Photos from Japan

[Sakunyuusha]

Why not explain the situation to the fucktard gaijins? Granted, they probably would have blown you off, but you could have at least tried instead of letting them get away with that. Plus, it's not like you're ever going to see them again. Plus, it's not like any two of them could take you on.

I dunno. Any group of white kids who grab Pichu hats probably are nice enough to be all "OMG! I'm so sorry! Here you go, little guy!" and give their hats to the kids.

Then again, I (as a non-resident) have to remember that you've lived there now for a long time and you are probably way, way, way too jaded about gaijin tourists to even bother with them anymore.

We should totally buy you a "GAIJIN, GO HOME!" t-shirt for your birthday. ;p

As a back-up shirt, "FOR ALL YOUR ANIMOO NEEDS, GO THE FUCK HOME."

 

[lowleg26]

Once you hit the age of 12, you're too old for the paper hat. The fact that a grown person would selfishly take one while actual kids are visibly waiting for them is just sad.

Why not explain the situation to the fucktard gaijins? Granted, they probably would have blown you off, but you could have at least tried instead of letting them get away with that. Plus, it's not like you're ever going to see them again. Plus, it's not like any two of them could take you on.

Not to mention that you'd be giving them a great story to take home. Probably a much better souvenir than a paper hat.

"OMG, you won't believe what happened in Japan! We totally cut in line to get these awesome pikachu paper hats. Then some guy runs up and starts pulling them off our heads! Then he kicked Charlie in the liver!"

I'd also like to take the time to thank aquamarine for continuing to post these pictures. Its nice to see a "slice of life" of sorts from overseas.

 

[JaqTaar]

It's been almost exactly 2 years since my trip to Japan, I'm currently planning my retourn journey and there's a Japanese movie festival coming up. All of which reminded me that I never took the time to put up some of my photos here.

1 Main gate and pagoda of Senso-ji
2 Southern end of Ueno park (the street leads to Akihabara)
3 Shibuya
4 Tokyo Midtown
5-8 Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan, the Sumo arena (note the caucasian fighter in pic 6)
9 Basin in front of shrine (to wash hands and rinse mouth)
10 Akihabara

 

[JaqTaar]

1+2 Ameyoko market
3 Taking a break at Shinobazu pond in Ueno park
4 Southern end of Ueno park again
5 Pachinko parlour
6 Wedding procession at Meiji-jingu
7 Takeshita-dori
8+ 9 Senso-ji again
10 A little to the south of Akihabara if I remember correctly

 

[JaqTaar]

1 Same as last pic
2 Tea ceremony and Koto play at Shiba park near Tokyo Tower
3 View from Tokyo Tower
4 Tokyo Tower itself
5 Moonstomp bar/live house, Koenji
6 Ume (plum?) blossom
7 Odaiba
8 Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Center (on the pic is the Conference Tower)
9 Shimbashi
10 At the edge of Yoyogi park on a Sunday

 

[JaqTaar]

1-6 Bands, Rockabillies and Cosplayers at Yoyogi Park/Harajuku
7-9 Near the Imperial Palace
10 Shinjuku garden

 

[lowleg26]

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Are those greasers in Yoyogi Park? They look like a gang from "The Warriors". :joker:

I've heard about the Sunday music in Yoyogi Park, can you (or anyone) comment if its something worth seeing? uzzled:

 

[JaqTaar]

When I was there, the music was ok, more like "interesting to observe". There were 4 or 5 bands playing and a few more on the pedestrian area at the side of the stadium that leads south (if I remember correctly).
Plus there are the greasers/rockabillies and then again the cosplayers a few steps away from each other.

1 Yokohama Chinatown
2 Yokohama Sankei-en
3 Cemetery in Yanaka
4+5 Afters Hours bar, Koenji

Used the 3-week Japan Railpass for a little tour of the country (heading north first)
6+7 Kairaku-en, Mito
8 First time at Onsen, in Akiu, near Sendai
9 Rinno-ji, Sendai
10 Matsushima

 

[JaqTaar]

1-3 Matsushima
4+5 Hiraizumi
6 From the train between Morioka and Aomori
7 Hakodate fish market
8 Hakodate Foreigner's Cemetery
9+10 Sapporo

 

[JaqTaar]

1 First time sleeping in an internet cafe (pretty common practice in Japan for those who can't afford to rent a place)
2 Otaru
3 Lake Toya
4-10 Nyuto Onsen

 

[JaqTaar]

1 The entrance of Kanazawa station (the pillars supposedly resemble a giant pair of japanese hand drums)
2 Kenroku-en, japanese landscape garden.
3 Same place, Hello Kitty version
4 Nagamachi district, Kanazawa
5-7 Himeji Castle
8 Kenroku-en, Okayama
9 A-Bomb dome, Hiroshima (still stands because the force from the blast came from almost directly above)
10 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, with the Cenotaph (holds the names of all persons killed by the bomb), the Peace Flame (to be extinguished only after all nuclear weapons on earth have been destroyed) and the A-Bomb Dome in the background.

 

[JaqTaar]

1-3 Miyajima, an island famous for the "floating" torii (temple gate) in the water
4 On Kyushu, Yufu Deluxe train
5 Suizen-ji garden in Kumamoto (was landscaped to give the impression of views seen when traveling along the road Tokyo-Kyoto
6 Kyushu's Shinkansen interior
7-9 Usuki, stone-carved Buddha and surroundings
10 Ferry to Shikoku, in the lowest class (comfier than it might look)

 

[yota71]

Love this 3D it has ever been one of my dreams to come to japan, recently my dreams become greater, i love japan, not only for manga and anime (that i love) but also for meet a total different culture from mine, recently i had a plesaure to make some "friends" in japan (trough dailymotion) and see the beauty of japanese girls and woman (not for sex but just for the love of beautiful thing) and place and as a rookie photographer the time that i come to japan i wil be sure to have with me at least 20 16 gigs memory card :grassdance:

 

[yota71]

Its also nice to see the hidden and non turistic place in japan, like little rural town, or unknown uses these are all very beautiful photo

I would ask if in the forum there was some documentary about japan, turistic and none, with beautiful or storic place

Thanks in advance

again, love this 3D

 

[JaqTaar]

1 Oku Hanako performing in Matsuyama
2+3 Dogo Onsen
4+5 Taken from the train
6+7 Garden in Takamatsu
8 Nara, don't remember the name of the place though
9 Kobe Port Tower and Maritime Museum
10 Kobe Chinatown

 

[JaqTaar]

1 Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavillon)
2 Ryoan-ji
3 Heian jingu
4 Arashiyama
5-10 Todai-ji in Nara (largest wooden building in the world btw)

 

[JaqTaar]

1-3 Kasuga Taisha, famous for the hundreds of lanterns in (bronze) and around (stone) the shrine
4-6 Fushima Inari Taisha
7 Arashiyama, Tenryu-ji
8 Arashiyama, bamboo grove (makes for a nice stroll in the morning and evening)
9+10 Shosei-en in Kyoto. In pic 10 you can see Kyoto Tower, which stands opposite Kyoto Station...

 

[JaqTaar]

1+2 ...which is itself pretty impressive
3+4 To-ji, nowadays the highest pagoda in Japan
5 Byodo-in in Uji (see 10yen coin)
6+7 Ujigami shrine, in Uji as well
8 Kyoto riverside
9+10 Kennin-ji

 

[aquamarine]

And now time to throw up some mobile uploads.

Yet another new apartment.

The lunch-time song

Howdy Mizuki!

 

[aquamarine]

Three sheets into the wind... and about five beer, four ume-shu and a bunch of others.

The view from my business hotel-room (about the size of a mens room!)