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Nice food pics as always Danny!!!... Those tracks are called.. Dolly Tracks... just to let you know..

HUH?! Since when you got Index ver. Nendoroid?? Do want!!! ^_^

wow, the Ikea layout must be the same everywhere in the world - it 'looks' exactly the same as the one here in Syd
OH WHAT?!? you guys get pickles in your hot dogs!!! Here, we only get the bun+dog and tomato+mustard sauce and that's it T____T

i swear, that wrapped McDees burger looked like a Tako Luka at first

ALL HAIL THE EEEPC

wrong chris redfield its not over yet their will be resident evil 6.... ^^;

That anime in the last pachinko... is that Fafner or something else? Totally agree with you about Resident Evil/Biohazard games... but somehow I got sucked in because of how good they say #4 was, especially for the Wii. I still sucked at it >_<

100yen hot dawg??!! Gonna go Ikea this weekend. Did I see Mikuru with Index's body in the pizza lunch picture O_O
Rabbits running about in your local park... You'll never see that happen in Sg ^^;

Anime in the last pic is Soukyuu no Fafner

I <3 IKEA. One opened up here recently and it let me spend lots of money on bedroom furniture and figure display cases.

Had also considered trying to do an OSX install on my Lenovo S10 just for the challenge, but never really got around to it. Win7 runs extremely well on it, so I'll likely be sticking with that...

I'm used now to the Book Off shelves. There are still second hand shops that do it a different way though. Manga Souko comes to mind.

It's a shame that guy threw those PC88 games away instead selling them cheap through Yahoo! Auctions or taking them to his local second hand shop. If those were MSX games I wouldn't be commenting, I'd br crying!

I don't have an anti hay fever strategy as it looks like hay fever hasn't still got a strategy for dealing with me.

I'll have my ramen "hard as wires", with garlic, green onion, rather little oil, and a lot of secret spice. Thank you Mr Ichiran.

I'm used now to the Book Off shelves. There are still second hand shops that do it a different way though. Manga Souko comes to mind.

It's a shame that guy threw those PC88 games away instead selling them cheap through Yahoo! Auctions or taking them to his local second hand shop. If those were MSX games I wouldn't be commenting, I'd br crying!

I don't have an anti hay fever strategy as it looks like hay fever hasn't still got a strategy for dealing with me.

I'll have my ramen "hard as wires", with garlic, green onion, rather little oil, and a lot of secret spice. Thank you Mr Ichiran.

WAH~! I just recently had that same Fraulein Nagato Yuki! hahaha...
Another CGM night of coolness in this post.
Wabbits!!!!

You used healthy in a sentence referring to McDonalds....McDs must be quite different there than in the States ^^;

Hmm I'll need to remember my camera when I head to Ikea Sunday. Can show people how similar it is with the layout.

Had some agedashi tofu today too ^^ yumm

all about foods ^^

I admit that I've never eaten at Ikea before. I have however, had pickles in my hot dog. Not sweet pickles, but garlic ones. Surprisingly tasty.
I also had tempura and agedashi tofu this week. While I've had some good tempura here, alot of restaurants cake on the batter. Its like crunching on a cookie sometimes. You've been warned.
Hmm... haven't had Calpis in awhile. Must get. Unfortunately its about 900 Yen a bottle here.

Hey Danny, check this out:
http://gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook

Dell Mini 9
So far, the only netbook I know about that can have Leopard on it, and still have all the hardware working...

The food looks quite delicious. More variety than what I eat usually.

Another good 'A Week in Tokyo' post to make me hungry. ^^

When I get a game I'll usually see if there is a used copy in decent shape first, I would prefer to have the original case and manual but depending on the game I might not care much if the artwork isn't that nice. What I really hate is when places put a dozen stickers on the game case that I have to remove later on.

I noticed that the Book-Off's that I've been to in California seem to have a strange layout as well, so I guess it's a common thing in all the stores.

Still need to head out to Ikea sometime soon and pick up a decent display cabniet, but there isn't one nearby so it's always quite a drive so I keep putting it off. I don't want to order it online since I would assume shipping woul be rather expensive.
Their food is also really good for being as cheap as it is.

The return of the little house...ever think of getting one for the nendoroids Danny?...

If you want to try MacOS on a netbook, try the MSI wind, I seen that quite a bit.

First time I tried Calpis Water it was pretty refreshing, so I seldom get some if I have some craving for it.

As for food at Ikea, i don't know if there are any available in Japanese Ikea's, but at their upstairs restaurant (There are usually two at where I live, one in the middle of the showroom and one at the exit) have some really good swedish meatballs, and also some very good soft cream for a buck too.

Had some tempura today as well, from some all-you-can-eat place (which of course leads to questionable taste). But there are rarely any decent authentic japanese cuisines around my area.

I love the pictures of your food; they always get me ideas of what to cook (which is surprisingly annoying to think about every day).

bleh i am running outta stuff to say so i will just say "yum yum" ^^

Love the Ikea hot dogs. Cheap and good.

Love wabbits too (:

Ahhh, Silpheed. I remember playing that game on my friends PC and being completely addicted to it.

"Whats your fave retro game - post a youtube link too!"

R-Type
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHD9L4TquAY

The only netbooks with full compatibility with leopard are MSI Wind and Dell Mini. Compare them here > http://www.comparenetbooks.org

Danny, you just posted a spoiler vid of RE5

I think it would be against the laws of the universe for a second hand book shop to be EASY to find things in... I know there's one in town (not manga though) that is basically ceiling height shelves with just enough space for two people to squeeze past each other inside. Find some awesome stuff in there though.

Got nuthin' for hayfever though. Garlic tablets? Or just garlic filled food in general?

My neighborhood is infested with those same brown rabbits. I see so many of them running around people's yards, but every time I try to approach one, it'd take off running. I'm pretty surprised that the one in the picture isn't so shy.

Btw, a lot of the wild rabbits in my neighborhood end up as roadkill. x.x

Those games must be really extreme retro if they are on 5¼-inch disks.

heh, Ikea, it looks so similar. I bought my shelf from Ikea.
I'd recommend you to read Aqua and Aria.

Looking forward to hearing about and seeing this CM you were in, Danny.

We drink Nescafe Gold Blend, too! ^__^ Do you have the new Gold Blend Dark Roast over there? Very nice desu.

Always buy my games first hand. In fact, I can't stand second hand things, I have a phobia about other people's germs, unless it's very rare and there's no other way of getting it. I hardly get any games nowadays anyway. Haven't played any Bio Hazard / Resident Evil since Code Veronica on the Dreamcast.

My current manga reading list: Bakuman, AirGear, GANTZ, Until Death Do Us Part, Manhole (just finished), Historie, To Love-Ru, The Ravages of Time, etc. etc.

I like Calpis water, too, but too expensive to drink it regularly here (you know we call it Calpico here right? Imported from Indonesia I think).

**Insert YouTube video of "Gates of Thunder" from PC Engine DUO (TurboGrafx-16) here.** Loved that awesome OST desu.

IKEA is also crazy busy and popular here on weekends. Parking and loading bays are ridonkiculous! I have a secret confession for their meatballs at IKEA.

Out of all the netbooks out so far, the Lenovo S10 is by far my favourite. The design might be a bit of a throw back but it's the sturdiest and most nice looking netbook out there in my opinion. Unfortunately, Ethernet card doesn't work when you try to hackintosh it. Check out this handy chart: http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/17/osx-netbook-compatib.html

The best compatibility is apparently the Dell Mini 9 and I've heard good things about the Mini 10 but it doesn't have 2GB RAM option at launch.

Looking forward to surfing dc.com on my iphone in the future!!

Great week in Tokyo, thx for the pics Danny ^^

Hmmmmm delicious food always enjoy the week in tokyo posts ^_^
the anime is called Fafner in the Azure.

That yakisoba looked so yummy.

Hay fever? It sounds strange, but drinking a lot of cooled green tea helped me once.

That IKEA is like a cage. Our IKEA has many shortcuts, and you can completely skip one floor without any difficulties.

Nice week!
lots of photos :)

Everything is so nice. My kingdom for living in Japan.

I'm currently reading the English release of "Negima!" and "Aria" and the Japanese release of "Lucky Star". (Have dropped "School Rumble" and "Suzuka".)

You get that type of electric taps? If it is for my computer and other sensitive electronic equipment I get Belkin series surge protection electric taps. More pricy, but good and definitely worth it around here where you can get an occasional power spike.

I tried installing Hackintosh (OSX86) on this computer but video always gave me a headache and updating always broke it (oddly it worked fine for other people with similar equipment).

Took me a while to realise the engrish was referring to a letter seal.. ^^;

Healthy McD is sarcasm right? ^^; Whats that long thing at the lower part of the photo? Chopsticks?? I always thought fast food requires no equipment of any sort..

Nice coverage Danny.

I have not been to Japan Ikea yet but probably will after my next move to another new apartment this upcoming oct.

Alot of my friends told me not to try out the pachinko in Japan because it would make you addicted to it and lose alot of money you have invest on than gaining.

I'm currently reading over a hundred thirty different manga series. My actual list says 147, but there are probably some there that I've forgotten to change the category to drop or on-hold.

Those mobile internet modems are really cool and convenient and funny thing...I was about to get one as well but a prepaid one but then suddenly got lazy to go out XDDD

I really need to stop procrastinating...maybe starting tomorrow XDDD

I always wonder how many of these black pullovers you got, either you are in the trooper armor OR that black pullover on photos. ;)

Lovely food, specialy the gratin haha - i love gratin. And it looks really cute in it's little cup too! So japanese!

Calpis was my favorite too, till i found melon soda! That one seems to be my way to go during the hot summer days. :)

Hmm, when i visit IKEA i usualy buy a lot of things i actually didn't went there for.
However, i wouldn't buy to much electrical appliances there, lamps and such okay but nothing where i would relay my power with to my servers or such - i take rack mountable power taps that have a net filter, fuse and overpowering spike secure.

More good coverage. I'm suprised to see the rabbits, although it's certainly nice ^^ and I'm an Ikea fan too. Most of my furniture came from there and seems to be holding up pretty well.

didn't u have a haircut recently? looks pretty long now. ('~')

Nice looks like a busy week and more so ahead

Proud to be swedish. :D

Ingvar Kamprad (Ikea) is now the 4th richest man in the world! And the richest european in the world.

The circle thing on image ID#25248, is it some kind of colloseum replica? ;-)

I went to Ikea located 35 miles from my apartment last Sat. I should have taken some pictures of Ikea as you did. The next day I had muscle ache in my legs. I didn’t nothing but browsed thru Ikea.

Another great week of photos ^^
the picture of mcdonalds was exceptional this time, after seeing it, I somehow want to get some right now. I have not had a burger...for god knows how many years...

Read Mahou Tsukai Kurohime
It's worth it! I promise!

danny why you always show pictures of foods that make me hungry !!

Thanks for the CGM links. I love discovering new blogs!

so many pics of yum yums make me oh so hungry^^
another great week in tokyo article:D

Hay fever, I usually try to eat things and use honey as a sweetener before I get the heavy symptoms. It is my understanding that honey contains pollen that the bees carry around and that a relatively low dose of it gets your body ready for the hay season.

Hackingtoshing a netbook to run leopard could take a bit of effort but I have a Dell mini 9 that I successfully have leopard running using the detailed instructions from gizmodo.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook

lol seems like every Ikea in the world has the same policy of making customer walk through everything in the store.
btw can't wait for the DC.com iphone inteface. ^^

Can't wait to find out what's your CM is ^_^

I'll be assisting in a TV commercial shooting on next Wednesday for GSC, sadly not Good Smile Company but Golden Screen Cinema ^^

Congratulation on the CGM Night offical domain~~~~~~

IKEA also have shortcut paths for people who are in a rush~~~

I love IKEA cafeteria, but haven't try their hotdog yet.

LOL! Funny engrish~~~~~

Poor usagi..........

The 3G HSPA USB modem is pretty popular here, now all our local telco offer it at a competitive price.......

I screenshot & print a copy of the map from Google Map too ^_^

That anime on the Pachinko is 蒼穹のファフナー (Sōkyū no Fafner), same illustrator that did Gundam SEED/ Destiny.

As for Projector, you need to factor in the amount of ANSI Lumens, & resolution.
The higher the ANSI Lumens, the higher the contrast (Daylight view), the bigger the resolution, the more expensive it cost.
Last but not least, the technology on the projector, DLP or LCOS.
Most common are DLP or 3 DLP, latest is LCOS.

Whenever I travel somewhere, if I don't want to print out directions (I don't have a GPS) I just use the Maps function on my iPod Touch. Even if you've disconnected from wifi it saves the map picture and the directions of where ever you found while on wifi.

Awesome coverage as always ^^ The food in your pictures always looks great makes me jealous of the quality we have here >> If your painting the gills orange you should paint your logo on the chest while your at it ^^b

I always get lost whenever I got to Ikea, but at least their food is quite good. Too bad that there are monstrous queues every time I want to eat there...

700 yen for coffee refill huh? I heard from my brother's Japanese friend that coffee in Japan was really expensive but that doesn't seem too bad. Also, heres an idea for that LED light. Change one of the shoulder pieces to have a semi transparent logo with the LED light underneath to light it up. Something like the orange "d" diamond logo should look pretty good illuminated.

The only proper way to kill zombies is with a 12 bore shotgun!

Anyway, currently seem to have a fad of handwashes in the house which make your hands smell of exotic fruits. Quite distracting when I scratch my nose or face.

Been meaning to ask, at your desk space, do you have any aches and pains from using certain things? Or have you optimised the workspace ergonomics to alleviate RSI and such? It could help with improving your back troubles, (hope the exercises have been helping). More recommendations on your back troubles would be to wear your Storm trooper braces more often instead of a belt. Proven to help posture and move stress away from areas in your back.

Recommend Nodame Cantabile if you can pick it up at the store, and instead of a projector I'd splash out on a most awesome Interactive White board. We had them in virtually every room in highschool, just make sure you keep them well positioned and configured, unless you end up trying to write on with the special pens and the writing shows up half a foot away.

Like so, http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/202750810/Electronic_Interactive_Whiteboard.html

More searches, http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=interactive+whiteboard&Country=&CatId=0&IndexArea=product_en&ssk=y

Will be going to IKEA soon myself, time to stock up on furnitures for the new room, if its like my local ikea, really do check out the swedish produce, (especially the sweets) behind the tills. Most awesome indeed, some very addictive stuff.

For allergies and illness, I can fend most off with healthy doses of spice, and lots of onions, raw or only just cooked if possible. Indian curry (lots of chilli), chinese curry with big pieces of onion, and green curry usually does the trick. Although you pay the price by having breath smelling of onion and garlic wherever you go, so make sure to stock breath mints and brush teeth, gums, and tongue more regularly. The chilli will also help speed up your metabolism and keep a few extra pounds off.

All I can think of for now!

Ikea Japan has the 100 yen/1 dollar hot dogs too? Never knew it was an international sort of thing. :) And...yeah, their displays are always arranged so that you have to walk through everything. I remember when I was a kid and hated walking; I always just sat at the entrance and waited for my parents.

Oh, and I second kokost's suggestion above! No idea how you'd pull it off, but a glowing D logo would be amazing!

Thanks for your dedication focus and humor in the living in/week in japan series, after the guest posting in BBoing, signed up for email notifications and enjoy the multiple times a week updates and distractions that viewing A Week In provides.
WITokyo and Living in Japan are why I visit, Anime/dolls are not really of interest, fascinating view of the culture there but not a big draw.
Very much like your photos and different viewpoints, and equally the short focused and insightful description or story on each picture. Tried to do the same in photo travelogue myself for friends in across US and wwide travel but never get the time for something more regular or insightful.
You asked for site updates - simplistically for me viewing the week in /life in sections are my main focus/portal entry. Viewing the photo stream is what I am after but its a bit unwieldy. Wide screen monitor running at 1920x1200, with IE or FFox not in full screen, page down scrolling a page at a time never quite has each new photo in place in full in the middle of the browser screen, so they get cut off partly. Page down again and I can end up almost skipping 2 photos. Maybe a NextPhoto button or link but then that would mandate mousing clicking each time. Ideally, maybe tweak so that a simple page down, regardless of screen resolution can always place the Next Photo in the Stream at the top of the refreshed/scrolled page?

@ hay fever
Strange device detected on amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Medinose-45030-Hayfever-Allergy-Treatment/dp/B000BI69UQ/

Great pictures!
>"I could get two of these and place then where pupils would go..."
Better not:P

Sipheed has some awesome looking ships.

As far as games new or used, it really depends on the game. If it's something I'm really looking forward to I'll go out of my way to get a new copy of the Collector's Edition. Otherwise for something I just want to check out or otherwise don't have any particular attachment for I've got no problem buying used as long as the case and manual are intact. Nothing irritates me more than having to buy a game without a case and manual.(They get a higher resell value if they include the case and manual!) :)

ohh where is your new imac ?

no kidding ? Ikea is also selling ramen ????

i guess they have local cuisine in each country

here we only have the hot dog and some regular stuff like pizza :(

try this for treating your hay fever

http://hq.andrewshuttleworth.com/hq/2008/10/nose-laser-trea.html

Love Ikea and I love Daiso, I am glad there is one nearby me :3

Ahh every time I read one of these... ;_; I <3 Japan.

Wow...never played those retro game..

When I have hay fever I always take some pills that have anti-hestamins in them. It works rather good.

What is that rabbit doing? Is it just scratching its nose against your leg?

So the commercial has at least one pan shot in it. . . not that that tells me much!

I would actually recommend NOT getting a projector. My school uses a good couple different brands in different departments. They're always breaking in some way or another, virtually all models seem to have crap resolution and washed out color, and the bulbs cost a fortune. Oh, and the screens for them are expensive too. You'd probably be better off getting one of those gizmos that tap your computer into your TV, especially since you have that lovely plasma already.

I heard about the rabbits. They don't really seem to be scared of people. I guess because they are treated there better than they are here.

danny, give 'zyrtec' anti-hystamines a shot...god i HATE the commercials over here for that brand, but it does work. apparently they sell them in japan too.

As Darknight said lol, dolly tracks! I learnt that in Media in year 10/11/12. One of the few things I still remember hehe

McNuggets!! Good choice! Same boxes as the UK now I see. Expect our monopoly promotion has kicked in, so all the cups and stuff are now different once again.

Can't wait to see this CM!!

Auuuu kawaii usagi!! Nasty little boys...

Wish I had an iPhone just to use that app lol.

And Ikea!! I lol'd. I love that they all look the same. And the floorplan, lol, I like using the shortcuts. Only been to one....twice.... 2nd time I wasn't very well while I was there.... threw up while I was actually there lol... in a plastic trash can we were buying... lucky it wasn't mesh really... And lucky the label to be scanned was on the bottom of the trash can.
I love the food there too. Tis suprisingly yummy. The meatballs are yummy... and its all so cheap! Daisuki! The lingenberry(?) jelly is yummy too. Couldn't have any of this on my 2nd trip because I was still ill....*sulk*

Another great Article! (^ ^)

Does Calpis Water taste a whole lot different from the type you make from concentrate? I got some concentrate once and loved it, but I drank a wee bit too much and too fast, so...I couldn't drink it for quite a while. Ended up having to throw out the rest after it expired ^^;

How's the weather in Tokyo? From the photos above it seems that its pretty warm out there. We've got -2 C all day today. Yesterday was +12. The temperature jumps like crazy here in Toronto - from -3 to +9 over night. I guess, Global Warming has already had a huge impact on Canada.
Good post. To be honest, I never knew what "a blog" was, untill came across yours. I'm glad I found your website. Good job as always.

So much food...

Danny didn't watch Soukyuu no Fafner yet ? O_O Its like one of my the best animes every imo :P

Must watch for any mech fans

figure + food + gadgets pictures = awesomeness :D

Hate to put this in here, but anyone know how to search for the posts where Danny gives advice about life? Thanks much!

Congrats on the CM work, your photo's do speak for themselves and your natural ability to catch a good moment with the camera.

Ikea where I used to live served food on the second floor and had more traditional fare from its home country at the time of its opening. When my wife and I took our daughter on our first trip we all had Swedish meatballs and some other dish but cant remember as it was 4 years ago. It didn't matter what day of the week or time it was the store was always packed and on opening day traffic was backed up for miles around with people wanting to get all the specials.

Why buy a projector when you can make your own with help from http://lumenlab.com/ , I've been working on one on and off for a while now and the site has a ton of great info and products. With the fact that you can find the electronics sitting at the curb side where you live so easily I think the greatest expense you would have would be for the wood to make the enclosure.

You should try Resident Evil 4 and 5 Danny. Ammo is VERY plentiful in those two games. And they are both amazing games, especially RE4.

Hey, City Hunter! Brings back good memories of many afternoons reading the manga during high school years ^_^

another great blog of a week in tokyo series (my fave) pics looks awesome. the food looks yummy as always. great blog can't wait to visit tokyo soon.

<i>The prices displayed here below the games is the price that Book Off will buy them from you - games that just came out will usually be purchased at a high price. I'm personally not fussed about packaging and get my games secondhand - sell them back after. Do you prefer spanking new or go for secondhand?</i>

It's against my personal religion to buy console video games brand spankin' new. Why pay $50-60 for a piece of software that you can get two months from now for half that price?

wow! the IKEA dogs over here in Singapore are crap! we get bread and a dog only with no pickles at all! T.T if you want a drink, i think the cost will add up to like SGD$ 2.50.

The Tamperproof stickers are kewl! wonder if i can find some at daiso over here.

seemd like a prety nice week!!

For hay fever you can try almost anything that works for your immune system. For my bro raw aloe vera, ginkgo and a small quantity of pure honey and royal jelly worked . Of course it is best to start eating all these things before the hay season starts, so your body can get ready for it. Also don't forget to check if you are allergic to any of these things!
Good pictures by the way, Japanese food looks nice (also have to check out what kind of car Danny has).

Reading this makes me hungry T.T

It may seem weird, but I always look forward to your photos of food in these articles...so many different varieties and all so pretty ;3; Congrats on the CM, can't wait to see it!

Manga is so cheap in Japan. I was surprised when I first learned that, especially after paying $10-20 a book from American distributors.

Id be really tempted to steal other peoples trash if id live there.Would that actually considered stealing?
All those Manga and games beeing thrown out and recycled...What a waste! I gladly give them a new home^^

I wouldnt buy Mangas at a second hand store since im pretty picky when it comes to mangas but ive bought quite a few used games before.Had some pretty good deals there

For some reason I'm suddenly hungry. ^^

They try to poke the rabbit's eyes out? Jesus, who lets them do that? How were these kids brought up?...

Hello Danny,

I really enjoyed your a week in tokio series. I don't know if it's me but every time I see food photo....I get hungry and also want tp try it. I wish I was living in tokio.
Anyway I remember that in one of your entries you mentioned something about taking voice note due to unreadable handwriting... :S
I know that you have an ipod touch, if it's a second edition one you could enable voice memo with the new iphone os 3.0 software.

Loved Silpheed! sadly one of the few good games on the SEGA CD, along with Final Fight. those vertical 2d shooters are so...so 80's XD and I've played plenty of them haha. Axelay was great too. the soundtrack sounds so familiar, even after 15 years? o_O

our park bunnies are cuterer than yours... okay maybe the baby ones LOL (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3351090722_b365a259fa.jpg)

Food is always so cheap in Japan! Whats that song in the City Hunter video? I was playing Pop n Music today and ended up playing that song. It sounded familiar but couldnt recognize where it came from.

I love looking around Book Off stores when I visit Japan.
And what a waste, throwing away those games instead of taking them to a second hand store, letting someone else enjoy them!

As for Hayfever help. What you need to do is find a source of locally produced honey, that uses bees from your area, or as close as you can find, and take a spoonfull everyday.
This will get your body used to the pollen, but this is not a cure, it is supposed to help.
I also used 'eyebright' for helping my eyes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrasia
Hope this helps. : )

How sweet that food..i feel hungry when i see some food but sweet...

I've noticed that in Japan food is only cheap if you stick to the Asian side of

things.
If I went Freshness burger (which is ridiculously good) you'd spend 800 Yen

easily on 1 burger whilst that could be a huge bowl of Tonkatsu ramen or a huge

bowl of Gyuudon.
But yeah; if your touristing in Japan then you hardly wanna stick your mouth

full of Western stuff anyway.

And oh man it seems like they have cheap hotdogs at every Ikea !
Here in Holland too, you can get one for 75 cents, 2 with a *huge* softdrink for 1,75- its nuts :-)

But man, a shame to see such classics just being chucked out on the streets !
Is it taboo to pick up somebody's "Trash" ?
I know there are alot of people picking up piles of manga and selling them

infront of JR stations for dirt cheap (or take them to a 2nd hand shop) does

that sort of thing also happen to these piles of greatnesses ?

My favorite retrogame, dunno .. Axelay sure is up there in my list tough.
The super nintendo had alot of great classics and I still happily own the console, I think my favorite would have to be Cybernator, known in Japan as Assault Suits Valken which is sort of a sequel to "Target Earth" (or Assault Suits Leynos) from the Saturn.

It's a 2D mecha combat game, lovely details and the storyline is pretty cool.
The spiritual successor to Cybernator/Valken is "Metal Warriors"
Which takes the same combat but expands it, the graphics are a bit less gritty but still good and you can move outside of your cockpit s a tiny pilot , jacking other mechs !
And despite having two player action I still find myself going back to Cybernator/Valken for the style of it.

Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC49bF4L5c8

Oh so nice to be able to check DC at work again. Not sure why they blocked it in the first place. but...gift horse and all...

Currently, my manga reading list is pretty estensive, but not everything I read comes out on time or is still being put out.

Beck
Black Lagoon
Burst Angel
Fruits Basket
Galaxy Angel II
Gunsmith Cats Burst
Gunsmith Cats Revised
Hana Kimi
I Otaku
Ikkitousen
Love Attack
Love.com
Negima
Ouran High School Host Club
S.S. Astro
Sundome
Togari
Yotsuba

I love Calpico water too but it costs twice as much in the states -_- So I tend to drink a lot of it when I go to Japan but then my friends told me it is not good for you due to chunk of sugar in it. So I tried Diet Calpico Water and just like any other diet drinks out there, I hate it so back to drinking the original Calpico Water ^^;

For the manga, you should check out Kami no Mizo Shiru Sekai - The World God Only knows. It is about this guy who is a god of getting girls in dating games but have to use his power to get spirits out of real life girls with a help from cute demon girl. Sounds weird but would tickle your fancy I bet :D

Like you, I'm glad to have an Ikea nearby- or at least reasonably nearby. Makes things so much simpler, I find.

i find if you are overwhelmed with zombies in Resident Evil 5, you shouldnt be shooting them all, theres always a way out. I have been playing with my brother for the past week, very fun!

Very nice WA office with a palm tree. .-.

"A healthy snack..."

Healthy poison, specially those fries.

Call me slow but I just noticed... Mrs Choo sure can cook! Even my mum only know how to make a few dishes... And me? I can only make instant noodles^^;...

K-On! I guess the K stands for Karaoke? Tried ssearching for the manga online, found a chapter on mangavolume.com! Art looks nice, really looking forward to the anime!

Hmm, my stomach is growling... I guess it's due to Danny's post...

yummy yummy! *drools*

hmm.. Danny havent go on any exercise lately? =X

As always, love the fuud pics. Everything always looks so good. Except for that wimpy hot dog. It's long, but thin and limp. I think the Costco dogs are a better value.

I sure wish we had IKEA here though. Furniture is expensive and there are no cheap alternatives around.

Have to agree with the others in that you should go with the Dell Mini 9. I know you are adverse to buying Dell (aren't we all?) but it is the easiest to install OSX and have everything up and running. I don't think the build quality is all that bad either.

Loved those 2-d shooters. Axelay and R-Type were always fun.
And as a previous poster noted, the anime that got the pachinko treatment was Soukyuu no Fafner.

Oh, me loves Calpis soda! :) More kick!

Danny, izzit jsut me or most of the food there looks like chinese food?

I think the anime in the last pic is called fafner.. characters looked like those from gundam seed line~

So many delicious foods there i guess ~~

and lol at the engrish package

Some of the Daiso packaging is hilarious. I have noticed that most of the really bad engrish comes from the products manufactured in China? weird...

I love Calpis Water, kept the bottle when I returned to Singapore ^^;

Btw, doesn't your puchi nendroids fade color after being exposed to the sunlight?

I wonder, how do you post to your blog? I mean if you were to use some web interface to post this it would take ages to upload all the images and resize it right?

Do you use something like windows live writer or something similar?

I really am enjoying the week in Tokyo series. I'm always on the lookout for all the tasty foods you keep taking photos of. By the way, how do you carry all those figures with you. :P

I'd be scared they'd get damaged in transit. I hope you haven't had any accidents with figures breaking or anything when taking them outside.

I love Calpico water too. Book Off is a minute walk from my home, but that store is small ;(
Lately the Pachinko CM has been really. Hey Danny,Have you ever been play Pachinko?

I hope I get to come to japan soon. I'm Missing out on so much and I am totally not happy here.

ダニーさん、
http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/jpn/1680/一週間の東京+36.html#image25253
の樹、僕のお店で通販してますよ〜。
下記URLにて。
http://store.hyakka.kassaii.com/products/list.php?mode=search&category_id=7&name=フェニックス&search.x=0&search.y=0

Projector:
Optoma make really great projectors. I have the HD65 myself, but that only goes to 720p.
Get anything from them and you're set, they even have a USB one for iPods.

I would love to get into figures but im in high school and theres no way my parents would put their money into them.

I squealed when I saw the Kirby manga. I've been a kirby fan since the beginning and I have a couple of imported mangas of him. More photos to add to my Japan slideshow screensaver. Thanks
^.^

I recomend Chrome Breaker by 阿倍野ちゃこ ,Abeno Chako and Pandora hearts by Jun Mochizuki for arts and storline ^^ can't get much anime or manga in UK >.< so i have to wait untill i get back to Malaysia and spend all my saving at KINOKUNIYA Bookstore in KL yeah

a great series of pics; you lead a fascinating sort of life! I have used the Tamiya paints you showed; very good on car models, too!

食べ物が美味しそう（　｀▽´）ｂ

でも・・・太りそう（；｀д´）ｂ

food in tokyo really is expensive, but they look so delicious. hopefully, i can go to my dream city once i get more cash... which is probably 50 yrs from now T_T

Hey Danny, that "type of deep fried cheese wrapped in some sort of leaf" in my country are "tequeños" jejeje exactly rectangles of cheese covered with mass of flour to get fried

delicious!