A Day in Tokyo 5

I'm impressed at the oppai viewing x-ray phone... It's just another thing america needs to catch up on. haha

Heh, I'm in medical school and can practice reading your X ray! You're right, black is gas. I don't have too much experience with radiology though, so probably can't help too much. ^^;; I don't see any major problems that I can recognize.

After hearing about the questions.... I'm right in the middle... I think. . my yearly check up is coming up at the end of the year.. The article goes right into what makes Tokyo great. After reading this... Had thoughts about my lifestyle..

I have never seen a person so happy with medical examinations...

The facility look so clean. In Toronto, the facilities and equipments look so old and worn out -_-"

*cringes* My post about Shinkai's ad disappeared in the week when DC's news was sinking.

Back to story, you must be one of the most delighted people who is happy going to a checkup.

Glad to hear the medical examination went smoothly ^^ I don't like going to the hospital... But anyways, the ramen looks very nummy!

A-and is that another Dollfie?! I envy you, Danny @__@

Augh, I'd be very depressed if I gained 10 kg already since I just turned 20 a few months ago >_. Anyway - not really looking to getting older as it just means that medical exams only get worse and whatnot. It's nice to have a simple yearly checkup that doesn't require much except for a urine sample and a "turn your head and cough".

I want ramen

LOL the stomach scanning machine soumds like a really fun amusement park ride.

This is a lot more of an extensive testing than I've gotten for a physical, which basically was height, weight, blood pressure, listen to heart, and "how have you been feeling lately?" Of course I haven't had a checkup since I started college, about 3 years ago.

I noticed you had a Wii Fit, do you use it often? (or your wife). Or have you went with the American trend(not my opinion just what I've read) and used it for a month, then got bored and never touched it again.

I hate it when the nurse or phlebotomist can't find the vein the first time when drawing blood samples.

The first time I had my blood drawn, which was by the insurance company for coverage, the phlebotomist didn't find the vein. Instead of taking it out and sticking me again, she moved the needle in my arm. My eyes widened and my parents had to come and keep me calm.

The Barium part sounded rough.

My check-up will be sometime in July.. can't wait to lose liters of blood.. > >'

>hurling a piece of undigested corn
Ohhh I just happened to be eating corn while reading this..

Scored 3/7.. why not 8? I'm only 17.. lol. I eat faster than anyone(short breaks at school), eat before sleep(in fact, almost every hour), and I tend to skip breakfast. If a piece of bread w/ peanutbutter is breakfast then I scored 2 ^^;

Gotta love Makoto Shinkai's works. The beautiful skies are his signature(for me).

Haven't got blood tests before.. Friends say it hurts.. and I'm not really good with needles - have some bad memories with them. the blood pressure machine looks interesting enough. Looks like it will equip a Striker unit on your arms.

Burping barium looks yucky.. Having white poo is sucky as well.

Very interesting monetization strategy on the QR code. So that's what the code thing is all about. Saw them on Pocky box IIRC. Is the function for "scanning" of QR code only avail for Japanese phones?

In Malaysia I believe our pack-o-meter for trains is based on how much space do you get to stand on..

Also, Mirai uniform! ^o^

I scored 2. 1 for eating a bit faster than others and another 1 for weighing more than 10 kg after I turned 20 (I think I gained almost 15 kgs overall!).

Wow interesting check up thingy I didn't know they had those but they look very professional, except the poo part doesn't sound pleasing xP

Saw that Barium stomach scan machine in action on tv in a series called Doctor-ology.
Looks like some kind of fair ride to me, lol.

Mirrors, I don't have the habit of looking into mirrors.

So QR code can work like that too. Creative.

I like those orange doors of the train station.

"I remember once when having blood taken back in the UK. The nurse missed *three* times - I got nervous and passed out ^^;"
=>I'm assuming she had a shota complex:p
もてもてだね:)

reminds me of the time i had to go for a checkup when i joined my present company. almost similar, with the containers for urine and poo samples, but barium scan is left out thankfully.

also we get food at the hospital to eat for a after breakfast blood sugar check. so we have two blood checkups done - one before breakfast and the other after breakfast.

japan streets are so clean! amazing people.

Scored 4... Need to watch my health now orz.
Barium in stomach, seems to creepy for me... Even worse when I saw that it would solidify when one does not remove it @__@
Miko Miko Ryomo ^o^

I just got health check recently. It's good that I didn't need to do the Barium test. The Barium is only for 30+ years old.
I didn't know we could bring a camera. >_> I should have asked. Will take a camera with me next time.

hospitals are scary x_x
the anime ads of the construction company is so cool!
the magazines with the qr code is a nice idea, haha.

Heh, I haven't had any trouble with blood tests, but when I went to get a spinal fluid tap they missed THAT... not the most comfortable experience ever. I think I got about a 4 on the exam.

Heh, I do take a bit of care of my appearance, but I don't know if I would do it in a public mirror. Bathrooms and in the elevator maybe ^^;

Hmm, "Land Down Under"... need more Australia II to go with it =P

Hmm, quite interesting tour of the hospital. As people have mentioned, you're way too happy lol. I am intrigued at the barium test, but I do not ever wish to do it.

QR code is brilliant. Don't they also have those on websites too?

And regarding the sleeping guy. I feel the same way. Maybe too much eroge. Maybe... Nah.

(I want a Calpis now)

I never go to the doctor, I think it'll probably backfire in a bunch of years, but asides being a lazy waste of space and being almost blind without glasses, I shouldn't have any alarming problems.

I don't like hospitals either... they just want to suck you dry from your money.

As always, an interesting entry; me always likes how comfortable must be to use a bicycle in Japan. In Los Angeles you better watch for the cars if you use a bike or you might end up dead.

Got 1 point on the test--I practically inhale my food on most occasions. ^^;

DD Escalayer? Nice! But where's Fate? (If you're doing a giveaway with her my neighbors three, four acres away will hear me squeal, which isn't good seeing as it's after eleven PM here.)

I scored 0, "no" on every question. Danny, you forgot to add the answer '0' in the poll ^^

I think I might want to try getting the poo my way...

Rolling around in that barium tester sounds fun...reminds me of the old fashion pork killing method at the farms.

Aww Danny, you look so happy in all these pics XD!!!

Oh my, ANOTHER dollfie? I can't wait to see how you dress her up! *so jealous of your SAD*

Health test? What's that XD?

First picture = funny! =D

Those QR Codes sure did the right marketing strategy.
WAH ~! Another Musume!

health check-ups like yours obviously so far advance than our here, the instrument to measure eye pressure are different but still in the same concept. Would like to try that blood pressure machine. ^o^ really Danny its more advance than Brunei.

interesting to see both poo and food being discussed in this article. time for my lunch. ('~')

At least you got some decent hospital clothes. Last time I went, I had a thin wrap-around apron type sheet, which you tie closed at the back (and makes you feel like your butt is out in the open)- with underwear made from the same type of fabric that surgical hairnets are made from. >_<

Barium is just plain nasty (especially when you have to drink, like, a litre of it!) You'd think with all their technology - they'd be able to at least put some sort of flavour in it :p

Hope everything comes back with good news Danny ^_^

Wait just 1,200 yen for the checkup? Is that the whole bill or the just the Co-pay? Cuz if that's the whole thing health care in Japan is whole lot better than what we got here...Even though I'm not scared to have blood samples taken, I still don't like having needles getting stuck into me...

Wow, what a long process. I'm sure it's very thorough and will help detect anything that could be remotely wrong. Also, is that Akira from Lucky Star in the second picture with the nendo puchi? I would love to have an Akira nendo puchi, she's hilarious.

Also, seeing the space up in your ceiling makes me kinda jealous. I wish I had a space to store boxes safely and out of sight to save space and stuff. I also need to get some wall shelves to display my figures.

Hospitals always looks so clean and packed!
Those QR codes must eat money if people don't read beforehand. Would a phone be charged for scanning a code if it were outside Japan? Or would the code just not work at all.
Of course older restaurants are better tasting, they've established themselves and what's kept them for so long is that they are good.
Hmm, I don't know how the cieling of your bathroom doesn't get wet, i'd imagine it would with evaporation of water. h well, i'll have to look out for that secret storage area when I look for a place.
A new daughter for Danny, I wonder who it is next to the television? I'm not so great when it comes to identifying things.

That poo thing was un wanted Danny! xD
And whoever took that picture of Mio...I want it!

Really cool storage space.

I hated going in for check ups, I had to go to a bunch of different floors, and even a basement area for the radioactive x-ray thingies...it was pretty freaky.

These mirror photos were funny :P
I scored 2 (I skip breakfast and eat faster than others :S). Nice tour of the hospital! All is so clean, shiny, and modern. It looks like a spaceship. And incredible that they make you change your clothes for a health checkup. I thought that was only for those who stay at the hospital (入院者).

I love the artwork of Makoto Shinkai. His skies are beautiful! Loved byousoku 5cm, Kumo no mukou... and Hoshi no Koe. I like how bright he makes the sky, the sunsets and that sakura-color on the air ^^

Ahhh, so that "Dotted Squares" thing is a a kind of Bar Code. Been wondering what that is.

Saw a lot of that in Japanese magazines. It's amazing how you can use your mobile phone as a scanner ^^;

I just had a barium enema this week, not fun at all and I did exactly what you had to do. The only exception is that I had a balloon stuff up my ass and it lasted for over an hour. I had a lot of air pumped into there.

i agree, places that look old and a bit shabby taste the best

they say you can go blind when you do that thing you do with your hands

Hmm did a med check recently as well... but I'm not aware of the scoring system of 1-8 here...

How many dolfies do you have? I know you have Saber, and Ryomo, and the dark haired one but are there anymore? I'm confused....

Scored 1 – same point as Danny. Eating out in Japan is too cheap to avoid!

Where's the zero option? ...

Not surprisingly, I don't have much experience with hospitals.

abit of australian heritage rite there - men at work
food looks good as always!

Aww I got 0 on that test. Sometimes it would be nice to have a mirror at stations and such, I do like to look tidy if I can, and is that a VF-25 I spy in the lounge?

Another daughter for you? It looks like DDDy Escalayer.

:X Ugh...Danny, your whole poo checking explanation seriously made me laugh and want to throw up at the same time. (O.o)

Wow, your hospital checkups are way more in-depth and hands on than the ones here. I hope I never have to drink that barium stuff...look awful.

The people on the trains all look so tired lol. Poor guy that plays to much eroge...some people just don't have what it takes. XD

Those phone scanner things are so awesome! They seriously need those here...would make reading so much more interesting. :P

I got a kick out of the fact that you drink Dad's Old Fashioned Root Beer, it's the same root beer they serve where I work. Small world eh? :D

You seem a lot more thin this year, last year your face was rounder :)

Do you have a National Health Insurance? Here in Taiwan it's mandatory, even for foreigners, so the fees are a lot cheaper than if you don't have it, and actually you have right for some free tests.

Great article:9

I hear looking at oppai for long can cause blindness. Your dindin looks freaking scrumptious, wish I had some.

You look so happy when going for your health check, that's a verty good mindset ^_^

Very entertaining while reading this article~~~

Wow, the blood pressure machine is so advanced~

I only seen that soundproof booth once in Windtalker movie by Nicholas Cage.

Had seen some QR code in the magazines~~~~~~

So your figure boxes were kept on the bathroom celling~~~

That's some very delicious laksa with big prawn~~~

I want to try that barium never have gone to get one of those examinations before looks nasty.

Danny just be glad it was a Upper GI (aka Barium swallow) and not a Lower GI (aka Barium Enema) where you get the Barium inserted in the other end.

How hard is it to make an appointment for a checkup like this? I swear Canadian health-care will only serve you if your illness is fatal or something. So much for preventative health-care/check ups =

poo samples?
wow, kinda mars explorer found ice on the red planet surface, arghhh ;)

another dollfie o.o

Where did you get those little coat hangers?

Scored a 5 1/2 haha. Does eating out count if its eating at your work place when it has a deli? Plus I manage the produce section so its all healthy food there.

Odd that I was browsing your articles and came across your check-up from last year, then I log on later in the day and you post your check-up for this year. Just noticed the add on the bottom of the comment box is the Tenga and I also read your one review on their products. (Do ads on your site lean more on the topics I look in order to get better chances of ad clicks?)

I must say the trains over there are VERY clean. I take the train every day back and fourth to school and sometimes it smells like pee... And I wish we had those signs saying to do work stuff at work, not on the train. I get so tried of taking the morning train where I want to open a textbook or notebook and study or pull open my old Japanese language books so I don't get rusty only to hear someone HALF WAY ACROSS the train car yelling into his phone at someone. I don't understand it, why do people have to yell on the phone when on the train? Well, theres my small rant. ^^

I like the QR code for peek idea, brilliant

Great Post Danny, thx a lot ^^

Nether had a health test, don't start having the till your 40 in the UK.

Liking the look of Azabu Juban, looks like my kind a place.

Always love reading these Weeks in Japan on a Sunday morning, love how clean and sunny the place looks

Thank you for all your posts about daily things in Japan, like train travel and food. I'm flying to Japan for the first time tonight, and seeing these pictures makes me much less nervous. :-)

The poses with the huge cheesy grins made my day. Good job you were still smiling after that barium. :$

hmm i wonder if people would die for good Asian Food

Can't remember the last time i had a health check up, but that barium test doesn't look very nice.

Fourth Dollfie? I guess that's economic inequality for us. Anyway, I thought it would be awesome to have a "subscribe to comments/replies" option so that you know if anyone replied to your comment. I'm not a proficient programmer so I have no idea how hard it is to implement such features.

The magazine/cell phone scan thing was pretty neat. Would be cool to have stuff like that elsewhere!

Wow, health checks in Japan are really extensive. The DIY bloodpressure and eye tests are really cool. Would involve a doctor/nurse to do it over here.

The scan-to-see-more option on those mags is also really cool; over here we only have lame ads for ringtones and wallpapers but thát is a feature I would be willing to pay for ^^;

Canadian health care system has some good and bad points to it. Good that it is easy to get health care with minimal cost to the patients as long as they have some kinda medical insurance. Bad in that it is easily abused by people who know the loop holes that take advantage of the system costing taxpayers money.

Yeah, I look in passing mirrors. I'm a vain SOB.

I agree with Danny, Calpis water/soda on hot sunny day is the best, nothing beats it :)

Same eye machine and hearing test the military uses. I do get those checkups every year.

Good thing those boxes stay dry up there. I'd be worried about humidity especially in the bathroom. ^^;

Nice Miko clothing although can't say I am a fan of Ryomo ;;

Mmm tasty ramen!

The Barium test... looks really scary. >_<

Do I see a 4th Dollfie? :D

I do look in passing mirrors... though usually I'm disgusted by what I see -_-

Trying to get a sample of your poo for a medical examination is kind of weird to think about lol...

So far I haven't done a medical test yet after landed in Japan. Must be quite costly and scary to do a troublesome check up like this. ^^;;

WUT? I didn't realize there is a large amount of space above the bathroom celling. I must check up mine and it is a good idea to hide some of your awesome stuff when there is people coming to my apartment someday. ^^;;

I spotted alot of minors around the subways and most of the Japanese women really do bother looking at it and done their make up before going inside the train. ^^;;

I will never want to drink Barium, it looks nasty to me D:
I do look at passing mirrors if there's any. Sometimes, I even resorted to looking at my reflections when I pass by a transparent glass pane and my shadow to see if my hair is in a mess :X

Ahh Calpis! First got interested in it when I was watching old Japanese TV ads on Youtube.

I drank my first bottle, accordingly, with a Japanese meal, but the irony was I bought my Calpis from the Korean grocer next door.

I'm surprised you figurine boxes haven't been spoilt by water vapour, especially that it doesn't look like there is sealing around the attic cavity.

What sort of material lines your bathroom ceiling?

Another Dollfie? 0_0

You're collecting so many, do you still have time for them all Danny? Won't your daughters rebel and demand more attention from you?
That flashed a photo opportunity image in my mind of Trooper Danny bound on the floor surrounded by his daughters begging for more attention... XD

I spy Escalayers DDDY body, but where is the poor dears head?

I love the way you get hospital clothes, just in case you try and escape during the test =]

how much per month do you pay for your health care Danny?

Scored 0. Am I super healthy now?^^;

woah deja vu, seems almost yesterday when i read that article last year.
it's nice for the staff to let ya run around like that with the camera. i can hardly do that without getting a few stares for my efforts. :(

I scored 3

I skip breakfast
Eat faster than others (gobble everything down)
and last but not least eat before sleeping

I never realized that those phpone scan things were for this kind of stuff.I always thought its some kinda service that allows you to get more information on a product/article and not healthcare material.
I actually think that its funny that such a magazine is offered at a Ramen Place^^

wow, 12 bucks for a checkup (bad rounding and forex calculations mind you)
i love hospital clothes. You feel so free and airy... if you know what i mean
i think i scored like 2 or 3 on your example test ^^!

unfortunately, im quite conscious of my appearance so a mirror every 25m would be nice ^^"

health checks here only consists of a blood sample,urine sample,weigh check, and blood pressure.i havent checked my sight and hearing since i was in elementary school

ooo... i score 1!.. and just becasue i was still growing after 20... shot up past 6 foot and filled out latter.. usually at 5kg every few years..

...physical... ewww... and i hate those hearing tests, used to work with jet engines in the military and had to take a hearing test every 6 months... and not so interestinly my hearing got worse time after time... guess it was the jet engines i tested.. O_o go figure...

great photoshoot Danny.. really like the day in the life of Danny photos.. :D... now just need a photo of misses Choo... that seems so absent in these...

I love that orange phone. I really want to get one like that.
I scored only 2 on the test, I'm not yet 20 so I can't answer the last one.
The code thing for phones is awesome. I have the program on my phone and Pepsi use it on their bottles. That's about it. I hope they do more stuff like that magazine.

Reminds me of all those poo-ish tweets last week? ^_^
Had enough health checks at the army, don't think that I have to worry about my health atm.

Scored 2:
"Do you skip breakfast" Yus, cause I'm sleeping until lunchtime.
"Do you often eat 2 hours before sleeping" A snack in the middle of the night is not good? Don't care xD

Danny looks pretty happy going to the hospital .

Me , am very worried and also shy showing my body to the doctors and also sometimes very afraid seeing my own blood .

Did the nurse use a regular needle to get some blood samples or did they use the "Mother's Kiss" .

As read in http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/japanese_inventor_creates_moth.php

we have something like the QR code here as well, but no ecchi stuufs, just simple advertising. unfortunately it didn't catch on and seems to have disappeared. the reason is people are either too lazy or can't be bothered to scan in the code. i find it troublesome and would rather read whatever u are advertising directly in print.

I never knew eating 2 hours before sleeping was somehow bad for you. And isnt a glass of red wine a day also one of those good-for-you things?

And yeah, ive never actually gotten beyond the blood test (this was for donating blood though)...they get up to the haemoglobin finger prick and i decide to get intimate with the carpet...

Scored a one, I eat fast like hi-speed fast. Heck I won a hot-dog eating competition. I blame it on growing up and 'needing to finish one's plate'. If there is a lot of food on your plate, you have to eat fast before your stomach says no more. Never left food on my plate ever since.

Again, good set of pictures and I wish you another year of good health. *prosit*

I just couldn't resist: Danny, does your shit smell like roses? xD

Very ingenious way of placing a porn mag that looks innocent to those without a 3G phone. I'm definitely living in the wrong country. lol

It's true, eating out too much isn't good for your liver. Last year I did a body check and my doctor told me I have too much fatty liver, this is because I always buy breakfast outside on the way to work. Now I just have those instant made malt for breakfast before I leave, coupled with working out at the gym more often, and my fatty liver level went down drastically a year later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_liver

ohh..Namboku line..i take that line to the office too..hehe! kinda hate it though when i have to change trains in Shirokane Takanawa..haha!

i am scared with medical check up !! >_<

About a month ago I would have scored higher on the health test, since then I've quit smoking.

I wish the QR codes were in the US. Erotic features aside there are so many practical uses for it.

How do you keep the condensation from hitting the boxes in the bathroom?

When I hear needles my reaction is that of mio.
"I can't hear I can't hear I can't hear I can't hear"

I shudder at the thought of barium in my stomach, the thought of a medical check-up just scares me.

And I'll never look at peanuts the same way again :)

Wow, the streets really looks nice and clean.

Ahhh hospital tests. Only had a barium test once, and they must have put something else in the stuff I drank cos it tasted a bit lemony.

I only scored 1 out of 8, eating 2 hours before sleeping lol. Sometimes even nearer to sleeping...
Your hospital clothes are much cooler than the UK's nasty ones.... you probably remember the robes with no proper back.

Saber looks so lovely in the Mirai-Meido gear!! Can't believe you have another new daughter. That red haired bird from Escalayer, ne?

First time I ever saw you not wearing black XD

thats sooo cool! your bathroom ceiling can be opened! XD

If I can open the ceiling in my HDB flats here too, my neighbour will probably drop down when I open it lol ^^;

Blood sampling, tell me about it Danny, its painful sometimes.
Needed to take 5 capsules and first two failed. First one failed on my left arm, second one failed on my right arm. Left arm lost blood though, came flowing out around the needle x_X

Then they whipped out a "Widget" (thats the name of that lil' butterfly connector(?) that they told me), and stuck that on me. Then attached a tube for the blood to travel through to the successful five capsules. :3 Not much pain.

Anyways, the branium stuff looks dangerous x_x;

You poo sampling joke was really funny! lol ^u^

All that poo-talk is a little disgusting, but I just couldn't stop laughing ^^;
Had my last medical check-up last year. For someone who's over 25, I'm not doing too bad. Scored a 3 on the questionnaire.

I wanna see more of Saber in the maid gear!

Long Health Life for Danny!! The test are some boring but necessary.

hahahaha..
its kinda funny to see you taking your picture like that..

<At Azabu Juban station - closest station to Mita Hospital on the Nanboku line> and there was a statue near the bicycle..
what statue is it..

<This spot this time last year in the Health Care in Japan photo article. The man is not there anymore.>
it's because he already commit suicide by jumping into the river..
hahahaha..

<Picking up a change of clothing that all patients are required to wear.>
so u can choose any of that..
nice clothing..
here in my place i don't like the clothing they used to give..
sometimes it show your back side

<This set for 700 yen. Tasted lovely.>
and ofcourse its taste lovely, when u reading thats kind of magazine.

Hm I scored a 3. O.o That can't be good anyways. I don't think I've ever had to give a poo sample for a check up. I'd find it awkward to have other people messing with my poo. ^^;

Another great article Danny.
Love the pictures!

Never did that test before >.<

Interesting post I've never had to have a checkup but I'm sure I'll get one down the road, those laksa noodles look dam yummy did your wife cook em? if so you are very lucky.

I'm surprised that it's possible to do that kind of checkup, and that people do them. I mean, wouldn't it only cost you money? Why would you go to the doctor if you're not experiencing any problems? I can understand if you have some dicease or whatever in you family, of course you would do checkups for that. But to go and do all that, when you're feeling perfectly healthy... I don't see any point. And I also live in Sweden, where health care is practically free, so in theory I can go to the doctor as much as I want. Even so, I don't see the point of going if I'm not sick.

Also, I might be wrong, but it looked like the figure boxes where kept in the ccieling of the bathroom. Won't vaporated water enter those areas and destroy the boxes?

LoL your description for the poo sampling process is just a riot XD I always have this impression that you have to bring the whole thing to the doctors for poo sample, lol.

Let's see... I scored a 3, but I do skip breakfast at home and eat breakfast at work; and I don't have trouble sleeping because I sleep at 2 or 3 AM in the morning ^^;

"I scored badly without glasses. Maybe I'm looking at too much oppai?"
You're looking at too much eyes, that's why your eyes are bad? :P

I'd be scared if the barium solidifies in my stomach... so I won't forget about taking that medicine. Kowaii! AND OMG! You got the Goth Loli Dress from chun already! NICE!

I scored 1 on everything except for drinking alcohol (I scored 2-3), eating faster than others (that's around 5) and eating before sleeping (I do that a lot when I'm at home). Can't answer the last one because I'm 19.

I don't even remember when was the last time I went for a health check up. I assume it's more than 7 years ago.

こんにちわ　ダニー
日本語でレスしてもいいのかな・・・

昔からよく見ていましたがアカウントは今日作りました
人間ドックに行かれたのですね。診断結果もぜひレポートしてください。楽しみにしています。

now I try to studying english so,
give me responses me, watchers.

Danny looks really excited to be there whenever we see his picture...>_>...wish it was that exciting when I went to the doctor...

I scored a 2. Because in all fairness, I do not like breakfast as it tends to make me feel bloated and the like a moment after I eat certain breakfast-based things.

That, and I did gain more than 10 kg since I was 20. Then again, I am 32 and dropped 30 pounds while living in San Francisco for 2 months (art school bit) when I was 20.

Also, Danny, like the smile in the first pic. It reminds me of the smile I want when a cute female nurse offers me a spong... erm... I'll just leave it at that. X3

Interesting day , nice photos

The low end of the hospital rooms sounds like it could fit my budget on the next visit to dongjing. That probably includes room service as well! And servers in nurse uniforms!

Steve

5CM per second has some amazing wallpaper material. And I have to laugh at the statue where one guy was choking another.

Danny!!... found new body??? Find NEW TOHYA MIHO HEAD!!!.... *sorry, had to get that out.... sorry....*

A lot of this is tmi but I couldn't stop laughing at the way it it was written :P

Oooh The new outfit Chun made for your girls finally arrived didn't it Danny.. Looks great on Saber.

And if I'm not mistaken, Is that Escalayer in the Dollfie box?

Many new daughters, Though you haven't shown us Fate yet, she's around somewhere ^_^

dammit, scored like 6/7 on that test! scary... ^^;

very interesting read as usual. Hope all the results come back as good as they can be!

Taisei Construction...sequel to 5 Centimeters Per Second?

Seems like another simple trip to get a check-up. That is until you forget to take the medicine (to get rid of the Barium)...^^;

I haven't had a physical in many a year (No insurance + poor + unemployed = no non-emergency medical treatments.) My last one, however, the only place they didn't go a scanning was ye old solid waste disposal chute. You'd think one x-ray was enough, but no. They zapped my head, torso, dolphin, legs, feet, arms, along with some weird ear-canal probe with an endoscope on it. All because I was 17 and hadn't had a physical in 6 years. No barium, but iodine to check some of my glands.

I still remember my physical for the soccer team, that nurse held my balls and asked me if I felt pain.

btw, danny, how come your watch has two compasses?

That Taisei ad is, I'll say it once again, the best ad I've ever seen.

I scored 3 at the test, so i guess I'm still ok. ^^

And I don't know, I may be a little stupid today, but I loled @ "The man is not there anymore." XD

Oh! OH! I saw you posted Men At Work's 'Land Down Under' - I actually got a bit teary watching it.

NOTE: many Aussie's feel the same way hearing that song that other people would feel hearing their country's national anthems!

I love it how one guy has a koala tied to him and drags it around through the entire film clip! LOL (it's not a real on btw!)

Note to non-aussies: Clip is very outdated - Australia looks nothing like that these days! (Ahh the 70's...) However, the words to the song are spot on.

Love the Miko dress.

I wish we had something fun like QR codes here.

Wow! Is that 5 dollfie dreams now? Not sure if you have Fate yet though. Congrats on all the new daughters.

health checkups here are quite different. just go to the doctor or the walk-in clinic if you've got a problem. they do these kinds of tests rarely here. overall, the health care here is awesome.

I love your face in the mirror.

OH MY GOD, YOU ARE WATCHING THE QUIZ SHOW *flails like mad*

Cal Pis Soda? I don't know man, not every thing from california is good.

btw, I like the sleeping Michael Jackson.

hahaha, I love Danny's smile, it looks like it is his signature smile :D

another nice talk from you danny! love to read it in the middle of work.
i also got my med check (健康診断) a couple months ago near meguro eki. it was completely different from indonesia. and i got a nice view of japanese bijin there too....
did you get your eyes on something like that too, danny?

There's is something really new which I learnt from this post, the QR code. Saw it somewhere else and don't really bother to know about it. Didn't expect it to be used in such a creative way in magz =D

nice article ^^

Hmm, Barium. I don't think that's used in the EU anymore for these kind of diagnostics, rather, an Iodine solution. Must be scary to rinse it out like that.

Medical Examination...sounds tiring ^^;

The Miko clothing is great^^

Thanks Danny nice article! Although I don't think I have gone to all that for a check up before! Blood and Blood pressure but no scans etc... unless there was something wrong - I hope there is nothing wrong!

I got around 2.

And uh...I take medical exams every year for school.

Other than that I get 2 checkups a year due to my operation

Is the pool of nasty green water in front of the hospital a design choice or is it just where all the the patients' snot and puss accumulates?

That water does not look right. (brrr)

Only had a handful of medical check-ups back in my school days. No such thing as a poo sample though..thank god !
I think I have to take a medical check-up this year for my work, what a pain..I have a regular doctor for this!

Goodness me! I'm a Singaporean stuck in Perth, Oz right now, and seeing your picture of your Laksa dinner just set off a craving!!! Got to get my fix from Katong soon!!!
Have to know what's in the 6 to 9 o'clock quadrant in the bowl in the foreground?

Hey Danny, have you sampled any of the famous Katong Laksas?

Danny what r those things on the bottom right of image ID#26211

Let' see, I only got 1 point for difficulty sleeping, it takes me over 20 min to fall asleep and any kind of noise wakes me up easily. Since I was 20 y/o I've only gained 5 kg.

I haven't got a health checkup in a long while and don't know how much it would cost now. The last time I did, it was one of the requirements to enter the college I went to and found out my blood type was A+, I didn't knew before >.< As far as I remember nurses never miss the vein when drawing blood from me, all my blood vessels stick out lol.

As for how much it cost to stay in a hospital in my country. Last year a friend had surgery to remove a hiatal hernia on a high-end hospital. Everything was covered by his health insurance, but if he had to pay for it, it'd have been around $8,000 usd for the surgery and $300 for each night stay. On the other hand my grandpa suffered a stroke and stayed for a week in a public hospital and paid around $10/night.

Interesting to know about the check up in Japan!
Blood test totally depend on the nurse skill needle you...
I don't trust the blood pressure machine...you can cheat on that.
Good to have annual checkup, but I haven't done it for long long time.
Forget what my weight at age 20...
I don't mind to go to check up if there are beautiful nurse in hospital...

Wont those stuff put on top of washroom be moist? Can't trust those area can keep things good

Interesting to see how different the healthcare system is in Japan. I usually go once a year for checkup but it is much less test intensive and just talking to the doc about any problems you are having.

I am in the healthcare industry here in TX, selling pacemakers and defibrillators. My company has alot of opportunites in Japan, so hopefully after I learn Japanese I can make the big move there...

I haven't been to a doctor in years, never had health insurance since i got out of college. needless to say, I am guessing the amount i would have spent on health insurance siphons to what i buy from japan XD

I score 3, because gain more weight since aged twenty, at least now I start to make exersice a lot more, and eat better since the last year. I usually eat fast, but my bigger problem is the sleep hours, don`t sleep much, this work is going to kill me...

Nice article!
I scored a 5 on that little quiz thingy. D:
And, doctor check ups are different here, atleast for me. But it's probably because I'm young. I've yet to give a poo sample, so I'm not really looking forward to it, even though it's probably going to be the same way you had to get it.
ps. your house is epic. :D

Nice pics.

It would be nice to go home and find figurines on top of the desk.

ahh LOL at sleeping cowboy =3

Thank god my health checkup in Singapore didn't require my poo samples. XD

By the way, who's that nendoroid in image26207? Really interested. =) Thanks!

what does that Calpis soda i have never heard of it before

Hrm. Dad's Root Beer. Haven't seen one of those in a while...

oh and theres no 0 on the poll :D

in many countries, eg: indonesia, they call it calpico soda.

"Since the age of 20, has your weight increased by more than 10kg?"

Ughghghghghg maybe I don't want to think about it. T_T

Wow, these medical exams are quite something, sounds more than a "check up" to me. My yearly visit to the doctor takes about 10-15 min (+ 1 hour or so waiting in the waiting room). 10-15 min is pretty standard here from what I've seen, unless they would find something unusual then do more testing, or refer you to a specialist for further testing. I don't know about private clinics though, but those are for rich people that don't need to save up precious otaku spending money.

This update goes real deep :o dunno how fond I am of it...

aaaa i have always hate health check ups since i was a kid, i was a scary cat as well but had no other choice when i got sick >.<. I remember when i got really sick and had to go everyday to take blood samples, once a lady missed twice (one in each arm) and had to try it again in my right arm ^^;; Hearing about the bradium(?) in the stomach gave me chills, i would defitnely skip that.

A complete medical checkup.
I am fascinated with how medical advanced are in Japan. I mean, the self-automatic blood pressure machine, its interesting. Near hear, all medical procedures are still conducted in a traditional way.
I had done my checkup last year, and I dont like all the medical tests you have to been through. I never have done the Barium test, either (Didnt know of that)..

Your mirror pics are funny. ^^

Ugh. I hate needles... But lurve ThunderForce! One of the all-time best series of 2d shooters there ever was.

"please do it at the office" www, sometime i don understand some "tokyorailsrules" i more absect when a person sleepy on me than people talking by phone.

men at work video...that brought back some memories of my childhood.

In Japan helth care is complete ! here in italy the last time i had a work medical visit, it was very very fast:
Doctor: Ok are u allright ?
Me: ...yes
Doctor: Do you drink or smoke ?
Me: no
Doctor: Ok ......... Next !!!!!!!

:D

Wow, looks so hi-tech compared to the UK! And you always look so happy Danny! :) What's your secret? :)

Great photos Choo-san. Tokyo is an interesting place (most of Japan is that way). Do you use a tripod? Your photos are so sharp and clear.
Very nice hospital gowns. Those is the States are open in the back, very breezy. They are doing a study on improving them here in the US.

Danny, hows your back? did they include it in the check-up list?

I hope that stomach scan is important, because I feel it to be a little bit unnecessary to go through that whole drinking-then-removing-barium business if they're just looking for something minor. Also...I don't really much like the thought of drinking paint. lol.

I don't go to my doctor for regular check ups, as I only go when needed. I'm still kind of scared around needles though I'm trying to ignore those sharp metal things, especially if I continue being in a pre-nursing major. Recently I went to the doctors because i got really sick and thought (the worst possible scenario) that I had swine flu. As living here in SF, I wasn't too worried until we started getting reports that it was popping up around the bay area. During the visit they said that I probably had sinus infection though I thought it was flu. They took a swab test and found out I did have flu. I know well enough that those antibiotics that they prescribed did nothing for the flu, as flu is a viral infection. Since about two weeks ago when I got sick and had massive dizziness, headaches, nausea, fatigue, and cough, I still have the cough and for some reason I don't think I have my full senses of smell and taste. I'm not sure if it is a side effect of the medicine I don't think helped or because of the flu.

Worst part is that my flu came during my final weeks of freshmen year here at SFSU. Messed me up badly for my missed classes.

loved the comment about the scary dood sleepin on the train

what clean looking hospital *_* goawd we have drunk natives and crazy ppl galore I love you Japan <# and look at the people sleeping without a care....someone would have gotten mugged already. I can't wait to leave 0_0

I really love the foods in Danny's posts, it really looks delicious, Anyway i noticed that japan was so clean unlike in our place and the equipments and facilities in their hospital are so advanced... I want to try the blood pressure machine and tinker those magazines with identification, that's a good idea to start here in our country

Wow! I've never heard of that x-ray phone stuff before. Looks interesting.

I've been living in Japan for a year and a half, and I've seen those QR phone scan codes many times, without ever knowing or wondering what they were. Now I know! Thank you!
It does make me wonder just how many other interesting/unique things there are that I see every day, and take for granted, and have never properly noticed or understood, since I can't read much Japanese.

And at your suggestion I took a look at my bathroom ceiling, and sure enough there was a panel I could pull off. But mine was a bit full of wires and insulation and stuff... not much space to confidently store anything, I think.

The storage in the bathroom idea is awesome. I am going to have to try that.

amazing to see how everything works out there in japan. i love your site ! n_n
just wondering .. that orange cell phone looks .. awesome what model is it ?

long time reader, first time commenter

Aww no fair! Why dosent america have magezines with QR codes in them...

good old danny.. i do find the 'poo' section a bit too much lol especially it was the first thing in the morning that i did today, to read some of your articles.... although it is still nice to know a bit more of the other side of life sometimes ^^

cada dia me impreciona mas

es un mundo diferente

es como el cielo

es como un sueño

quiero vivir en japon

>__<

haha that checkup is the same as army checkup in Singapore, well almost at least without that poo checkup :P

image ID# 26219
We have these, although much lower quality at our local drug mart. They always give me a false reading. Once I got 220/90 and told the pharmacist. She immediately told me to sit down and told her assistant to get a manual bp monitor. She smartly checked it twice and the readings were relatively normal. She apologized for alarming me and said that the machine must be on the fritz again. So be warned when using these things, you could get a bit of a shock.

yeah the whole thing with the phone was soo cool!!!

Amazing funny check up guide.
The pamphlet explaining about how to collect poo sample it is great.

I need to go a doctor, but it is a serious trouble in Japan for foreigners go see a doctor...

I always skipped out on the barium thing. I hated the eye exam where they blinded you with a flash in EACH eye to see the veins in them. Those came out to be cool pix though. Don't get me started on the blood work. Those nurses were brutal and DIDN'T use any sweet devices to make the process go easy.

This post was a great read! Thanks for sharing! :D

I'm definitely not a fan of the yearly medical check up in Japan D: I wish I would have had this guide to read before I went in for it the first time ... I was like a deer caught in headlights the whole time O____O

just take good care about what u eat....THANK..

Must be "fun" huh? Danny having a check up :D I never get myself check up before and might do it next year. I wonder whether or not Japan got sell any vegetarian Ramen just for little old me.

I'm really envy about the cleanliness of the street in Japan but on the flip side where I live it's totally horrible and down right filthy.

Great read Danny, thanks again.

the taisei construction ad posters look amazing o.o