I have one of those white umbrellas. Cost me 200 Yen in Akihabara. Looks ok for a japanese person but ridiculously small when I use it. Thing is, at that price its disposable.
Noooooo! I'm in the oldest category ^^; I am literally old enough to be most members father. 47 last weekend. Thing is your view of yourself doesnt change just the face in the mirror. One of the things I like about Japan is that they do celebrate mil...
More words of wisdom from Danny Sensei ^_^ I can competetly agree that you have to do what you can while you find out what you want to do. I started out in retail & then worked as a graphic designer even though I knew I was rubbish. I could get by be...
This is one of the things that I think makes Japan special. They really have not gone for the huge supermarket chains. You do your shopping in a large variety of small specialist shops near home. The UK was like that when I was growing up, its not no...
ooh where did you see this! I have just checked on the Customs site & it says: You will be charged: * Customs duty if the amount of duty is €10 (£7) or over * Import VAT if the value of the goods is €22 (£18) and over so on a dvd the import...
Not quite what happened. Lik Sang shipped via a base in Germany & absorbed the tax costs. They were shut down by Sony for importing things before official release even though the rumour was that Sony Europe high ups were buying their stuff from Lik S...
Both times I have been to Japan I have stayed at budget hotels without any extra channels. The tv has been the worst I have ever seen. Yes even worse than Spanish tv :) Luckily I live in the UK and though there is a lot of trash on TV there is a lot...
I've always been intimidated by pachinko parlours during my visits. You dont want to just go in & gawp as that would be rude but I wouldnt know what to do. Besides I used to have a gambling problen so wouldnt take the chance.
Scarily my first anime was Marine Boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Boy) in the late 1960's. I was about 6 to 8. It was the first Japanese animation ever shown in the uk. Didnt know it was Japanese at the time. I came back to Anime the traditi...
I may be old but I cry easily. Many, many animes have made me cry. I had to stop watching Clannad becuase it was too painful, But the best ending to any anime I have seen is Planetes. Stupid thing is I'm welling up even typing this.
Danny. I already have come to like the new design. I'm sure that on my first visit the top bar was more grey but that may have been down to me running noscript. One very very minor thing. I find the post id & posting time a bit hard to make out with...
Eek a neighbor. I'm in Brighton. Just looked at your posts. You mention learning Japanese. The University of Sussex do very good evening classes that start in October. I did two years of them a few years back and they were very enjoyable. http://www....
I have copies of most data on local HD, DVD and a 1TB Nas. I have also shared my anime with a friend so almost anything could be retrieved from him. If you want to talk about paranoid though my photos are on Internal HD, External usb HD, Nas, DVD (Mu...
I seem to have been able to avoid the worst of Japanese public toilets during my visits. The old trick of using the need for a toilet as an excuse for a visit to Mr Donut or other shop & to use theirs. :)
I have one of those umbrellas. Bought in Akiba last October. Thing is, I am tall & English and it looks ridiculously small when I use it. Good for comedy value though ^_^
Soo many cute girls. Ennie Meenie Miny Moe eer the middle one please. http://www2.moeyo.com/img/08/05/05/3/301.html When I have been in Japan I have seen astonishingly, jaw droppingly beautiful women at least twice a day. Is it any wonder I want to l...
Danny, all the best. I'm sure it will be fine. BTW I have just had a look at the PDF for Trend day. Weird cover!! Anyhoo, Heights scare me silly. For instance a few years ago I was visiting relatives in Toronto & went up the CN tower. They have a tr...
I love Crunky. I bought some of that & some Panky back from my last visit. My real weakness though is Salad flavoured Pretz. Was in London yesterday & popped into the Japan Centre to restock with Calpis Water, Pocari Sweat & Pretz.
Danny. I realise tha tab action was being remembered. It just seemed a bit weird that it did so when I clicked a link to read the rest of an article. Keep up the good work. Yours is one of the few sites I visit multiple times a day.
Danny. Just came back & loading was much faster due to my cache. One thing confused me & bear with me on this. I was at this article & clicked on the Anime tab. From there I clicked on a story on the left bar (the boots one). Then I clicked on Mirai...
Danny You made Mirai chan's picture smaller (fume) :) Seriously though load time did seem to increase but that just be because I normally have most of the site in my cache.
I voted neither. But of the two would rather live in Osaka than Tokyo. There just seems to be something about capital cities I dont like. Of course If someone were to offer me the chance to move to Tokyo now I'd go ^_^
Happy New Year to All. I found the site while trying to find someone who imports figures to the uk at a reasonable price. I now visit every morning & check again when I get home from work. P.s. still havent found a good importer.
I only use them as a last resort. I've been playing games since text adventures were all the rage and some of those puzzles were just mind blowing. However now I generally just look to make sure I'm trying to do the right thing such as when I've spen...
