A Week in Tokyo 27

Need to try out a lot of those foods, especially the Tai Yaki. Should be renamed to "A week of food" danny. :P

I like my glasses because they are comfy and I like the way I wearing them

hehe your dinner at home looks goooot ^O^
wearing contacts dries my eyes out :( I look super tired by the end of a few hours so I stick to glasses ^^; Ryoko bunny hoshii~~~

Lots of yummy food!!

Contacts aren't that bad, from my friends that wear them. It just sounds gross when they go in the undesired areas. But if I had the choice, definitely glasses. Too much hassle to put contacts on.

Glasses are cooler because you can push them up for dramatic effect.

i don't wear glasses nor contacts, but find it a little worrying when friends with bad eyesight choose not to wear either!

YES! Girls with glasses FTW. I prefer wearing glasses myself as the one time I tried wearing contacts, my eyes ended up feeling irritated after only half a day. Tai Yaki looks good. Oh and we got them cold stone creamery here too, only I think they're called "cold rock" instead. No singing girls though.

Macross Ace Frontier is cool :D

Glasses please. The idea of sticking something on my irises does not go well with me.

Another awesome week eh? Loving Macross Ace Frontier, it's an awesome game. Like glasses. Scared of putting things in my eyes...>w<'' In fact, without them I kinda have the habit to push up my glasses even though I'm not wearing them...=w=''

Been wearing contacts since eighth grade. Comfortable, better correction for my vision in a number of respects. I suppose they took some getting used to at first, but after awhile they're no big deal.

They have Foxkeh plushies!? I need one, pronto!
Ah yes, I remember watching chibi maruko-chan when I was a wee child, even though I had no clue what any of the characters were saying. One of our local channels showed it every week.

We need more glasses love! I've never used contacts(I don't think my eyes are qualified to anyway) but my sister does. She had a friend who forgot to take out her contacts and went to bed with them, and they ended up rolling to the back of her eyes. Her friend never had an operation because her eyes felt fine, but the contacts never appeared again either. I have no clue how that works. O_o

Len also told me about meeting you too!!!
He also gave you maple syrup I hear!!!
I hope when I go to Japan next I get to meet up with Danny!!!
Well, Danny, there are people who regularly sings in subway stations...
I see them a lot and their pretty common...good songs too...
Dashboard figure...really nice!!! I WANT THAT ASAKURA FIGURE!!!
I went to Japan this past summer and I couldn't find a Tai Yaki vendor or stall anywhere...
I wonder where you got that?...

usually wearing glasses... more confortable, and a moe-aspect, too ^o^
But sometimes I also use contacts, like while cosplaying or at rock concerts...

i remember going to great yakiniku places in japan. but i do prefer the buffet styles there so i can go all out on that meat. great stuff when you're starving. not too many in san diego, but there are some good korean bbq buffets where you just get the raw meat buffet style and cook it at your table. greeeeat stuff... mmm..

Glasses definitely, dun like the trouble of wearing and removing contacts

Yes, they have singing Cold Stone girls here too, that place is so awesome! Glad Len got to meet up with you too ^^

1. Cold Stone folks sing when you tip them, here...
2. Kagami is sweeter, but ice cream is so good... ^^
3. Watched Chibi Maruko when I was a teenager. Didn't realize they were still making shows.
4. Table grilling is fun. ^^
5 and 6. Haven't watched the new season of Heroes (wait for DVD). Don't have a PSP.
7. I like glasses. They're more comfortable on my face. Plus, I have sensitive eyes. I've tried contacts in the past, and I could always feel them. >.<

I think I hit all the questions. ^_^

Danny (sorry for the double post),

I noticed the Ambassador's invite has a contact number on it. Why don't you give them a call, let them know you're interested, and ask if there's anything you should be prepared to discuss during the lunch. That should give you more info... ^^

I don't mind the unbox figure ^_^ the most importantly is your kind intention ;-)
By the way, Miki Hoshii arrived safely attached, domo arigato gozaimasu y(^o^)y

I enjoyed Korean BBQ, but dont really eat all the small dishes that accompany the main course.....

Megane all the way...... (now thinking that Persona 4 characters all wear glasses when they summon, the [Shin Megami Tensei] should be called [Shin "Megane" Tensei] now, LOL)

Another great week with delicious foods & dessert+Kagami ^_^

I love my contacts, but 90% of the time I'm too lazy to put them in.
Luckally my glasses are super-cute, so its ok!

All your food makes me hungry!!~

I'm sorry Danny and I know you probably get this a lot but I would really love too meet up for lunch or something while I'm in Tokyo next year. This site is the reason i got into figures, I never thought of this section of fandom before i stumbled in here.

Chibi Maruko-chan! I watched it a lot last summer in China - so cute and funny. There's a live action for it and the actors are casted PERFECTLY. And the ending song is one of my favorites. "Pichara, pichara~"

I didn't vote, since both have their perks. With contacts there's a variety of different colors and are more convenient, but I do have a megane fetish. ^^ I have 20/20 vision (thankfully), but I often wear contacts for cosplay. One time at a con I thought I "lost" a contact, but the next day when I was taking a shower it came out of my eye. Turns out it went into the back of my eyeball. I never felt it and nothing was damaged thankfully, although I did waste $60 since I threw away my other one after "losing" that one.

Glasses man myself, never tried contacts and don't expect i ever will.

I too prefer glasses over contacts. And girls with glasses look cuter too. And it makes them look more intelligent as well. Can't say the same for shades though. LOL

I love yakiniku. The last time I had yakiniku me and my friends spent 4 hours eating until the restaurant closed. LOL. I'd agree with the BandAid...you should have a "a week of food" post danny ^^

I wear my contacts when I'm out and about... unless the air is very dry.
Whenever I'm at home or just picking up groceries or something I normally just go with glasses simply as I'm too lazy to put contacts in. I'd say nowadays I wear glasses more often than contacts.

Went to try yakiniku at an all-you-can-eat place today; but just missed the lunch time price and couldn't bear the fact that it almost doubled for dinner... will try again tomorrow methinks.

Your "A Week in Tokyo" entries always make me hungry, Danny, lol. Lots of delicious food! ^^ And I prefer glasses. I don't wear any but I might need them soon; vision going blurry, orz.

Hmm, I still wear glasses, and I never saw the reason for contacts. More like, I can't wear contacts, because the doctor said something about how my eyes don't work with contacts or something? :P
Enjoy reading Kemeko DX, I love it's randomness. Apart from that, the taiyaki looks delicious. It's getting cold. I should stop by Japantown and get one. :)
Apart from that, do you know where to buy the Foxkeh plushie? I can't find any on their site. ;_;

Woot this is my favorite series (along with your Tokyo time line) on DC.com. Wow, never realized Krispy Kreme was so popular in Japan. The hype died down a lot here from the initial fad in the US, although it still gets impressive lines during weekends in the early mornings and evenings. Personally, I find the stuff way too sweet to the point of sickening. >_<

In Halloween's defense, much like Valentine's Day it hasn't had much of a meaning anywhere in the world for a goodly number of centuries. Largely they're both excuses to sell large amounts of candy and decorations and have a little fun. Any non-commercial reasons have long been abandoned, so it's best not to dwell on it and just have a good time with it!

Dessert looks sweet. Kagami is jut yummy. XD
Tsundere are not always sweet, but they are always tasty! XD

About glasses, I don't mind them. Not in a girl, and not using them too.
Probably because I don't have to use them all the time... my glasses are for computer usage and driving at night mainly.

But I don't mind how I look with them, and I also think it's probably less unconfortable than lens.

Anyways, nice pics and food! :D I LOVE those desserts you can buy at local markets... I'd be way poor and fatter if I lived in Japan... those desserts made me crazy while I was in Japan. :P

I still haven't been to Japan, but what people really should start doing is organizing mass DC Japan trips. ^^; We can all go at once and travel around or something. Money issues aside, the fact that if I do I'd be travelling alone is a bit of a deterrant. And if we all choose the same time Danny would probably have less problems with scheduling. :P

I wear glasses only - like you, Danny, I always found the thought of putting things in my eyes a bit discomforting. Not to mention how easy to maintain they are - they also keep snow and ice away from your eyes in the winter. Good stuff. ^^;

I didn't know Apple was going to announce something tomorrow. Now I'm really excited as well. And isn't chibi maruko-chan...really, really old? The last I saw her - or at least I think it's her - was when I lived back in HK a decade ago.

We have a similiar ice cream franchise here, but it's called marble slab.

Over here, Korean restaurants usually have BBQ grill, while Japanese have shabu shabu.

I always wonder why Tai Yaki is shaped like a fish. Why?

It's funny to see franchises like Krispy Kreme and Cold Stone are really popular in Japan and around my area, they are not as crowded as they are in Japan. In fact, I haven't gone to either places for years now for the reason I can't explain. I'm surprised they opened Cold Stone in Japan since I don't think it will well during the cold winter in Japan while they do decent in Los Angeles area since here we have same weather all year-long o_O

A Week in Tokyo posts always make me want to eat many great foods in Japan but I usually end up not doing so -_- I should jot down a list of food from the posts so I know what to eat next time I visit Japan~ And I'll be sure to try to meet up with Danny :)

There you have it ^_^

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Would like to try out wearing contacts, but the ones suitable for my eyes cost big amount of money, that I can't afford at the moment. It's better to see what you're doing at sports. :P
All this food makes me hungry and I just ate my breakfast...

Ahhh, food again! *drool like arks*

Well, when nothing better is to do i watch chibi maruko-chan, ast ep i saw was the one with the camera stalker, boo scary! lol... ><
Taiyaki... *drools more* :(
Besides figures Hector has at least plants on his desk lol... mine... only has figmas and tech stuff. :/

Seems like you've had a fulfilling week again, Danny ^^
Surprisingly there is a Yakiniku restaurant over here though; I haven't had the time to go yet.
I wear glasses and prefer them to contacts >.< I can't stand the alien feeling of contacts on my eyes.

This season's Heroes has kind of been meh, from what I've seen. I've been told the latest episode is pretty good so I might go back and watch it but I'm kind of busy at the moment (aside from reading your blog).

I switched to contacts so I could dump the nerdy Asian stereotype. Of course, sitting in front of a computer learning C and wearing baggy Star Wars t-shirts didn't help either. ^^;

Contacts when I go out, glasses if I know I'll be in front of the pc for a while.

that Taiyaki sure makes me hungry^^

there was this one time when I tried to wear contact lens, my finger with the lens didnt even touch my eye lid yet and I already started wailing like poor girl who drop her ice cream.

aww, I want to eat some yakiniku and cold stone too!! I really am missing out in life ;_;

Only one of me eyes has astigmatism. Imagine the horror when it comes to getting contact lens. The difference in price makes me want to puke blood at times >.<

Initially I thought that maintaining contact lens shouldn't be a problem but as times goes by, I thought otherwise. It is a hassle (biweekly lens) and now I'm getting dailies in the event that I need them for events such as basketball, soccer etc.

Cold Stone? Never heard of it. But I do like ice cream. I wish they had a store here too.

The resto "Anrakutei" you mentioned sounds just like the resto "Tempura" here. Obviously, it's Japanese and the customer is given the choice whether he/she wants to cook the food by himself/herself or if he/she wants to food cooked by the chefs. I love eating there since I find their Tempura cooked just right (not too oily too since oily foods makes me loose my appetite quickly and gives me headaches)

We don't celebrate Halloween like how people in the West do. Usually we go and visit our dead relatives in the cemetery. This is why you'll see a lot of people in the cemetery. Inside there will be food stalls put up for all the people visiting. Some would stay there overnight.

I find girls wearing glasses very pretty and cute. Nuke those contacts!!! XD

LOL You must find yourself looking at Asakura everytime you drive x_x

I don't need glasses, but if I did I'd wear them and not contacts. I agree, girls in glasses are cute.

Melody is sweet, but why does the film clip mimic an American R&B clip?.... Do you think Japanese culture may slowly die out and this is one of the early signs???

RSS user here
You should have a summarised update when it comes accross. I (and i guess most other users) usually get the ENTIRE post that takes ages to load up, etcetc

yeah, summarised. and the html link somewhere at the top of the feed. It's a pain when you're trying to click on the link but end up having to race the loading images all the way down the feed. ^^"

"Spent a while deciding what I wanted because it all looked yummy. Been studying how more choice can at times confuse customers/users. This is one of the reasons why I had the portal redesign a while ago."

I learned in UI design that not only do they get confused, customers/readers/viewers also take more time to decide based on the number of choices presented to them. Forgot what the law is called but there's a formula ^^

Mmm, Cold Stone. As someone said earlier, they're supposed to sing when you tip them. Try it sometime, Danny.

yeah, there is no tip culture in Japan. I think that's why they just randomly sing sometimes.

Wow! Ther's any recipe for the Fried ice cream ?? ^^

funny that u talk about glasses in this post danny. i recently set up a megane club and the response was huge. wanna be our chairman? ^^;
http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/8925/.html

Krispy Kreme is uberly sweet!! Didn't like the ones I got from the Shibuya outlet.

Heh. I prefer contacts but I wear my specs more often. My eyes seem to reject my contacts and I end up getting blurry vision, dry eyes, yada yada, so it's kinda of a hassle to wear contacts. But I look better in contacts! Also, my specs keeps sliding down cause I perspire significantly and always having to push my specs up is irritating.

Do most Japanese have perfect eyesight or it's just that all of them wear contacts??

I just noticed, your week in Tokyo post always starts off with food... I could be wrong though, need to check later... You make me hungry Danny!>:( LOL

I want to listen to them singing in Engrish! It's change from the usual music I hear around me...

I've never heard of Cold Stone before... But after searching on the net, I found there is an outlet here... Must check it out! The ice cream looks yummy!
And btween the dessert and Kagami, I choose Kagami LOL

LOL Raccoons with their tails tied?! Seems taht Singapore isn't the only place with scam prizes LOL j/k!

Melody looks yummy... Very sdeuctive looking...

Talking about contacts, I remembered there was this anime about this girl talkng about her losing her contacts and sh believed her contacts went to top of her eyeball... In the end they found the contacts somewhere else and not in her eye sockets LOL
I believe girls with spectacles are cute!
MEGANE FTW!

Tai Yaki! I want to try! Seeing Ayu in Kanon munching on them makes me say "So cute!"!

Another awesome weeks it seems, I'm still wondering why British Ambassador David Warren want to have lunch with you... Hmm... I don't think it's anything bad though... Maybe he just turned in an otaku and wants your opinion on what figure to buy? LOL Impossible...
Sorry for the long post, can't wait for next week's post!

I don't wear glasses or contacts, but I should be. mmmmm that food looks good
another great "A week in Tokyo" article
thumbs up buddy

I wonder why I always feel hungry after reading a week in Tokyo. ^^; anyway I use to wear those monthly disposable contact lenses, they seem fine, I prefer using them rather than glasses. however I did have lasik surgery around 6 months ago. I'd recommend it to you as well.
btw is the PG strike still hanging in your old office/attic? guess he's the last gundam standing. ^^;

man that's some good looking food. I didn't know you had Astigmatism danny.I have that and have been wearing glasses all my life.I wish the people at cold stone sang at least the girls.

glasses for me too, same reasons as u (except mebbe the sky-diving n cosplay vader parts).

heard there r some nice glasses frames at tokyo hands, is it? n they'll make the glasses for u? might wanna check that out on my next trip to tokyo.

have only watched one episode of chibi maruko, not exactly my kinda anime. hah

was in shinjuku middle last year, n the Krispy Kreme line was loooooong. got a pix of it at my blog too.

wow! you get so many site visits!! I get like 23 a day haha. anyhow um your post made me very very hungry. too bad all I have to eat is mac and cheese... and btw I prefer my glasses :)

danny if u need a dose of the new season of season u can download it via torrent here
http://www.mininova.org
keyword is "heroes eztv".
downloading episode 5 now. ^^;

Man, all these cool mecha games are coming out for the psp only (ie. Gundam vs Gundam, Macross ace frontier). I know it makes sense from a business perspective since sony wants to boost psp sales. But as a guy who owns only ps2 and ps3 (no psp :), this blows lol. Oh yea, not to mention FF7 Crisis core was also a psp exclusive.
Btw, i LOVE ice cream, and i wish Toronto would have a store like that...

Nice week again eh? At leat your time is very varied; for me it's just study-eat-sleap-study.
Over we have something like yakiniku too, called 'gourmetten'. Basically the same principle, but you can (optionally) also use miniature frying pans to bake eggs in or something ^^

i ratehr go for laser eye surgery

Glasses are just easier. I like wearing contacts though, I wish I had an up-to-date prescription for mine because without them I can't wear sunglasses.

I wear contacts, I enjoy how they become so invisible that you totally forget you actually have crappy eyesight.
Meganekko are cute tho :)

Is that the Cold Stone in Shibuya station? My friends and i stayed in the hotel above there back in June. On my last day i gave them roughly 1,000 yen as a tip, and they started singing (i think) that high-ho song from Snow White. Was awesome.

I don't think there's cold stone in Singapore, but I tried it before at the world's current tallest building in Taiwan, It was good but they(the Waitresses) don't sing... ... ...

But in Singapore we have Ben's and Jerry's... Very nice and expensive too... Should try their Ice Cream Sake... Nice~ (^～^)

"One of my fave past times - office cleaning/figure dusting" A nice hobby to have for sure:)
As for Halloween, I see more and more celebrators in my country too, thought we have already somewhat similar customs called "Kadripäev" and "Mardipäev".

I'm all for glasses, no plan in wearing contacts because it's hassle to wear them.

Sorry for the Double post... but your profile... I think you have a typo on the first JAL part it writes 1988:04 to 1999:06...

if it's not a typo, sorry...

I wanna try taiyaki!!!! Uwaaah.... they didnt have that at the world fair.... bah......

And no, we do not have singing ice cream girls in the UK. Would be fun lol. We do have Krispy Kreme though, theres a big queue for a very good reason, they're gorgeous!!!!

Yes we have singing cold stone peoples in my area, unfortunately it's not an all girl staff.

Without any doubt, a girl looks always better with glasses

Just saw the new Apple laptop today. The Recession-top. 10-20 bucks each.
We get the grill-at-table places here as well. We call em Korean BBQ.

I'm meganekko, I used to want contacts but the only advantage I see now is that I'd have a definite eye colour. XD [Since I'm really not sure at all of my eye colour.]

I tried contacts because glasses can be a bother in some occasions as Danny said, but could never get used to them... my right eye always felt like there was something on it, and was tearing up and made me want to rub my eyes (a no-no when using contacts).

A lot of work and my first eye Dr. gave me the wrong prescriptions (too strong, I couldn't take all the light) so I'll try to get another exam in another place.

I wear glasses, I don't think I'd be comfortable putting in/wearing contacts >.<

Still prefer glasses. They give me this feeling that I'm safe and secure and the whole world can't hurt me. think of it as a sort of shield. plus i feel a lot less guilty staring at pretty ladies with my glasses on. "I can't help it! i have poor eyesight and have trouble focusing"

I see your Gundam-related stuff going one after another :o

Kewpie always give me a chill - listening to the Tarako song and seeing masses of them marching/jumping towards the camera is not cute to me...

I wear contacts cuz my astigmatism is so bad that glasses would cost a fortune! I can wear them overnight because they're really hydrated. ^^

There's a lot of friends at my school who work at the Cold Stone Creamery by my neighborhood. And yeah they have to sing songs with icecream themes. xD

Pleasure was mine, Danny!

I hope I'll meet you again next time I visit Japan... or go live there.

The only problem I have with glasses is losing them since I don't always wear them 24/7. But otherwise, they're much better than contacts. The advert making them look uncool kind of annoyed me a little.

Oh by the way, would like to know whether you drink alcohol Danny, and if you do, what do you like the best, and what kind of variaty is easily available in Japan? Would be great to know before holidaying/staying there. Since it's one of my most favourite pastimes. ^__^

I once (actually twice) tried contact lenses. After a while I could get them in quite fast, but it became a pain in the ass. Also thinking that contacts on a tired eye is not good. And I'm not very awake in the morning ;p Now I just do it for very special occasions. And also, I'm so used to wearing glasses I don't even feel them anymore, they've become a part of my face (so to say ;p).

I want to try that Tai Yaki next time ^^

Uf, all that food looks tasty, more now that I`m on diet...

Nice article, Danny!

Glasses fan myself, worn them for years even though i originally only needed them for driving but strangely felt more comfortable wearing them, something just freaks me out with the idea of using contacts.

That food looks so nice make's me so want to go to Wagamama (Japanese noodle bar) again been so addicted to that place lately, hmm that make's me wonder does anybody know if Wagamama originated in Japan or is it just some company trying to mimic Japanese food?

i want eat >.<

I go both ways...glasses and contacts that is. I usually wear glasses when I'm feeling lazy. Contacts are fine but my eyes tend to dry out when wearing them so I take them off when I get home.

Maybe Japanese prefer contacts simply because they think they look better without glasses.

Cold Stone and Krispy Kreme, yes it's all going according to plan. *evil chuckle*

It seems that Kagami and Hatsune Miku is enjoying the meal together with you.. The food looks delicious.. ^^

I'm a glasses person too.. Used to wear contacts when I was young but stopped after I find them annoying when taking them out or putting them on.. Even my brother found it easier to drive using glasses since his comes with a sunglass attachment..

Having dinner with the Ambassador? Danny's stepping into politics?, Danny For Prime Minister!

I love your humour man, especially that dead animals in bags lol

I like my glasses and pushing them up for dramatic effect as well. Getting a new style soon and I'm hoping to find something like the Protagonist's from Persona 4. ^_^

I'm liking your idea of putting Asakura as a dashboard figure Danny. I know if I ever got stopped by a cop they'd pay more attention to her than me. Not that I'd be stopped seeing as I'd be driving at 10 mph to avoid an accident and wrecking Asakura. >_>

Halloween is becoming more of a normal thing huh? Hopefully people (gaijin in this case) will behave so that other gaijin and future gaijin don't have a bad reputation.

contacts for the win. though ill be getting lasik soon enough. my friend went from near sighted to 15/20 after his lasik. lucky! i cant even imagine how much better my batting average will be after that. I have to wear contacts because i have to wear sunglasses, too much sun damage in my eyes already at my age. A few deployments can do that to ya.

Eyeglasses all the way. What if theres a fire or toxic gas? Wouldn't be too fun pulling those contact off your eyes as they melt on to them.

Personally, I wear glasses. I bought a pair of Nike glasses that you can crumple up and they pop back into place. Also, they don't slide of your head even in heavy tropical weather.

Also, I do recommend yakiniku while in Japan. Though, don't do what some others do and expect to get full on just beef. Order some rice or soup with you meal, saves on the cost and you will leave full and happy.

Tried Coldstone once will in Yokohama Minato Mirai. The girls were really cute and were singing quite often. Plus, the icecream was really good. Recommended if you see one.

The clerks SING at your local Cold Stone? o.o I'm glad to know that my favorite ice cream chain exists in Japan, but really? That's awesome!

I might get contacts just for cosplaying, but I don't think they're worth the trouble for day to day. Especially since contacts for an astigmatism cost more than normal correction. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that my mom and I are both apparently mutants; we have too many tear ducts, which wick moisture away from the eye, leaving the eyes abnormally dry. Not good conditions for comfortable contact wearing.

That raccoon looks a lot like that cosplay that Nodame Megumi did...

I prefer glasses since I don't like the idea of sticking something on my eyeballs...

nice FireFox shirt Danny.

Man these posts of yours always make me hungry Danny, I've always wanted to try out taiyaki for a very long time now. Is it similar to hopia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopia

And also just a question, isn't it bad for some of figures to be placed on your dashboard? I dunno I'm just worried that their colors might fade away gradually due to exposure.
And Len Vesper's soooo lucky! Darn, I wish I can meet you sometime Danny!

The employees at our (Michigan) ColdStone sing when they receive a tip.

I prefer glasses because I have been wearing them since kindergarten (15 years). I can't get used to the feeling of seeing clearly without having something on my face. I do wear contacts though (Astigmatism kind) when I go to amusement parks. Don't want to lose or break my glasses while riding 10 rollercoasters!

looking at this post makes me hungry -_-!
and its really along queue ( Krispy Kreme ) o.O

I find the popularity of Krispy Kreme to be very amusing. Around my work there is a gas station that gets fresh Krispy Kremes every morning. And more often than not, they are are still there when i leave in the afternoon or evening. They are just ordinary commercial donuts! Isn't funny how something so normal can be marketed in a way to make everyone in Tokyo think its something so special. I follow the TokyoCooney vlog and he covered Krispy Kreme one year after its opening in Kapan and the line was still 2 hours long. Thats insanity...mass madness you maniacs! Hahaha

I wear contacts currently, but i don't mind glasses. Its just to get a nice pair is rather expensive. And i also had a contact roll into the back of my eye...twice . In both cases it came out during that night while i was sleeping. Years ago i may not have ventured to contacts, but with improvements over the years, i find it very easy to change and maintain them. Also you can add various effects to your eyes if you so desire.

i am only slightly myopic, so specs would do fine for me thank you
and lol at danny with that beanie!

anyway, while i do appreciate the "this time last year" feature, i find it difficult,especially with the recent revamp, to distinguish between new articles apart. i would appreciate some sorta way to differentiate between the two, perhaps a small header would suffice?

Curse you Danny! Now youve made me all hungry again!
I cant wait for Len to unbox your mysterious Figure.Are you having fun with the squishy eyes maid?^^

I wear glasses and cant be bothered to wear contacts.On the one hand theres the maintanance and on the other the fact that you have to stick em with you finger in your eyes.I just couldnt do that ^_^

I like Korean food, especially bimimpap.

Spectacles wearer here. I have never tried contacts so I can't tell much for the differences but contacts do seem to be tedious to maintain since you have to keep putting it in and off your eye everyday.

P/S: I have astigmatism too but =p

I really dont care one way or another what other people choose to use but I myself use contacts all the time when Im not home. Think the major reason is that I had to start using glasses quite late and never got used to using glasses while doing something, but its fine at home since I just mainly stare at either TV or monitor :)

I also think contacts arent that much of a hassle to use. I just put them on in the morning (after a couple of weeks practice that takes like 5 seconds) and in the evening I just put them back in the container, takes 10 seconds since I have to fill the container with liquid. And with good quality contacts you wont even notice youre wearing them (except that you actually see stuff) and have had absolutely 0 problems after I just found the brand that suits me.

Also it feels like glasses need more maintenance than contact lenses, I always manage to get finger marks on the lenses :P

i love krispy kreme and cold stone... sooo good.

Once again DC.com proves how crap my country is. Wish I could speak Japanese, then i'd move there in five seconds flat.

Dont wear glasses, but i think contacts have some inherent probs, like drying out. Also heard they can get caught on your eyelids? If i'm wrong feel free to correct me.

I used to wear glasses. I couldn't wear contacts, because they dried my eyes way too much. However, I didn't like wearing glasses either, so last year I went the best route of all. LASIK eye surgery. Now I don't even need glasses!
>:D

I actually like the new episodes of Heroes, won't spoil it for you guys who havnt watched it but I wasn't too happy with ep 5 haha. Personally I only wear glasses when I need to like when i'm in class, don't like contacts because I don't like touching my eyes lol. Astigmatism sucks doesn't it...

Well, i wear both. Glasses at the night and contacts during the day. I wear contacts because i like to use sunglasses when is sunny, and in Portugal it means 70% of the year, and because contacts are quite in keeping my eyes dioptre low. And i have both asthygmatism and myopia, so it's win/win.

I have 20/20 at worst (last time my eyesight was checked, the doctor merely said it was "good/very good", when I had a physical for a trip they said I had 20/19 and that was on a bad day for me). I might have partial red-green color blindness, but it's very minimal...the most inconvenient thing is playing PSO since the colors for players 2 and 3 look pretty much identical to me.

On another note, I am thinking of cosplaying as a character with a different eye color who also wears glasses...I have no idea where to get contacts to change my eye color and fake glasses that match the character and do not have any eyesight correction.

Remember how I told you I couldn't open my eyes under water. I can't swim very far because of that.

new melody album? but that youtube song you attached is old no?

neways...thnx for sharing your week again...i wanna try that ice cream!

chibi maruko chan = awesome :) I watched it in chinese dubs when I was a kid released after the series finished. It was almost like Ding Dong (doraemon) and except i always remembered associating chibi maruko chan with soba noodles O_O"

you should probably make an archive/compilation of the places you've eaten with information and everything :) gives us an insight into what places we could go if we ever visit tokyo =D since your a week in tokyo posts consists of sooo many pictures of *yummy drooling* food ^__^"

I think contact getting stuck behind the eye story is an urban legend. My eye doctor mentioned it once to me, I have also lost my contacts in my eye before they sometime fold in on themselves but they fall out after some blinking. Cold stone is enjoyable every once in a while ,I like the strawberry bananas and yellow cake myself, but the ice cream is not that great. There is this one chain in NJ http://www.applegatefarm.com/ that has the best ice cream ever. I should go get some later.

wow i thought the subject was glasses, any ways just be glad you have good food i can't find any place to eat good food, oh any contacts bother my eyes

Began to wear glasses since 7-8, but never thought about contacts. Think you dont have to handle glasses as much as contacs.

*puff puff*
*wipes glasses*
Hmm... Korean food is always good. Especially grilled meat~.
Lately I've had a craving for miso soup though...
You don't eat while in your storm trooper suit do you?
I'm kind of new, so I only have a mental image of the storm trooper >_<

1. We don't have Cold Stone here (never even heard of it) but looks good
2. I wear glasses, I don't like contacts cause I don't like things in my eyes. Though I've broken my glasses just recently, I still prefer them.
3. I envy all the delicious looking food you get to eat. My batchelor cooking isn't bad but it doesn't even come close to that. Short story, went to a Japanese restaurant in town a few weeks back hoping it would be good, or at least descent, was an aweful experience. It was dirty, bad service, food wasn't very good. Made me sad :(

me luvs a week in tokyo.....
so sad i havent been to my tokyo.....

I've never been around Tokyo

I never needed contacts or glasses, but I probably don't want to go with contacts after what you just said. If ever I needed contacts it would be for cosplaying

I always feel hungry after reading one of Danny's "A Week In Toyko" :P

I've never even heard of Cold Stone...

Well, I've always stuck with glasses (contacts are too fragile to withstand my (lack of) care, LOL).

Danny,

you should give the book "the paradox of choice" a read. It talks about choice and how sometimes too much choice is a bad thing.

I can't do contacts. Anything involving putting my finger in my eye seems to trigger a horrifying response inside of me.

*I love Korean girls-errm, food too! Beef bulgokee, kalbi, spicy pork, kimchee, various pickled veggies.
*I know why you're being summoned by Ambassador Warren. He's going to say: "On behalf of the Queen and the people of England, please stop dancing in your Storm Trooper outfit in the middle of Tokyo!" J/K!

Loving the Macross looks rather cool so much food just wanna eat it all so hard to come by good food back over in England :( so much sadness.

I recently watched a neat video about how too much choice can be a bad thing. It was cool; I hadn't thought of anything like that before, but when I think about it, sometimes the choices you have can be overwhelming. Like, 50 kinds of ice cream, 100 different styles of jeans, etc.

Anyway, the video is here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6127548813950043200 (The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz)

Oh my oh my, That food look so yummy! The more I see picture of Japan the more it make me wanna cry... I wish I had money to go over there. But anyways, it looks so exciting. (^_^)

where can I download Melody songs!!?

Holy crap!

That Rascal doll in the UFO Catcher machine (the racoon) is from Candy Candy, a 70's shoujo series. I used to love that show! I had no idea that they were still doing things with this series in Japan! o_O

Now I want one :)

over here in shawnee yes there are ppl in the cold stone an also men they always sing lik every seconds its reeely scary but then reely coolio beacuz it just hits you an makes your day*

wow, the food looks delicious, and make me feel hungry, heheh! and the tai yaki look crispy, i never find it in here...

i want to try Tai Yaki it looks nice