Cameras, videos, drinks, snacks, all ok. We're just here for the final three hours when the big boys are on. You can check seat availability and buy tickets at http://t.pia.jp/sumo/vacant/va09.php There are a lot of ojis and obas, but there also fa...
You're certainly right there. It's much more difficult than Japanese. Also, the dialects are very different depending on what type of penguin it it. That's why most films made for penguins are subtitled.
The official name for the project is 中央環状品川線中目黒換気所下部工事 desu. According to a *really* exciting PDF published by Tokyo Metro, construction goes on 24 hours a day, and it's due for completion in March 2011. Apparently it's costing 48億5...
I appreciate the idea's not new, although until today I didn't know about it - Caisson engineering I think it's called. I hope they got paid danger money on that bridge project!
Good point re. minors. I bet they don't have groovy diggers hanging from the ceiling either. If there was a plan for a second kansai airport I reckon it'll be scrapped by the new government - they've frozen a lot of construction projects already.
ah, yes, the good old streets of England! I lived in Sheffield until last year. Pretty crazy stuff goes on there, and yet it's still called the "Safest City in the UK" by the Government!
そうですね、碑文谷公園のすぐ近くに住んでいますね。 Yep, it's a Himonya Park festival. They have a really nice little shrine on an island in the middle of the pond in Himonya park - I'll have to post a photo of it! You can rent boats too for 100 yen -...
'Silver Week' is a term that I think the media has come up with just recently to describe this year's three-day holiday. Here's why it happened this year: "September 21 (the third Monday of September) is Respect for the Aged Day called "Keirou-no-hi"...
Yes, your right, it's a metal shutter you can see in the background, because the shop was still closed. Whilst burglary isn't as big a problem here as in some countries, it's still quite normal to have metal shutters on shops.
Tokyo's parks make such a huge difference! I'm a country bumpkin at heart, and living in a crowded city can be pretty tough - but with a park on our doorstep its almost possible to forget that we're in a city at all!
It may sound corny but learning Japanese has changed my life (and left me with US$40,000 of debt - but was worth it!) Life in Japan with the ability to speak Japanese is very different from life without, as I've discovered through my trips here over...
Lot of truths here. It's a shame that so many of us either take so long to figure them out or live under the impression that participation in the rat race is compulsory. I know I did. Very inspiring, good article to refer people to. :-)
We made the mistake of going to Yokohama IKEA on opening day - the queue stretched for several kilometres down the motorway, and as for inside, it was like a rush-hour train!
We recently had a 1GB optic connection installed (in central Tokyo). When they came to fit it I asked the chap, "So, I know this is supposed to be a 1GB connection, but how fast will it *really* be?!" "To be honest, it probably won't be any faster th...
Slight tangent, but how does the wifi work on these things, as in, how does the train maintain the broadband connection when going through tunnels etc. Maybe it's just a bunch of wireless transmitters bolted to the walls?
I've always associated Sugamo with music. It was the first place in Tokyo I ever lived (although only for two weeks!). I remember a man playing a violin with a soup spoon!
My commute is like a game of strategy. Choosing the right door to get on at is very important - choose the wrong one and I'll find myself at the end of the queue to get out of the station via the single file staircase at my destination! If I want to...
