Shopping in TokyoI had a Tamagotchi, but I went off to Uni and my brother was supposed to look after it but it died :-(
I got a strange alarm clock in Akihabara last year but I've never figured out how to use it apart from setting the time. It has a man in it and if...
Tokyo City ViewNice view!
I went up 6 skyscrapers this time in Japan. My tip is to always go up just before sunset.
The Mori Tower was great, although the routine for having to pack your belongings away before going on the roof was quite complex. I'd love to be u...
Tokyo TourBeen to Japan twice now and prefer travelling without a tour guide as you get to go wherever you want, and you can spend 6 hours in Manadrake if you want to!
*However*, I think someone who can organise idol photo sessions/signing sessions for touris...
A Week in Tokyo 28I was staying in Shinagawa last week - the Shinagawa Prince Hotel is pretty good, and very reasonably priced. It's also really close to the station which is ideally situated for the important bits of Tokyo (Akihabara and Shinjuku are both about 20 mi...
A Week in Tokyo 26Wow, I'd love to suddenly acquire a camera, the EOS 50D would do nicely. Oh well I'll have to make do with my 300D for another year. At least now I have the EF-S 17-55 f2.8 lens to go with it though :-)
Tokyo CrowsKarasu scared the hell out of me in Tokyo, the first day I was there I wondered what the bird noise was. Now I listen out for them when watching anime.
Our UK crows don't cause so much damage, but our sea gulls commute from the seaside into towns du...
Tokyo 1999 - 2001Wow great photos!
In 2000 I was coding ASP in London at the height of the dotcom boom. I was earning more than my age in UK pounds. Our secretary was trying to stop sneaky recruitment consultants trying to get our phone numbers so they could offer u...
Japanese Dutch WivesWhen my last persocom became obsolete, I put it out with the trash. It was a bit naughty of me, as I think we are meant to recycle them.
Japanese TrainsBikes aren't allowed on rush hour trains in the UK (unless you fold them).
Rude and inconsiderate people are allowed on trains at all times.
Ueno Photo WalkI think Gatchaman (G-Force) got me hooked on Japanese culture from an early age as well.
Visiting Japan is a good thing to do as well. In fact, so good that I'm going again this year!!!
Worst AnimeCardcaptor Sakura is great, although I could only find 1 DVD of it in the UK and it had those awful American voices rather than the original Japanese.
Japan Net CafeI was surprised by the number of homeless in Tokyo - there were lots around the fringes of Akihabara and in Shinjuku.
One guy in Shinjuku had a cat on a lead, which was kinda cool.
Kanu UnchouCool figure!
I'm available for otaku programming work (C#, .NET, SQL Server, ASP, PHP etc.) if anything comes up.
I started my own software business back in 2002 after I lost my job in the dot com crash. It took a lot of motivation, especially to w...
Japanese AdultYes the amount of healthcare stores in Akihabara is pretty surprising, especially as some have 7 floors of the stuff (so I've heard).
There's also a lot of these interesting types of stores in Shinjuku.
Ecchi AkihabaraI picked up lots of small giveaway posters in Akiba itself, they were mainly advertisments for games, figures and 2D healthcare material, but the artwork is wonderous.
Japanese Public ToiletsI didn't find the public toilets in Japan too bad - they were certainly better than in the UK.
Toilet cubicles being too small was a more common problem - it seemed the larger the electric toilet was installed, the smaller the cubicle.
Where do you go for Otaku ShoppingThe Japan Centre is in London's Piccadilly, and it has a great selection of Japanese food. Packs of House Curry were recently on special offer at just 99p each, so I bought a massive stash of them. Last weekend they also had a huge new selection of i...
Closed - Translators WantedWhat a cool job. Unfortunately after a year of trying to learn Kanji I still can only remember "rice field" and "moon".
I'm sure this job can't be too difficult though: "nice pantsu on this figure", "this figure is very kawaii" etc. etc.
A Week in Tokyo 22I spent 2 weeks in Tokyo last year and I'm pretty certain I never saw two vending machines with exactly the same selection of drinks. Perhaps a mathematician otaku can calculate the number of different combinations that are possible.
Oh and not a si...
Girl Photo ShootIt looks like I'm going to Tokyo again in October - yay! I'd love to attend an idol photo event, especially as I've spent the price of a small family car on getting the EF-S 17-55 f2.8 lens for my EOS!
But I'm not sure how I would go about booking a...
