Guess who is in Japan right now?
by asnozz » Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:32 am
wow cool, i would love to have a place like that near me if i was in a place that i didnt know. It means u can keep in contact etc
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by DaMulder » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:08 am
Exactly!
And here I am again! I took a picture for you guys already but I am not sure when I can upload them. But I also bought a communication software kit so I can backup my pics from my phone and save them on a PC. A japanese PC only but as I will move out of my Ryokan and into my friend`s place at some point I am sure I can do it there and then start posting!!! WHohoo!
Now things are just fine again. I got an excelent which has so many features that I am afraid I will not be able to explore them all before I leave Japan, I got some cash in my pocket, I finally know where to get Mountain Dew when I want it and my digestive system finally seems to get used to my strange eating habbits (canned ice coffe and a cigarette for breakfast then nothing for about 3 hours and then something unhealthy...)
In the last few hours I just went to the game center and played Drum Machine 10 (a drumkit simulator) which is especially fun for me as I used to be a punk drummer for many years and some Tokyo Police 2. I don`t know if any of you know that game (cause it might have a different name actually... it`s all Japanese!) but it is a game that has a motion sensor and you actually have to do police shootouts and in order to stay alive to have to take cover. So basically you are crouching in front of the machine and try to dodge bullets! Very exhausting but you might imagine that it is excelent fun as well! I will take a picture of it as soon as I am there again (and that will be soon ;)). For dinner I had that great Chicken Filet Burger at McD again and this time I ordered all in Japanese! And I realized that the shades make a difference if people see me as a Japanese person or not. The fact that my hair is dyed black helps in that way of course! As soon as I put on my shades people on the street start talking to me in Japanese and give me free tissue paper! Oh yeah, that is another thing you need to remember if you ever go to Tokyo: Do not bring you own tissue paper in case you have a cold! And don`t buy it over here either cause at some point someone WILL give you some free tissue paper with a flyer attached to it. Of course people throw away the flyers but the tissue is still useful! Another interesting thing I noticed is how people obey the rules here; because they don`t!
In front of Shinjuku station for example there is a no smoking area which means that people smoke anyway and as soon as they see a cop they hide their cigarettes or quickly dispose of them! And as the Tokyo police is busy harrassing punks or waking up bums in the metro stations they are not really paying attention to it anyway. Just imagine that in the USA! There somebody is bound to show up and tell the smoker what an evil person he is and here the general politeness just prevents that! It`s a "I mind my own business" society which I absolutely love! Especially as in Germany we have a "I mind whomever business I want" society which can be very annoying at times...
Well, that is about all I can say for now... I have to move out of my Ryokan tomorrow morning by 10 and keep my stuff in a locker at Shinjuku station until I find another place to stay. And if I don`t I might just sleep here in the comic kissa (thanks Kiyuu!). That is a great feeling to know that there is always a place you can go. At any time of the day! It would actually be cheaper to stay here than in any hotel as well and the hotels don`t have comics and PS2s! 10 hours here would just be about 15 quid or 20 US$! Amazing...
Well, gotta go and find out about tomorrow`s weather on the Internet. It sucked today at 12 degrees C but I hope for the best...
So talk to you later!
Phil
And here I am again! I took a picture for you guys already but I am not sure when I can upload them. But I also bought a communication software kit so I can backup my pics from my phone and save them on a PC. A japanese PC only but as I will move out of my Ryokan and into my friend`s place at some point I am sure I can do it there and then start posting!!! WHohoo!
Now things are just fine again. I got an excelent which has so many features that I am afraid I will not be able to explore them all before I leave Japan, I got some cash in my pocket, I finally know where to get Mountain Dew when I want it and my digestive system finally seems to get used to my strange eating habbits (canned ice coffe and a cigarette for breakfast then nothing for about 3 hours and then something unhealthy...)
In the last few hours I just went to the game center and played Drum Machine 10 (a drumkit simulator) which is especially fun for me as I used to be a punk drummer for many years and some Tokyo Police 2. I don`t know if any of you know that game (cause it might have a different name actually... it`s all Japanese!) but it is a game that has a motion sensor and you actually have to do police shootouts and in order to stay alive to have to take cover. So basically you are crouching in front of the machine and try to dodge bullets! Very exhausting but you might imagine that it is excelent fun as well! I will take a picture of it as soon as I am there again (and that will be soon ;)). For dinner I had that great Chicken Filet Burger at McD again and this time I ordered all in Japanese! And I realized that the shades make a difference if people see me as a Japanese person or not. The fact that my hair is dyed black helps in that way of course! As soon as I put on my shades people on the street start talking to me in Japanese and give me free tissue paper! Oh yeah, that is another thing you need to remember if you ever go to Tokyo: Do not bring you own tissue paper in case you have a cold! And don`t buy it over here either cause at some point someone WILL give you some free tissue paper with a flyer attached to it. Of course people throw away the flyers but the tissue is still useful! Another interesting thing I noticed is how people obey the rules here; because they don`t!
In front of Shinjuku station for example there is a no smoking area which means that people smoke anyway and as soon as they see a cop they hide their cigarettes or quickly dispose of them! And as the Tokyo police is busy harrassing punks or waking up bums in the metro stations they are not really paying attention to it anyway. Just imagine that in the USA! There somebody is bound to show up and tell the smoker what an evil person he is and here the general politeness just prevents that! It`s a "I mind my own business" society which I absolutely love! Especially as in Germany we have a "I mind whomever business I want" society which can be very annoying at times...
Well, that is about all I can say for now... I have to move out of my Ryokan tomorrow morning by 10 and keep my stuff in a locker at Shinjuku station until I find another place to stay. And if I don`t I might just sleep here in the comic kissa (thanks Kiyuu!). That is a great feeling to know that there is always a place you can go. At any time of the day! It would actually be cheaper to stay here than in any hotel as well and the hotels don`t have comics and PS2s! 10 hours here would just be about 15 quid or 20 US$! Amazing...
Well, gotta go and find out about tomorrow`s weather on the Internet. It sucked today at 12 degrees C but I hope for the best...
So talk to you later!
Phil
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by DaMulder » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:01 am
LOL
It is 11pm now and I need to head back to the Ryokan. Nothing on Shenmue so far although today I found some DC games in a department store but they were all girl`s games (all pink and with smiling anime girls on the cover).
Well, see you tomorrow!
Phil
It is 11pm now and I need to head back to the Ryokan. Nothing on Shenmue so far although today I found some DC games in a department store but they were all girl`s games (all pink and with smiling anime girls on the cover).
Well, see you tomorrow!
Phil
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DaMulder - "After Burner...Great!"
- Joined: May 2003
- Location: Germany
- Favorite title: Shenmue II
- Currently playing: Kerbal Space Program
by Kiyuu » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:28 am
Silas wrote:What the hell is JOYPOLIS? Some kind of sex supermarket....? You shouldn't be encouraging these things, Kiyuu!
JOYPOLIS is a SEGA's huge indoor amusement park. Lots of celebrities visit there,
such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Jackson, Haley Joel Osment, etc.
http://sega.jp/joypolis/tokyo_e.html
Inside JOYPOLIS, there's Yu Suzuki's frozen yogurt shop:
http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/jp/wam2/2002/ ... _09_2.html
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by Cpt. Ultimate K Prime » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:37 am
Yu Suzuki has a frozen yogurt shop?
I never would have guessed in all my life that I'd hear of such a thing.
I never would have guessed in all my life that I'd hear of such a thing.
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by Kiyuu » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:47 am
Captain K Prime wrote:Yu Suzuki has a frozen yogurt shop?
I never would have guessed in all my life that I'd hear of such a thing.
Precisely speaking, he produced it. He designed the shop and related products:
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/doc ... /icbiy.htm
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by Cpt. Ultimate K Prime » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:49 am
I can't believe it's yogurt! Haha, I wonder how often he can be seen there.
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