September 19, 2007

shinjujku cafe

Spotted an exciting new Tokyo eatery last night. Just opposite Shinjuku East exit: "cafe de Bore"

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January 23, 2006

Wild drip

New canned hot coffee brand. How could anyone resist?

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December 14, 2005

sushi USB memory!

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October 24, 2005

curry

Nakano restaurant. "egg and bacon curry" - how could I resist?

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October 15, 2005

the power of power

here's a puzzle for the linguists. the new McDonalds slogan is "the power of chikara(power)"

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September 21, 2005

train advert

double advert - the bit on the left is for an aquarium, the bit on the right for a sushi restaurant!

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June 24, 2005

ginza restaurant

restaurant love-seats!

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May 30, 2005

danger!

I never realised that Japan was such a hazard filled country. These boxes say "Your bathwater is dangerous!" "Your washing is dangerous"

The rainy season is just about to start here, which means a musty gloomy few weeks. Shops are setting lots of products to keep homes mould free.

I wonder if the famous Japanese fastidiousness is because you really do have to wash and wash stuff when it gets humid? Anyway, our washing machine is sparkling now.

But then it was sparkling before too.

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April 12, 2005

Ikebukuro station platform

I'd always wondered why you can hear song-birds on the platform. Found the speaker!

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March 19, 2005

How many policemen does it take to jump start a Japanese patrol car?

6 evidently

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February 26, 2005

please keep behind the yellow line

flashing lights on shibuya station platform

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January 05, 2005

ice-cream

We spent a couple of days at a hotel near Ise this New Year's. Excellent lobster, mussels and clams . . . . but seaweed ice-cream?

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November 27, 2004

poster

recruiting poster for the Self Defense Forces

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goo

Its what it says on the packet!

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November 23, 2004

shopping

haven't they heard of the doggy-paddle?

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November 20, 2004

big in Japan

Chas and Dave?!

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October 31, 2004

Playing with my food

found a new bar near the station. radish, quails' eggs, pepper, napkin

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October 21, 2004

typhoon

A leviathan typhoon hit Japan yesterday. It was raining so heavily when I got off the train at the station that I had to take a taxi the 500m to our house.

Didn't suffer any damage here, but half of the sucker attached hooks holding up utensils in our kitchen came clattering down when the typhoon arrived. The change in air pressure I presume.

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October 18, 2004

Elevator

They are installing an elevator in our local train station. This man was wiping the dust off each individual bike parked under the construction sight. That's customer care!

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Coffee

You know Autumn is really here when the hot cans of coffee appear.

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September 07, 2004

Easy tiger

There was a tiger on my train to work this morning. Well, a young man in a tiger suit. Its the latest Tokyo fashion. Seriously.

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September 02, 2004

last train from Akabane station

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August 21, 2004

lunch

This high-school boy on the train must have been really hungry. You almost never see people eating on public transport here.

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August 17, 2004

Fortune teller

A fortune teller under a railway bridge near the press-club. Not much sign of business.

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August 14, 2004

USB fans

I saw these in Yurakucho 'Bic Camera'. You plug them into the USB port of your computer.

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August 05, 2004

folding fan seller

still hot!

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August 02, 2004

from the train platform

Here's a colorful photo from my phone. That's a pachinko parlor behind the barrier.

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July 25, 2004

Phone

very mobile phone

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