Over at his blog, C.B. has been doing a great job finding and posting quirky little J-things. I spent the last few days hanging with some friends from outta town enjoying some off-time so I will attempt to do the same, although very little of it will be comics related.
New Year's is big here. Bigger than Christmas. And Japanese boxing day is one big circus with millions and millions of people throwing caution to the wind and shopping. Imagine the entire population of Canada (around 30 mil) times 2 or 3 all hitting the streets. Below is a taste of Harajuku, one of the many fashion-centric places of Tokyo, on the 2nd.
When you're in Japan, there's a list of things you have to do and one of them is Pachi-slo or Pachinko and Slots. My friend makes a living playing these things so we jumped in one to try our luck. One of the newer machines are these Evangelion-based machines seen below. "Shinji-kun!?"
I also wandered into a music store to check out some guitars. I need a strap but couldn't find one I liked so spent my time gazing at really really expensive things. I'm familiar with 4 and 5 string basses but an 8 string!?
That same night except in Shibuya.
Food is a big allure of the country for me on top of all the comics and ahem other things... It's such a competitive market here that many chains and stores have to drive prices down to compete for customers. Fine by me. For a few bucks you can have a nice warm and healthy meal in seconds, illustrated with a bowl of gyudon below.
That's it for now. Here's to a promising 2007, all.
TAK
New Year's is big here. Bigger than Christmas. And Japanese boxing day is one big circus with millions and millions of people throwing caution to the wind and shopping. Imagine the entire population of Canada (around 30 mil) times 2 or 3 all hitting the streets. Below is a taste of Harajuku, one of the many fashion-centric places of Tokyo, on the 2nd.
When you're in Japan, there's a list of things you have to do and one of them is Pachi-slo or Pachinko and Slots. My friend makes a living playing these things so we jumped in one to try our luck. One of the newer machines are these Evangelion-based machines seen below. "Shinji-kun!?"
I also wandered into a music store to check out some guitars. I need a strap but couldn't find one I liked so spent my time gazing at really really expensive things. I'm familiar with 4 and 5 string basses but an 8 string!?
That same night except in Shibuya.
Food is a big allure of the country for me on top of all the comics and ahem other things... It's such a competitive market here that many chains and stores have to drive prices down to compete for customers. Fine by me. For a few bucks you can have a nice warm and healthy meal in seconds, illustrated with a bowl of gyudon below.
That's it for now. Here's to a promising 2007, all.TAK
posted by TAK at 1:11 AM
