一週間の東京 16

LOL! Get in the train next to the driver! hehe! That would be really funny-- I always wished I could do that when I was a little kid.

No-- no one uses portable ashtrays here in the Chicago (or anywhere else in the US that I've seen). I bought mine at Loft in Sendai. I really like it. I'm convinced that Japan has the most conscientious smokers on Earth.

I do hope I'll be able to read the menus by myself one day-- sometimes it's fun paying food-ticket-roulette, though, at Matsuya and Yoshinoa. :-)

I want to get my international driving license before I go to Japan next time. Driving around looks like it must be fun! I don't know if my girl will let me play ridge racer tracks, though...

that dish at the end was チケン　かつ right? looks really good :)!

definitely can't wait to take another trip to japan.

Danny, Bibimpap is right! To be more precise, Dolsot Bibimpap for this one ^^

Another fun fill week huh...
I swear, this always makes me hungry!!!
I clean my desk around 2 times a week...
I want some of the figures you have!!!!!!!
You look like you always have an interesting week...

They call it "bibinba" here (ビビンバ). Delicious Korean food.

It's fun how Hector's desk is now covered with SAFS.

LOL at please do it at home for mobile phones. That really beats the purpose of making the phones mobile.

Do you think the Japanese connotation for "at home" is more general than the common connotation?

And nice week as usual. Especially the foods. ^^

>driving on a sunny day on the highways above Tokyo listening to Ridge Racer tunes

Hmm, seems really relaxing from the video, but probably isn't when one is driving in city traffic:P

the frozen crab looks so interesting!
is it really is ice? or its glass?
wont it melt?
if it melt what happen to the crab? D=

Lunch time for me... Miku!! i want Miku..

Danny, did a review on the Kiss2/EOS450D a while back just in case you were interested:
http://www.marvinryan.com/blog/2008/03/17/canon-eos-450d/

About the frozen marine life, I heard somewhere that fish could be revived after being frozen, I'm not so sure about crabs though. ^^

also regarding the use of mobile phones at home, I agree...what?!?

hey danny, ちょっと聞きたい事があるんですが、did you arrange the nendoroids in the car just for the photo, or do you have them fastened down somehow? i take around my spare miyuki with me but unless i decide to glue the base down she'd be tumbling all over the place ^^;

I only clean my room about once in 2-3 months, quite lazy to do so, but I do try not to mess it up.
I have 2 IKEA lighting, both about 7-8 years old. So far one of them is still on it's first bulb, but the main one I had changed twice, quite reasonable for it's cost I feel though.

Never noticed it until now, just had to mention it, there's a tropical DOM on your dashboard! ^^

Did you finally upgraded to Leopard Danny ? :P

That's Japan for ya. Even the ice cream at Micky D's is aesthetically pleasing. Look how nice that friggin cone looks. It looks like a blobby mess here.

Too bad you were jokin about the train driver seat. I was goin to suggest the driver likes "big" girls... or guys... or both. Hop aboard the Japanese love train.

:P your comments crack me up lol
droppings, grinding, take away your stick...

LOL

Danny, I'm a bit surprised that you didn't get an Xserve instead.

Hmmm... We don' have portable ashtrays here, but it surelly would make the city much more cleaner; there's cigarretes tips all over >_>

New camera woot~! Would the Kiss2 be the EOS 450D? I just figured you'd buy a lens with IS (image stabilisation) before a new camera =o

I stil haven't bought my Nikon d40 u_u~ it's either too expensive or I lose the bid xD;; I've seen it on the Yodobashi site tho *¬* (I can't understand a word on that site, don't ask how I managed to find the camera xD;;) and the price looks perfect, but see my note, hehe~

Great post as usual~! As for your question, few times a year xD;; It's a very very small room... I haven't seen a room as small as this one posted by members yet u_u~ which reminds me, I might as well set aside tomorrow to clean ^^;;

everything in Japan looks better than here, even the McDonald Ice Cream Cone...

Once a week actually. Apartment gets kinda dusty because of pollution.

Poor crab-kun.

And that smashed sesame... my uncle would call it "the dust of death". :P
He's highly alergic to it.

Imagine not being able to eat almost any japanese or chinese food? Living hell!

Another exciting and tasty week from Danny.

I admire your regular cleaning habit. I'm inclined to be very tidy – insisting on putting things in the right place and returning them there after taking them out, &c. – but not terribly clean. My battle against dust-oni is neverending.

Danny, the comment about clicking the prices to see the conversion reminded me of a feature request; is there any way to put the USD in the alt text of the hyperlink with the conversion rate pulled with some frequency?

I'm normally too lazy to actually click on the link (especially since it disrupts the reading flow). It doesn't really bother me too much since I've gotten a general idea of what yen is worth, but every now and then there are some strange numbers that just don't look right to me.

I know leeching off other sites for basic website elements is bad form (especially when it breaks), but even a once-a-day update would be enough for currency exchange.

duh everyday for me!
blame my mom for that hurhur

Cleaning my room, probably 2-3 times a month.. But my computer room I keep very clean (2-3 times a week).

So cruel to that poor crab, after being frozen for display, then being laughed at. Very interesting festival though.

Can't wait until I go Japan at the end of the year. Got so much to look forward to.

I see cheap lil' portable ashtrays at gas stations but I never see anyone use one. Most people around here think the planet=personal ashtray which really sucks.

People who do that should be forced to clean up highways and streets so they see the real impact that they are creating when they do that.

Hey, I'm over 6ft tall, I can sit next to the driver, wee! Already suspected you were kidding, but you hide it well ^^. Cleaning the room religiouly once every week, but I only go through the trouble of taking out and dusting all my dvds once every few months though.

Japan always has nice food, healthy or unhealthy.
I clean my room from time to time. It depends if I have move my stuff around on my desk, fixing up my computer or decoration my room with figures and posters. When I see dust, I tend to wipe it away or I will be distracted... like forever unless I clean it.

Another fun and joyful week. Too bad I can only wish for that. T_T

Hardly anyone carries portable ashtrays in the UK - they just use the floor!

From my experience of IKEA bulbs has been great - i brought a floorstanding lamp that has 4 bulbs in it, and none have gone out since i brought it about 4 years ago!

Nice photos - especially the one with Tokyo Tower in the background

More countries should follow Japan's example in cleanliness, every time I look at Danny's photos of places outside, I'm amazed by how clean everything looks.

The sidewalks always looks like it's swept up everyday by shop/home owners, and you never see any trash on the ground.

Around here, you see trash/untidy places, gum on the ground, bird s**t etc.

Lunch with Miku...DELICIOUS~ =3

Many great looking food and yes, it's Bibimbap alright ^^;

Another wonderful chapter of "A week in Tokyo"! ^^

You have cement blocks on the desktop?? It´s really rare xDD.

I clean my room 2 times a week normally because i am near a road that generates much dust :S.

I liked the first video!

It's true about the Ikea lamps by the way, they include half strength lamps with their stuff, hoping you'll come back later to buy more lamps, and hopefully another closet:P

Nice article once again, but i can't get enough of Tokyo anyways. :p
I recently bought a canon EOS 450D which is a nice SLR, the live view stuff doesn't work with autofocus together though and i really like liveview cause i wear glasses and such... but the quality of the pictures makes up for it, it's a semi-pro cam at all... now i just need to get used to use the ocular.
DELL Servers are fun, used to work with those a few years ago... seems they didn't change to sound like an airplane. We had a big one, a middle one and a bunch of little ones like yours there, running as terminal servers and DB/Fileserv, was quiet cool... they had their own room besides my office but you could hear them truh the wall (solid stone!). >.<

I was close to believe that with the train driver... doh!

Yep, that's Bibimbap, Korean for "stirred/mixed rice". Really love it and always order it whenever I go to try a new Korean restaurant. Usually served in a hot stonepot. When done right, I love the crispy golden brown rice when you get to the end of it.

Wow, the Maccas ice cream cones in Japan are totally different to the ones here in Australia (looks better tasting and designed). Our Maccas soft serve ice cream go for an easy 50c AUD. I also love the oreo McFlurry which is a sundae mixed with crushed oreo bits. Oh and the cookies from Maccas are nice, too!

Re: fries with spaghetti, there's an Asian takeaway place near me that does this awesome Thai seafood fried noodle where they put little pieces of fries in there as well! Yum yum!!

I want a GR Digital II as well but I'm undecided if I should get a DSLR instead... I can't really afford both and there's no use having both either.

I don't clean my room as much as I should in terms of dusting anyway. But I'm in the process of moving, so I'll get to hopefully show you all my new setup soon.

My guess is that brick or cinder block on Hector's desk isn't real, right?

It's summer in Japan now, right? Those icicle artwork will probably melt pretty quick and crab-kun will soon have his revenge! Bwha-hahaha

Spirited Away awesome! Miyasaki awesomest!!

Happy for the prices to remain in Yen actually, gives me more of an indication of what the costs of living is like on a daily basis. Plus it's pretty easy to work out between Yen and AUD since our dollar is pretty strong and it's like 100 yen = 1 AUD approx.

Is umbrella parking for free??

Love those old style wooden menu with the calligraphy. If I can find a good use for those in my house, I'd make some...

the spirited away really not bad, remind me of this anime, need to go rewatch again :).

hey danny, just a suggestion

what if you made parts of your posts with 'yen'age, rather than a link to go to a converter site, but instead some sort of java list with common currency equiv that generates itself when you mouseOver the text?

i'm sure you've thought about something like that, but i'm just throwing that out as an observation

Danny-san,my friend says thanks a lot! you made her day by posting a photo of her favorite JE band (that's Kanjani 8 btw).

Was telling her of your yummy pictures when she screamed at me XD and I knew what that meant--she saw *them* (her beloved JE band :D

just started cleaning my room today

I see some yummy food~ we finally have green tea mcflurry here ^^

dyson's the best isn't it. sucks up just about anything. won't the figures on your dashboard get like... you know, discolored? or do you have some special figure suntan screen for them ^^

I clean my room a couple times a month, depending on the need. Sometimes once a week. But I never clean my closet...it's humongous and I have too many clothes. I never wear any of them, I should give them away instead of just throwing them in my closet....^o^

I don't clean my room very often, also I should do it...

As for sitting with the train driver, I rode once with a subway driver. The train was so crowed he let me go onbord with another guy. Was very nice !

In my case, cleaning my room is like a ritual... Normally, when start with bookshelfs one by one, and spend a half hour or more. Normally spend a half day, but divided the task in two days, because in really tiring cleaning so many stuff, jeje...

I've never seen anyone with any sort of portable ash tray before. Is there some sort of liter law in Japan that doesn't allow people to drop their ashes everywhere? Or is it to hold the butts in afterwards in case there's not a trash can or something nearby?
You can actually lock your umbrella into one of those things? Never seen anything like that before either.
And yay for adorable boys.

my room is usually clean. *thank mum* *hugs*.

but i don't have time to dust my figures. it will takes hours. >.<

reminds me of when i was a kid n i used to put living ants in ice cube trays n freeze them in the fridge. heh

It's kind of normal over here to drop all your sigarette ashes + leftover on the ground, it's kind of messy. Also considering our Dutch government will be implementing a new law that makes it illegal to smoke in work places (bars, restaurants too). So every entrance of any place you go you'll find sigarette leftovers on the floor... messy >_<

About the price converter, I would love to see a euro converter on those prices. :-)

I never have to clean my room because it's always ridiculously clean...

I clean 1-3 times a month... should clean more but really isnt my thing though I like clean rooms (who wouldnt?).

And yes, prizes in euros would be great as well. Atm I have to use the calculator widget every now and then to really see what stuff costs.

LOL, last time i ordered shirako on sushi, despite knowing what it is..
taste not bad, but not gd either..
slightly yucky feeling..blegh
never bother to know what shirako is until i read ur post.....
O_O.... >_>...brrrrr

The boy band group thing reminded me of something - if a dude in the States is seen wearing those pants-shorts halfway between your knee and ankle (forgot what they're called) then people will think you're gay. Only girls wear those kinds of pants here. So anyone people who are coming to visits the States where that is popular - leave 'em at home.

that poor crab in the glass box it's incredible. No one call the local animal league or police or somthing like an animalist??
PS i clean up my room once a year

Seat next to the driver in the train is cool. But you know what? We don't have driver at all in our train in my region!!! Everything is automatic. XD

Awesome pictures as usual. I can't wait to go back to Tokyo, but the plane fares these days :(((

Those last few pictures looks like Ginza Bairin! Best tonkatsu EVER.

In Toronto everyone carries a portable ash tray... it's called the sidewalk (unfortunately).

Wow, McDonalds in Japan look like they make really nice icecream... Here, they make it half the size of that...

I don't think anyone here botheres to carry around ashtrays since the smoking ban is already about... And most probably, people will just throw the cigarette buds on the floor...

LOL, I've always wanted to ride beside the driver... LOL 6 ft tall and 65 kilos...

LOL Danny, you love crabs don't you?
But why are they laughing? Is it so funny to see a crab trapped in an ice block?

Clean my room? Hmm... Never. My room looks like CRAP and smells like one too...

In Arizona nobody carries a portable ashtray--it's either the sidewalk, or the public trays built into trash cans or sitting next to benches.

Ubuntu Server is the way to go now for setting up a fresh server. Put it in a virtual machine, on a development server, in a live-fire environment; it follows right along with Ubuntu Desktop in that it just works from when you first start it up. I'm a pro webmaster myself and I use it in a virtual machine (VirtualBox in OS X, with port mapping) as a testing server--with no special DNS setup, took maybe 15 or 20 minutes to get it up and running.

The only noise issue I have with my computer (a Mac Pro, at that) is the fan on my video card, an ATI X1900 XT, when I'm playing games in Windows. I have to have the fan turned all the way up to keep it from hitting the 80s Celsius and locking up, and it sounds like it's about to lift all 50lbs of my tower off the floor. :P Thankfully an aftermarket cooler for it that I ordered yesterday shipped today, hopefully that'll remedy the situation!

Are you going to the opening of the Fukutoshin subway line on the 14th, Danny? This is the Tokyo Metro line designated to take some of the passenger load off the JR Yamanote Line between Ikebukuro and Shibuya.
It shall be the second Tokyo Metro line to have 'Express' trains mixed in with the regular service.
There are any number of railfans, especially here in Chicago, Danny [ http://cera-chicago.org/ ], who would *love* to be able to ride along with the train engineer. Especially since it is still permissible to take pictures and videos of operating trains in Japan. Too bad it was only a jest. ;=}

I clean my desk/computer space and sleeping room at least once a week. this includes dusting down the figures, vacuuming, cleaning keyboard, mice and other surfaces with detergent or disinfectant.
Dust doesn't bother me in a health sense but I prefer it being clean anyway. (After switching to TFT monitors and low rpm fans a few years ago I noticed I get a lot less dust than before with CRT monitor and -loud- normal fans.).

When I worked shifts at my previous company we used to take over from the previous shift at the same workstation and there is nothing more disgusting than having to use a damp, sticky mouse someone has been using for hours... I took my own mouse to work after just one day of that.

But I have a pet peeve about dirty or dusty computers and screens. Amazing though how in many companies, even high salary managers have computers that are absolutely filthy with screens caked with a layer of dust and dirt so that you can barelly read what's on it. I can not fathom how they are not bothered by it or can even stand it. I don't hesitate to scold them about it, regardless of their position.

Weird, the ice cream cones at McDonalds in the UK look crappy in comparison.

This seems more of a food review these days....lol

Ha ha... it looked like you ran a red light in the ridgeracer video. Or does red mean something different in Japan? : P

Is the dell server the thing on top of that huge box? It's very slinder! 'Course I've never seen a professional server before.

BTW - if you haven't seen Spirited Away you should come to my house and watch (not responsable for traveling expenses)

i clean my room every day,i must be partly obsessive compulsive i guess.
900 yen for a BLT and fries is too expensive, it looks so small.
I want one of those portable ashtrays, they look cool

got to love the umbrella parking...haha...what if i got the retractable ones? where will i park them? lol

i dont really want clean my room i feel sick after 1 month

Danny make me want eat japanais food

Are those figures always in the car?
Won't prolong exposure to sunlight and heat damage the figures?

Or is it not that hot there?

Oh man, thorough cleaning every 2 days...Ill be lucky if I do a thorough cleaning every 6 months ><

Though im slowly trying to make it a habit to dust and vacuum every week.

WTF A MCDEES ICE CREAM CONE DOES NOT LOOK THAT GOOD IN THE USA.

Room cleaning?
When it comes to replace random stuff in an orderly manner, almost everyday and when it comes to vacuum cleaning and other more annoying tasks, it's once a week.
It's pretty tidy here. ^^;

The MC DEE's ice cream in japan does look so much nicer than the ones we have in NA. ._.

seems like everyone else is commenting about the softserve from Mickey D's. As i was about to as well XD That does look really good. The ones in taiwan use the generic, crap cones and its like a third of the size. However it's also a third of the price so i guess it's fair.

hmmmm.... my room?? .....cleaning?? ..... i don't think so LOL!! i clean it sometimes though. Since i'm going back to Peru the "Clean your room" issue it's gonna be a pain in the arse my room it's bigger than the 1 i've got here

That group is Kanjani8 I believe (abbreviated as K8)

Ah, so that's what you do with the seeds... when I went over there I couldn't figure out exactly what I should be doing with them. At least the tonkatsu was nice (^w^)

And you're right to have a hatred of dust - it gives me no end of colds! I wonder where dust comes from actually... hmmm, time for Wikipedia.

Smokers around here use just about anywhere as an ashtray. It's really bad. I just hope they'd ban smoking entirely.

I did the random food pointing when I was in sweden about a month ago since I didn't understand their menus. Lucky for me they all turned out good. ^^

all that yummy yummy food O(^///^)O and the figures are soo cute teehee i wish i had more myself O(^.^)O

nice view of food

For some reason I get the felling that Asians do not like shellfish for some strange reason. Every time I observe an Asian and a shellfish they seem to be jeering at the sea creature or getting ready to square off in a battle of chopsticks against tough carapace.

THe place called "olive little"; sounds like a take on the chain Olive Garden, here in America (serves Italian food)

And I like how you can get BLTs over there; I love those!

Shucks!!!! I was JUST about to leave a comment saying "YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME they let you sit beside the drive in this day and age!!!!?? I dont believe it!!!

AND

NOW I still dont!