"Roadworks go on forever in your region or come and go swiftly?" Nah, they take forever to complete. And the quality of the work sucks. It seems that the planning stage is the weak spot.
(ID #276555) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:28
resident caffeine junkie
Still waiting for my kanu unchou figma. Most often than not, I get a bunch of figs every 3 or 4 weeks. most of them are pre-orders. Looking forward to your video. Looks like you had a busy week, Danny. :)
(ID #276562) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:40
Fresh Diploma Grad... enlistee.. soon
Hmm macdees? is that for Macdonalds or for the melon pun and etc puns? Haven't bought any figurines since my last trip to japan... tempted now to get some figmas...
(ID #276569) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:46
Part human, part student, 100% loser
Interesting week, I wonder what type of film it is... There's alot of eggs in today's post, you're making me hungry now... No problems for me when getting shoes, since I'm pretty small build and the road works here are pretty quick I think...
(ID #276571) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:47
Student; wants a job T_T
How exciting! I want to know what's going on with the filming and plans. >.< The McDonalds closest to my home is usually rowdy and noisy. Come to think of it, I haven't eaten inside there for a long time.
(ID #276572) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:48
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
looking forward to your next media appearance, could you at least tell us what language it will be in? about the question, I use to get gundams and/or figures every weekend. these few weeks however has been really slow. probably every two to three weeks. btw might I ask whose cheerleader body is Nendroid Mikuru using?
(ID #276577) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:50
trying to stay relevant
Around here they keep lines of cones and signs in place for months after the roadworks are actually finished. The only problem here is finding decent shoes because I don't like trainers... loads of cheap ugly rubbish but good shoes are as hard to find as good women. I was told there is a risk of salmonella from raw eggs. I buy figures whenever I can, which is not often - I do know a good dealer but he relies on US import! The stuffed dog looks like Menchi from Excel Saga (anyone remember that??)
(ID #276578) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:51
Danny, do you ever have healthy meals? It seems like you're eating a lot of eggs, which is good for protein but high in cholesterol (you would probably know this already).
(ID #276583) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:55
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
hmmm road works here? I'll let this picture do the talkin :P http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2530642040_ce865719d5.jpg I like eggs but can't have them raw ;_; will have to run to the toilet :P and was told by hubs' sis who's a nurse not to take too much eggs as we get older ^^;
(ID #276589) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:58
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
WTF!?!? Did that cone get paved into the ground?!?
(ID #276595) Posted on 2008/08/24 18:08
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
yup, they couldn't even bother taking it out before paving it! :/ I walked past it quite a few times during the time (earlier this year) it was stuck there until what U see in the current picture ^^; It's still there last thursday ^^;
(ID #277120) Posted on 2008/08/25 05:09
omg lol :)
(ID #276760) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:33
Lol What the..?!
(ID #276906) Posted on 2008/08/25 01:14