A Week in Tokyo 36
Starting off this week with a few more peeks at the CM filming that went on yesterday morning. While the cameras and lighting are being set up, I take a few pics of Aoi-chan who we took along with us.
The rails (don't know the name for this) which the camera mounts on. The commercial is more of an image video though. As soon as it goes live I can talk about it and post all the photos. A few more pics from yesterday posted to the News Items. Very excited!
My fave handwash of the moment - Biore U Peach. Figurines and handwash. Hmmmmm.
Reminds me of when I was living back in the UK - used to pay that extra to get Japanese hygene products from the stores.
Folks from Wieden and Kennedy together with director Timothy Saccenti over at the office for a meeting...
Wifey makes gorgeous Gratin.
Cruising around the open roads of the metropolis.
Gorgeous sunny day.
This weeks office. Only wear the armor during work between the hours of 8AM and 5PM.
Truck picking up the paper recyclables.
Charging up on my Nescafe Gold Blend.
Some snacks in between coding sessions.
The prices displayed here below the games is the price that Book Off will buy them from you - games that just came out will usually be purchased at a high price. I'm personally not fussed about packaging and get my games secondhand - sell them back after. Do you prefer spanking new or go for secondhand?
Heard a lot about the new Bio Hazard 5 but never really got into the series because bullets ran out too quickly leaving you to shoot 50 zombies moving in on all directions with a shotgun that fires 1 round every 5 seconds.
Tenpura Teishoku lunch. 680 yen.
Some ice cream after dindins.
Was thinking of picking up a few of these lights to implant in the armor. Maybe stick on in the middle of the chest armor and be a puchi Ironman. or I could get two of these and place then where pupils would go...
At Book Off looking for some secondhand Manga. Nearly impossible looking for stuff in this place - books seem to be arranged in a strange order.
I'm still currently reading To Love-ru, Maken-ki and kemeko Deluxe. Whats on your reading list now and what recommendations do you have?
Didnt find what I was looking for at in Book Off so went to the firsthand book store - didn't have it either. Was looking on reading up on K-On! before the anime started next month.
Ramen at Seiya - 500 yen.
Probably my most fave drink in Japan - Calpis Water.
Pizza lunch - 1,200 yen.
Ishiyaki Kalbi - 800 yen.
CGM Night Episode 3 was just awesome! About 200 bloggers, v-bloggers and Industry folk attended the event held in Harajuku. Many companies gave out goodies including Focal Computing and Kotobukiya.
The official site is up at cgmnight.com.
Got a bit cramped this time round as we had to change venue due to the unexpected popularity of the event. Folks from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Broccoli, Appliya, Nitro Plus also came and was honored to have the official launch of the Poken Japanese service announced at CGM Night.
Some coverage of Tokyo CGM Night Episode 3 below.
- http://jeansnow.net/2009/03/17/cgm-3/
- http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=9265
- http://nthambazale.com/2009/03/tokyo-cgm-night-episode-poken-launched-in-japan/
- http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/entry/tokyo_cgm_night_episode_3
- http://www.kotaro269.com/archives/50785279.html
- http://www.kenleewrites.com/2009/03/tokyo-cgm-3-i-poken-ed-64-people.html
- http://www.thewesternworld.net/2009/03/tokyo-cgm-night-part-iii-the-attack-of-the-poken.html
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenagata/sets/72157615190007076/
- http://www.lesterho.com/blog/?p=554
- http://ameblo.jp/hfo/entry-10223748574.html
- http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/tokyo-shift/post.htm?id=63009540
- http://haradasetsukooffice.weblogs.jp/weekly_notes/2009/03/post-b6fd.html
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ami_harikoshi/
- http://www.thewesternworld.net/2009/03/tokyo-cgm-night-part-iii-the-attack-of-the-poken.html
- http://blog.livedoor.jp/sasakill/archives/50219879.html
- http://www.dshack.net/2009/03/cgm-night-episode-three.html
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimgris/tags/tokyocgm/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnyli/sets/72157615185757607/
- http://www.jeromesadou.com/en/entry/49/Tokyo%20CGM%20Night%20III
- http://www.nihongonotes.com/2009/03/15/tokyo-cgm-night-march-09/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimgris/sets/72157615180784195/
- http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-cgm-night-iii/
- http://mitaimon.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2009/03/poken-sns.html
- http://tinyurl.com/d7p56z
- http://www.flickr.com/groups/tokyocgm/pool/
- http://www.zaeega.com/archives/50769812.html
- http://yaminonezakanahunter.blogspot.com/2009/03/cgm3-13-09.html
- http://skyeogden.blogspot.com/2009/03/tokyo-cgm-night.html
- http://www.ryoumezawa.com/2009/03/18/tokyo-cgm-night-3-%EF%BC%8B-poken%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%B8%8A%E9%99%B8/
- http://poken.jp/ja/meetups/meetup-log
Some extreme retro games spotted being thrown out during plastic recycle day. Silpheed! Anybody remember this? The one I owned was the Sega Mega CD version below.
My fave retro game? Axelay for the Super Famicom always springs to mind. Whats your fave retro game - post a youtube link too!
At Ikea picking up some stuff for the bedroom. Love how they designed the floors to make you walk through everything before being able to get out at the other end.
Where would we be without Ikea eh? Before Ikea came to Japan, we had to pay ridiculous prices for stuff at places like Tokyu Hands.
Always seem to be picking up these electric taps every time I go.
Incredibly popular with many Japanese folks and extremely packed on a weekend - recommend to go after work where its quite empty.
I confess - I love the 100 yen hot dawg that comes with a drink.
Choosing some yummies for dindins.
One of my fave Japanese dishes - Agedashi Tofu - Bean curd deep fried in light batter.
Deep fried chicken set as the main dish.
- For Stealing a glance and falsification prevention of important data in a CD case or a sealed letter.
- I t cannot hide the trace which it tore off!
- For the security of important documents!
Tamper proof stickers - spotted at the 100 yen store. Love the 100 yen stores.
Got a new pair of braces (1,155 yen))) for the stormtrooper armor - the first pair was completely busted and would have probably left me in an embarrassing situation if I attempted another trooping session. The braces hold the torso armor up.
I will be in armor next Wednesday and Friday for two events. One is a networking event and the other is a presentation which I will announce later.
Trying out some vegetable Yakisoba at a new place.
Our local park has some adorable rabbits running around. Little boys try to poke their eyes out with twigs.
One of my Twitter followers suggested to eat Pineapple for my horrid hay fever. Not sure if its working ^^; Currently eat a ton of yogurt which seems to help every year. Please do share your anti hay fever strategy.
A healthy snack once in a while is good for the body.
An after lunch stroll.
Passing through a back alleyway.
More yummy dishes from Wifey and cousin.
Yasai Teishoku lunch set - 680 yen.
Checking out O-sans Eee PC Netbook. Originally came with XP but he installed Ubuntu on it.
Want to get a netbook and install Leopard on it but all the steps I've seen involve the loss of a few limbs.
The video below shows steps to install leopard on the Lenovo S10.
Has anybody here managed to install Leopard on a netbook and still have LAN etc working?
The wireless E-Mobile USB device which gets users up to 7.2Mbps internet speed starting at 1,000 yen per month. If users download a load of data, they would pay a max of about 4,000 yen and continue to download as much as they want.
Coverage seems to be quite good and covers pretty much all of Tokyo as shown in this map. Many comrades also recommend it too and say that the speed is decent and stable but gets bad when one goes out to the sticks. I'll probably be picking up one soon.
Bibimbap lunch - 790 yen.
Used to print out maps before heading off to my destination but now take a snap of the browser screen instead.
On the road to our next meeting.
In meeting. Checking out the Epson projector. Would like a projector at home for movies and games but not sure which one to get - recommendations welcome desu.
At the offcies of comrades at CScout Japan.
Micheal's desk. He gets a suddenly acquired Yuki Nagato from me.
Love the tree - want one for our office too.
Starter dish of some type of deep fried cheese wrapped in some sort of leaf.
Checking out the iPhone/iPod touch version of dannychoo.com being developed by Michael. More screenshots available.
Won Ton noodles and harumaki (spring rolls) for lunch.
Kagami visits the little house at the checkout.
City Hunter makes it to Panchinko.
Ramen with Egg. Many Ramen places give you the option of customizing your Ramen. For example this place lets you choose thin or thick noodles and spicy or mild flavoring.
Another anime makes to it Pachinko - the name on the tip of my tongue. Have not tried pachinko for about 20 years - must make a point of checking it out before the next A Week in Tokyo.
