A Week in Tokyo 47

It was about time, Danny-san...
:)

So much stuff...and so little time...especially for games....

I absolutely couldn't live without my satnav, I'd never get anywhere. I can't imagine how people manage with maps, even with sites like multimap - my satnav always knows exactly where I am and will redirect me if I go the wrong way. It knows when there's traffic on the motorway and can find me a faster route. If I decide I want to stop off at a fast food restaurant, it'll run to google and pull up a list of them and then take me there. Man, satnavs rule!

Also, Inglourious Basterds is awesome. Doesn't take itself too seriously, and goes for atmosphere rather than a super-fast-paced plot. The opening scene is one of the most awful, menacing, terrifying things I've ever seen and it mostly features a nazi commander chatting to a farmer, smoking a pipe and drinking milk for 15 minutes. The atmosphere is amazing.

The plant is a silk tree. When I lived at home, I was their gardener, the silk tree and the Japanese maples were my two favorite trees. The silk tree has very lovely flowers, kinda like feathers.

Love it! Can't wait to be in Japan next year :)

Again, great blog from Tokyo!!! :D

King Ghidorah Kitty!
I love the food pictures, they're always good.

Awesome, I'd been wondering when there would be another one of these.
I hear Inglorious Bastards is a good movie, I've been wanting to see it for awhile.

and the Star Wars toys look pretty sweet, they probably cost a fortune though, I envy people who can afford those.

Thanks for a new stack of good "A Week in Tokyo" pictures.
Always love to watch them.

About a carnavi, i have one, but it's not implented in my car. I don't use it very often, but it's helpful for me, who has problems to get to Never-known-before-places.

Would like to have some Snow but here there is only rain.

that plant is probably a mimosa : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa
if you disturb the leaves they'll close up like a clam.

I live in a high rise apartment near a busy street. No problems for me as my walls are thick and generally my wall is near the dining room (The other side is also my neighbours dining room. So not much interference for me, except when they are having fights.

Btw thats alot of packaging you are keeping there? Do you throw out boxes or just simply keep them until your storage capacity is full?

I want three headed hello kitty ^_^
I want your food too danny >_<

Nice week in Tokyo post! So nice that you got to meet kurot and cannot wait to see kl's haruka! Will have to view your post on computer instead soon cos some pix no show on iPhone ^^;;

danny looks so effing cool in the second photo.

Nope! No stray sounds from neighbors here! Hopefully my Ani-song's not affecting them as well!

Thanks danny! :3 was really glad to read a week in Tokyo :3
I agree with Sousuke, That plant is called Shy Mimosa :3 Cute name <3

i hope to go to tokyo next year for my first japan trip to see for myself firsthand what japan really is like.

do a balcony photoshoot for miyafuji!

Inglorious Basterds is not bad. recommended. I halfway watching it myself. ('~')

I absolutely love these photo articles. Great pics Danny.

I used to live in Tokyo, so I always see things that I recognize, or places I've been, and it makes me want to return even more. Hopefully that will be soon, and for good.

With all the food posts, I was wondering: Do you ever eat at Pepper Lunch? Granted, it can be a bit heavy and greasy, but if ever there was a food that you would die happy from, Pepper Lunch would be it. (There are 3 in Akiba, and they are always busy.)

My first comment is always about the food, it's looks NUMMY <333 And then about the tiny backpacks, they are so cute XDD I remember wanting them for my barbies so they could be like, explorers or something... I loved giving them those types of things!

Finally had time to backtrack and read some articles I missed in the past couple weeks ^^;

At school, we have tons of antibacterial gel dispensers all around. There's at least one dispenser on each floor of a department building, and they're in all the bathrooms, too. I carry a little antibacterial hand gel bottle with me that smells more like nectarines. I get tired of the alcohol-like smell :(

Lots of my friends are getting the flu this season, it's kind of freaking me out :( Luckily, I haven't gotten sick yet since I got my seasonal flu shot back in September, but I've yet to actually receive my H1N1 shot. There are shortages all around -__-;;

I want to go back to IKEA! I think my parents might get more DETOLFs for their own use. Mom has quite a breakable figure collection of her own ^^;

And yay for meeting Kurot! I remember her from way back when she used to do Digimon fanart :3

i wonder would kotobukiya make OTACOOL vol 2, because i'm trying to fill my room with nana mizuki :P

Hey! I went to ikea too and got myself a Billy bookcase. Nice product... Spent about 45mins puting it together, most of the time spend finding tools... The restaurant is packed as ever but I did get to get some hotdogs... They are good at SG$1 a piece.

Anyways I was reading this for the iPhone version... Now If only I can comment from there too... It will be nice...

Just got my wii fit plus today, but i still prefer the games in wii fit. ~.~
I keep all my figurines boxes and most of my electronics boxes so i can sell them off easier if i ever do that.

Nice big update, Danny! :D So many figures, food, furniture, and fun! XD
I remember trying to get one of those dollfie-sized rucksacks from a UFO catcher in
Kōraku-en. But I failed countless times...

And you're totally right! Alodia would make an awesome Bayonetta! ;)

Seems like you've been pretty busy outside of AFA too! Food looks delicious!

Is that your wifey there? First time I've seen her, so idk.

that a good idea have a plant in the room i'll try it after i move away from this apartemen for 8 days

Danny-san, shitsumo desu:

With your hair under a hat in most of these photos, how do you deal with the "hat hair" condition? I assume your normal haircut sort of camouflages it - but what happens when you have to take off the headgear?

Also, very glad that this entry has come out. I've missed the week in Tokyo posts. When are you going to upload the one with your dad?

image 82391 - Nice pose with Chris.

image 82392 - I don't normally need to sync the three machines I work with (home PC, office PC, and my netbook). However, I spent November caught up in National Novel Writing Month. I simply used a secured USB drive to save all the drafts to, then backed up on all three machines as well as to an online storage space. (Yes, I was paranoid; yes, I'll do it again next year.)

image 82404 - I...I hope you didn't have a hard time cleaning up after this shot. Kyouka looks like she got dipped in....

image 82409 - Yep, we get these hand spray things too. Of course, antibacterial hand gels took the local market by storm some five years ago and now it's rarer to see someone without them.

image 82419 - I bet I'd be a frequent customer at the IKEA too if it only existed in my country. As it is, I have to content myself with drooling over the catalogs.

image 82436 - Aah, bento! I love katsu!

Looking at food late in the night really makes my stomach growl...

10931 emails!!?? Good grief, I would cry if I ever got that much emails to tend to.

Great read~.
Glad to hear you're liking Bayonetta as well. I just played the Demo and it was pretty intense. Can't wait for the retail version to be released here. ^^

i definatley recomend ingolurious basterds very good film with very good narrative!!!!

I hear Bayonetta is short for hardcore gamers whom truck through things fast. Still dying to play, might pick it up when I travel to Japan soon.

I generally keep my decently sized boxes as long as it's reasonable, just in case I end up selling them off later on. I chucked my Macbook Pro box because it honestly took up way too much space!

image ID#82457
Looking into buying a humidifier myself. Another item I'll be picking up while in Japan, thank goodness for Amazon.co.jp and readily available reviews.

If you like Kua Aina you should check out another Hawaiian export, Teddy's Bigger Burgers in Jingumae. I prefer Teddy's to Kua Aina.

A lot of stuff for this Week in Tokyo. I tend to keep boxes for important electronics and devices that I know will last forever.

Good Lord, this is a week or a month >_< So many photos, and a lot of stuff! I'm really happy with A week in Tokyo Posts ^^;

Did you use LX3 for most part of photos?

Ahh, been looking forward to a week in Tokyo for ages. Well done on managing to keep up with us even though you're life is hectic nowadays Danny.
The food looks yummy, the figures look great and Danny and Chris look like they're enjoying themselves^^
I hope that one day my Japanese will be as good as Steve Segal's

Life in Tokyo yet again amazes me, all the delicious food. I couldn't seem to find any places like those when I went there.
I'd probably have picked up one of those moe cans if I saw that in recycling. ^^;
Those nice cabinets at Ikea make me want to go there and check out some new products.
Thanks again for the mouth watering pictures and the life of Danny Choo in Tokyo.

Lovely pictures as always Danny. Nice coffee press mug XD
"Inglorious Basterds came out recently in Japan. Recommended watch?"
Yes, watch it. ^^

I save about 95% of my boxes and am very glad I did.

Alodia would definitely, hands over make a good Bayonetta.
Food looks delish. >_< Craving some now...

As for the boxes: yes, I keep all mine. It's getting a little ridiculous between all the PC parts and figure boxes. Most of my closet is dedicated box storage. I keep all my boxes inside larger boxes to boot. <_<;

It must be so nice living in a place where people don't need to lock up their bikes. Unless you lock up your bike and tires securely with a thick chain/bike lock where I live, you might come back to a missing bike or one or both tires missing. =^_^=

O.O How does a short trip equal 10931 unread messages!? I would hate to have to look at each and everyone ^^;

Inglourious Basterds is probably one of the best films I have ever watched. You have to watch it, especially if you liked kill bill and other tarantino films.

you think chris drinks a lot of coke? That's nothing! I've got a prof that drinks 2x 790mls of coke WHILe he teaches, and this isn't even counting the cokes he drinks when he waddles to the lecture hall.

Danny you're going to get fat, just saying.

PS: I love you.

Great article as always Danny! Makes me want to go back to Japan even more! And, as always I would assume, the food looks absolutely delicious. If there's anything I miss from my previous trips to Japan, it is surely the great food.

Anyways, Inglorious Basterds is an excellent movie. I don't know of you've watched any Tarantino films (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, etc) in the past, but if you have and have enjoyed them, you will like Inglorious Basterds. Tarantino's style is unique and it may be a bit of a put off, but you should give it a shot. :D

Great pics! Too many to comment on all of em. Only thing I can think of right now is the food pics...I haven't eaten yet >.>

Inglorious Bastards surely is a good watch for those who love Brad Pitt. Interesting story and reminds me a lot of Team Fortress 2.
For those who have not played Bayonetta, DO. The style and unique gameplay is there, so do take a catch for it ^_^

I would never think that Steve Seagal speaks japanese & it was a good japanese too o_O

thinking about moving into a new house?

Great pics Dan. Which camera are you using for your daily shooting?

Kyoka went in a dip in the curry? that's gonna take time to clean off...oh and if it's any incentive to get through Bayonetta quicker...there's a dance video for completing it...or if you can't wait, it's already on youtube...

Thanks for the photos. I've been thinking about investing in a couple of IKEA display cabinets, my bookshelf only has so much space on it.

I don't think I've ever been to Ikea with that many people in the cafeteria, let alone the whole building.

Its interesting how paranoid everyone has gotten due to the swine flu outbreak, I think every store I go to now, has a hand sanitizer squirter at the entrance. I usually keep the boxes for important things, like game consoles, etc.

Another Saber and Miku!? Danny, how much figure of Saber Lily you have now? >< I would like to have one... TT_TT

Nice "A Week in Tokyo". "image ID#82419" http://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/catalog/products/30114613 - great for figure indeed. ^_^

Looks like there's never any downtown in your life, Danny.

Great pictures as usual.

We also have a lot of hand sanitizers everywhere now, because of all the craze about H1N1.

Just picked up a MacBook Pro too, and I have to say the box is very nicely designed.

Our Lilies approve of healthy food! XD

I see you got that doggie battery as well... :3c

My fav part of the site back^^ nice pics Danny got some new wallpapers to test out now haha

>Wifey brought back this really interesting plant which opens by day and closes by night. We not sure what its called.

My family might have had one of those when I was younger. If you run your finger along the bottom of stem the leaves are on when they're open, the leaves will close up again (if it doesn't work then it's probably not the same plant).

Great photos in IKEA. The cheap & delicious food is definitely one of the best parts! ^^
About the antibacterial spray - haven't seen a spray, but seen Dettol and other hand sanitizer gels on a lot of front desks, especially at reception in hotels.

Nice pose in #82391 lol!

It's relatively easy to get around this city without a GPS--the streets basically form a giant grid, so much so that people even bring up cross streets in regular conversation. "Where's your school?" "Oh, it's down on 23rd Avenue and __." Or whatever. It's like landmarks don't exist here.

It's another story in some of the other places I've lived though. San Diego for instance. In fact, before GPS, I remember everyone I knew had a Thomas Guide. It's a giant book of maps of the city that gets sent out every year just like a phone book. Usually comes out around the same time too. It's indispensable there. Almost all the streets curve like crazy, at least a quarter of them are one-way, a lot of them have one name going one direction and another going the other, and they're constantly bisected by canyons. Gorgeous city otherwise though!

As for antibacterial spray, I've seen a lot of stores here with antibacterial wipes instead.

-Steve Nagata exposed. I remember he blurred the his face in his pics.
-Yeah, we got anti-bac dispensers here, but they are usually in the form of soap dispenser, not spray bottles.
-Those plates of food at Ikea are enormous. Very different here. Probably why Ikea cafe here isn't busy.
-I believe Steven Segal use to live in Japan before becoming a action star.
-Inglorious Bastards was ok. Sorta loses it's momentum half way thru.
-Nice Bayonetta model. Would luv to meet her. I could see Alodia cosplaying her. Probably pretty similar to her G.I. Joe Baroness look.

great photo's as ever danny :).....i wish i can get there soon

good week indeed! Inglorious bastards is really good... It took Tarantino many years to finish the script...

HAHA I took a picture of the exact "DEMONSTRETION" TV when I was in Akihabara!

Recharge complete.^^
Yep, I knew Mr. Seagal spoke Japanese but didn't know how well. Er, that is at the time I found out anyway. I'm only now hearing/realizing the different accents, like on Lucky Star. I remember seeing some pics of him training when he was younger at Japan. Don't remember all the details. Guess I will have to brush up on this....He plays guitar?!....*starts reading*

Man,the Shirako sure looks tasty :).

Great pics again - always look forward to this series and the ones with motivational stories that you mix in with snippets of your life.

Hmm...I was planning to get some new lights for the house as well. And I was looking at what you have in your living room.

Jealousy... T_T

Its finally here,but danny,one thing to note.
Your mug thing,its not a heat resistant mug,its actually a milk pump thing,one which makes your milk thicker and frothy by introducing air to it.
but nonetheless,you can still use it as a mug.

you have way too many GSC saber lilies,and dont try tempting Alodia-san to make a bayonetta cosplay.

That 2nd pic is very 'gansta-like' lol.

Do want that Yoshika Miyafugi figure... so much so...... the re release is might tempting...

And may I say again :wooooooooooooooooooo: I'm in Otacool!!!!!!!

Why do i see a newspaper clad figure in image ID#82424 :D

Sexy legs though heh

Try out Dropbox Danny. It's a pretty good alternative to MobileMe. Simple to use and you can sync between Mac, PC, iPhone, Android and web. It also allows for sharing folders with mates.
I'm also looking for a sync solution at the moment. So far Dropbox seems to be the better option for now

I keep my boxes, even the cardboard ones from HJL and HS for storing my stuff and my mum keeps saying I'm just waiting for the house to catch fire.

Hi Danny. in stead of wasting time to test synchronization between two computers, why dont you paid some $$ to purchase the OSX version remote desktop???

Nice danny! This last December I'll be going to Japan. Gotta check Akihabara again.

i keep my figurings boxes :D
usually no for electronics, but i do for small ones like mobile phone's boxes.

LOL at Chris' BIG feet and using a coffee plunger as a tea cup!!

Amazing photos and Im soooo jealous that you get to do this stuff each week and Im thankful yo choose to share it with us all!

See Inglorious Basterds...typical Tarantino film. Well worth worth the watch esp. the opening sequence (as mentioned)

speaking of toilet cleaning duties, why don't you get a temporary domestic worker to help you with it? probably lighten your workload and you can have more time doing the stuff you want to do

Danny's blog posts can sometimes be like buses in England: You wait and wait and wait, and tonnes of info come along at once.

So many things to comment on, so this post is gonna get as random as Danny's photos. ^^

1. Are Nendoroids easy to clean? As I see you casually placing Puchi Kyoka on the curry sauce like that.

2. While they only have makeshift handsprays in Japan, in where I live, the handspray device are fixed onto the walls of most buildings, even residential ones.

3. Damn, your IKEAs have huge restaurants! Here we only have small kiosks selling hotdogs and ice cream at bargain prices.

4. LOL at photo of the guy who fills his bathroom with tonnes of Star Wars toys.

5. Inglourious Basterds is a MUST WATCH. Though don't be misled by Brad Pitt on the poster, his screen time is limited at best, for the real star is actually the Nazi SS Hans Landa played by Austrian actor Christoph Waltz. You'll soon realize why he won the 2009 Cannes Best Actor award when you see his performance.

I always love reading these posts... so many photos! I've gotta get a camera like yours for everyday shooting. It's hard carrying my DSLR everywhere on a regular basis.. -___-;;

"How do you handle keeping a working environment up to date on more than two machines? a USB drive? MobileMe?"

I handle and syncing files between two or more systems by a service called Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com).

It is a crossplatform system which works on Windows, Mac and Linux systems and also works with your net enabled mobile phone (especially the iPhone).

This service has saved my life and my work ^___^

Inglorious Bastard is a must watch as it is funny and tell an alternative history of WW2 but there are some ugly parts that need to be avoided.

I never knew Steven Seagal can speak Japanese until now.

Thanks Danny - I really enjoy your Tokyo photo walks. Makes we want to be back there tomorrow.

BTW with these long photo posts and no heights/widths on your images, trying to write a comment is next to impossible as the page re-renders itself as each photo fully loads and it works out the height/width and pushes down everything on the page - thought it was going to trigger my epilepsy any minute!

Might be worth adding height/width to the pics in your code to enable the page to render it's height as soon as it loads.

PPS - If you wondering why I am writing a comment before the pics load up - I'd already looked at them on my iPhone (^_^)

Another nice photo week. Can't wait to see you again this coming CGM night. Gonna talk to you about something for my upcoming trip to Osaka.

Bayonetta is a great game! Just completed it yesterday, and it's the best action game i had played in this generation of gaming. And Danny from that picture it looks like 1 more hit and you are dead :P

I do like to keep boxes of my electronics stuffs, especially gaming related and my PC related stuffs. ^^

I live in a hi-rise apartment building and can only hear my neighbors if they play music very (and I mean VERY) loud. I highly recommend it, although Tokyo is much more expensive than where I live.

Thanks again for the upload Danny. I love the week in Tokyo posts. The great pictures of the food eaten and Tokyo itself gives me a better understanding of the country and the life on your side of the planet. Thanks!

Wow is Bayonetta really that good! Now I can't wait until its released in Australia.

Well, Inglorious Basterds...Had to be the worst war movie I've seen. It was horrible.
On the topic of keeping boxes, I cut them up and store them in ziplock bags inside huge plastic cases with their respective figure, so far only kits.

Been waiting for these... Glad to see it back in circulation.

I quite enjoyed Inglorious Basterds. It was a very different Quentin Tarantino movie.

Carnavi is not installed, but I do have a suction cap attachment for the windshield when I want to use it.

So how does Kyouka taste with the curry sauce? Very nyummy?

Three headed Hello Kitty? I wish they had that at AFA 09 as part of their gashapon stands.

Very much enjoyed the photos. ^_^

Your blog really is a portal back to Japan no matter where you are in the world and I love these Tokyo Walk/Week articles the most. Makes me wish we could be at home more....

^_^

Nothing out of the ordinary this article, but entertaining nonetheless. =)

can't wait for the american localization of non stop climax action =P

oh my. i have exact same chair as yours (IMG #82391). Markus - bought it in Ikea singapore.

hmm.. No probem with my Snow leopard so far. I do keep most of the boxes. Handphones, Macbook, DS, if it comes with a box, I'll very likely keep the box.

for the best hamburgers in Tokyo, I recommend Frankling Avenue in Gotanda

i think that plant is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa

gotta go to ikea to get me one of those display cases

It was a big bunch of photos to see, but still nice;)
Always difficult to update a blog when the action is outside, fortunately there is Twitter (iPhone).

lol wolfgang kubicki

Lol Danny... That curry you throw Puchi Kyouka into, looks really real, but a closer inspection shows that it's those sample curry dishes you would see outside a restaurant which is for display purposes... Haha, don't tell me you actually did throw lil Kyouka into a real one?

And man, Ikea has one of the nicest meatballs i've ever had XD

Hamburgers at Kua'Aina sure looks tasty!
I havent even upgraded to Snow Leopard, I believe Leopard fulfil all my demants at the moment.
Chris should wear a Suenaga sister T-shirt too ^w^!

Yet another wonderful food post... well its hard to deny that

Your Nissan March seems quite the versatile car regardless how small it is!
Im actually quite suprised how well Ikea batteries hold up - They don't feel like it's pushing much current but hell, do they last and last.

Ah! chris n i have the same jacket! lol,many ppl hv it here in my college,kinda annoying XD
well,we all love UNIQLO :>

That was a great read, must've been a hectic week for you.

Nice article and photos as always danny... can't wait this december 18TH to leave for Japan...

Bayonetta cosplayer.. hotness personified! =P
The plant looks like some kind of fern, but I'm no plant expert
Chris-san should not drink lots of soda, bad for teeth and stomach (I had problems with my stomach)
¬_¬ Also, hope Danny-san won't get problems with pictures of wife loading the car. Feminist are dangerous animals. =P
^-^ Adding that number of japanese dishes pictures is... cruel. I'm hungry and I want to try. =S May be Danny-san can make a website like Yelp!. May there's already one.

Good lord! I have an equally hard time understanding what Steven Segal says in japanese as I do when he speaks english!! The man is a master of languages!!

Still waiting for the January release of Bayonetta for the 360. I could have bought the PS3 version and imported but the PS3 version is too horrible to contemplate...

I was wondering if someone knows which "local shotengai" (image ID#82431) this is?
I'm going to Tokyo very soon, and this shopping center seems new and interesting to me (^O^)

Er, what does the shirako taste like? A bit bitter I assume?

Love the pics keep it up.

Looking at the pictures, seems that you had a very busy week. But an interesting one:) All the best for the next week!

I prefer to use rechargable batteries. Its really impressive how can all the stuff be in the car. Lol

Love the photo articles as always. Seems the grass is always greener on the other side.

Ahhh.... i've been waiting for this segment like ages.... ummm well it seemed liked along time to me since the last one....Anyway i love the little photo shots around tokyo...

I highly recommend Inglorious Bastards!

Ah love all the photos of your japan life. Esp like the Goodsmile company one @_@ the BRS, Canaan and Miku posters *drools*

I spotted Taiga 10 time how about you?

Inglorious Bastards is good to watch one time only...

Thanks as always for the photos. Some of them helped me decide what I want to eat for dinner (not so much the Shirako, but the other stuff = yum!).

I usually keep all of my boxes, or at least I try to.

Inglorious Bastards was somewhat okay, not that good imo.

yea most ppl in Kl prefer to stay in apartment/condo these day preferably to city center or near IKEA outlet XD

PS: I wonder there is any ramli burger for sale at tokyo ? XD

Inglorious Basterds definitely worth to watch ! A must in 2009 i should said.

Do you really get down on Shirako or did you just take the plate for the photo?

I was keeping my eye out for you when I was in Tokyo couple weeks ago. Hehe was hoping I'd bump into you and say Hi :)
I live on the 12th floor of a condo and it's not that bad but when my balcony door is open, I can hear my neighbors talking very clearly and vice versa...As for sushi, have you tried Sushi Taichi in Ginza? It's totally amazing. I was there in early Nov and it was too good! Miss it!!! I love chutoro...so sad that maguro is now facing extinction though.

nice ikea trip. been wanting to head on ikea some time to buy some stuff like a new detolf to place my new figures. they all in boxes atm no space to put :(

In Indonesia, the plant that your wife brought is called as: "Putri Malu" (the Shy Princess) :D

I was wondering when we were going to see another Week in tokyo blog. great blog and pics. usually keep some boxes not all of them. alot of stores out here are starting to have antibacterial sprays at the entrance.

Danny you should really start a DC-sister site for food hot spots :)

Hey Danny, love your Blogs! Want to go to Japan one day, and you make the want grow daily with your blog, thanks a lot!
Kevin from The Bahamas!

I always wondered about how good those batteries from Ikea were ^^ I need to get my arse there soon myself. The food always looks so yummy ^_^ I usually keep about all my boxes that my figures came in but I usually get rid of the boxes that the shipper uses to send me my figures.

I watched Inglorious Basterds last night and it was a really good movie, I recommend it.

I don't usually keep my boxes but boxes for like my Macbook Pro and other expensive goods I usually keep the box because they usually look nice haha.

Like it.

I just recently noticed you've been posting mostly pics taken only with the LX3. How do you get them to come out so sharp? I always think you're using a DSLR or a micro-4/3's cam. Is it in JPG and post processed?

wow, so much food that it makes me hungry. I miss Tokyo so much and I hope I can go back there during the summer.

Yea, you see Inglorious Basterds. It is pretty good. Also, the pictures all look awesome!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica
The Plant is called a Mimosa Pudica, or Sensitive Plant. It's supposed to close up when you touch the leaves as well. Has a pretty flower on occasion as well!

A toilet that could fit star wars stuff?>? That's so cool.. XD