A week in Tokyo 6

so danny u got a sony rolly???

GhstBster,
Was a present from Sony - will review it soon ^^;

Ya, I study in a comfortable room at home.Magazine rack holds various Art/Videogame/Anime magazines for lounge reading, and my shelf with an assortment of Manga and books. Figures stand around the room, and my work desk has a nice feel to it. Unfortunately, we're going through renovations on the home, and the younger brother is bunking in my room for the time being; the biggest annoyance you've ever met, and a slob at that.

Ramen! One of these days, I'm going to go out and look for a shop that serves good ramen. I want to try eating one so badly. ;__;

Rolly?
140000yen for a puppy? OMG!
And to think my cousins are giving away (to selected costumers though) 5 puppies for free right now... (their dog gave birth to 8 little puppies on Xmas day).

Anyways, nice post! Love 'em.

Danny you ever drop your camera while taking pictures off roofs?

Wow, that is a nice looking office space. Really interesting cubes too. You can tell these are fun and hard working people. Always the best kind of environment to work in and people to work with. I'm lucky, no cube for me. I have solid walls and a window too! Only wish we had more color in our office. Bad part is too many people are up tight and always worrying about something. I really worry about some of them...
Work office is still better than the small drab and cold place I call home. Most apartments in Japan feel bigger and more inviting than where I am. I miss the trees and wildlife from other places I have lived. In the end I can't complain too much, I own the place where I live. No mortgage for me.

I've looked at their blogs before, some really interesting people. Darn, it must be really interesting and fun to share some time with people like this! I would be like a BIG sponge in that room. ^^ Look forward to the day when my Nihongo improves and I understand more of what they write.

That is a nice poster... Looks like Mayumi Sada. Maybe that's because i have been watching Hataraki Man for the all week. ^^;

Read something about Eye-Fi before. Sounds interesting if you need to move files directly to a photo service.

With all the maintenance and the rebuild you went through with the armor, you could build and sell your own.

Looking forward to more on the Sony device.

Err... me in talkative mood this evening. ^^;

oh the egg-thing, is a sony speaker right?, the thing will groove to your music or something like that.

but wow, the office such a nice enviroment :( , how i wish more offices here will adopt that idea

I love the grill your own meat thing. Looks like you get to meet all sorts of interesting people.

LOL at the W+K staff pictures XD
My office space aint that snazzy. A typical US based company that got localized ;__;
Well, at least my cubicle got gashapons and a doujin wall calendar :p

Is that egg shape gadgets a speaker from Sony?
I've seen its display unit over my place but not for sale

i love this week in Tokyo posts they are really nice...not like the one previous to this well.....great... Japan is so interresting so cool so...everything good if that can be said in english XDDD

i wish i could be like you... to live and work in Japan. orzzz

damn that bus map looks so complicated i'd get lost i think!! GOOD PICTURES DANNY!!

The Eye-fi seems really useful! But I don't have my own digi-cam anyway~ XD

LOL @ W+K staff!! Looks like they sure know how to have fun.. =S

Now that's a office every office employee needs (LOL to the hanging frog)! Seriously, I would happilly go to work every day if I had a job at W+K. ^^

I don't know much about offices so don't mind my comment, but apart from the many playful objects hanging around what really makes W+K office better than other offices?

Like, better ventilation or anything? ^_^

I like the dashboard of your car. Too bad I can't drive, yet.

OMG Is that the Sony Rolly??

@Benjamin Takeyo: I believe its better in terms of:
- big ass cubicles
- studio like environment with down lights (not like typical offices)
- individual adjustable table lamps
- see thru metal cubicles LOL
- you can bring whatever you like to office LOL (see baseball bat, hanging frog etc)

well, those are the differences compared to my office ;__;

e jump,

Yeah and especially in Japan, it's unusual for offices to have big-ass cubicles, isn't it?

That makes W+K office better indeed I guess. ^_^

Agedashi Tofu's like my fave! I order it at EVERY single Jap meal that I take!

That sure looks like a Sony Rolly. . . *wait in anxiety for the review*

you can hunt me with deep fried tofu *urgh*

that egg is the sony mp3-robot-thingie.
seen it before, funny but overall useless ^^

the office from my last job was not that snazzy but it has one of the best and the craziest bunch of great staff you'll ever came upon. everyday is a laughtrip XDDD

the Sony Rolly as a gift from Sony!?!

you get the coolest freebies Danny ^___^

W+K office and staffs totally looks like one big family =D

Oh my, that bowl of Ramen certainly look delicious to me.^^

thanks for the eye-fi link, it looks great.

man that food looked delicious. that dog better be alive for that price.just asking but there aren't any shelters people could get a dog for less.

Yup! Penn State has some of the greatest labs to work in on campus. I also enjoy the library and the dorm rooms- very snazzy and modern.

I also attempt to make my dorm room a nicer place to study and as snazzy as possible- being surrounded by (some) anime figures, my models, wallscrolls and TV for anime =D.

I would say our campuses facilities are more than adequate: There is a photo lab in the library installed with Photoshop, scanners, programs like that for photographers, and they also have Solidworks in that room- an engineering program I use. I can also print out anything I want in a respectable quantity for free (my tuition pays for it- if I want to print say, 500 pages, I could) and copies are on the cheap too. The library is a great resource- being connected to the main campus library as long as a book is in I can get it sent to our satellite campus. The labs are great too- we will be adding a new facility to house engineering activities (classes maybe?) and I believe we are going fully solar for all buildings by 2010 or 2011.

Are you allowed to keep pets in the apartments in Tokyo and where do the people find space to keep them?

I wonder if that Eye-Fi will work at places like internet cafés?

The "Week in Tokyo" articles are really interesting. I spend the most time on them going through each and every photo.

That eye-fi is nice Danny. Here we got cameras that shoot and send straight to a special external hard-drive. Of course you still gotta connect the external HD to the lappy/compy in the end.

don't tell me that egg thing (had a hard time spotting it) had something to do with Tenga...O_O

i'm waiting for that figure review~

I think they were eating shabu shabu in Lost In Translation.

Lots of food at that gathering, and thanks for the pics of urban settings in Tokyo, Danny. I always love looking at that stuff. There's something so appealing about it. :D

The office looks cozy... mixed with the expressioned faced walls that seem to have scared me for a second. However, I don't mind setting up work there... beats the job im going to.

that first picture with Dom next to the SOS bunch is so adorable! Dom looks like he's guarding them XD

Hina san looks pretty from the few pix here XD

Agedashi toufu is YUM :9

If i remember lost in translation the movie..don't they eat shabu shabu...not yakiniku???

Puppy... cute... /*_*)/
...Ahem! Nice Tokyo Tour as always. And yummy food too. Btw Danny I love that room where you have your figures and computers, especially the window just next to the desk with kind of a panoramic view, That must be so cool to just be able to enjoy the nice view and relax when looking away from the computer's screen :)

the egg thingy is the song rolly which danny posted a few months back.

http://www.dannychoo.com/fauna_detail/eng/36/Sony+Rolly/

danny even said it's not on his buy list. ^^;

So how do you keep the figures on the dashboard?

Nice article as usuall :3

O.i.D,
I use a blob of Blu-Tac. Its like putty. Cant buy it in Japan so folks from the UK bring it for me.

Gordon,
I didnt buy it ^^;

Gubinodo,
My computing room ^^;

Diect_X10A, OsakaGuy,
Thanks for the correction ^^;

Wolfblitz,
Some apartments yes. People just keep them indoors.

-XYZPDQ,
Solar buildings make sense.

cloudduel_13,
Not too sure.

Benjamin Takeyo,
Yep - usually small. The design of the offices makes it more relaxed.

Soshi, matfongzai, GhstBster,
It is ^^;

Dunatis,
Nope.

Looks like I need to set up a bluetak import/export business. Do you have hedgehogs in Japan either, I'm sure the Japanese would go wildly kawaii over them (well until they see the fleas on them that is)!!!

Unfortunately, I've no fancy office to work in. Assuming we're not talking about home. At home all I have is the guest room I'm occupying till I can get back out. Kinda stinks having most of my anime/manga and figure collection packed away for several years

Wait a sec...there's no blue tac in Japan ? Unbelievable !

mmmm fude....

looks like the frog hung himself in that office.

=D when are you going to akihabara? can't wait to see you blog aboutthere!