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some pics from the last 3 weeks in Japan! How are all you guys back home? Sorry I don't come here too often. busy busy plus only internet at net cafe.
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Scary! Akihabara.
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Nagoya TV Tower - in Sakae. My city centre, full of bars.
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Nagoya Castle. A lot of it had to be rebuilt because of WW2 bombing.
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Ukai fishing!
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Me at work.
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Me and my friend Rhys, who's in Nagoya with me (also working at the hospital, got different apartments)
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Me with a girl called Mayu that I met a couple weeks ago in Sakae, Nagoya. This is in Toyota, her hometown.
leowyatt
27-09-2007, 13:03
looks ace, glad you're having a good time :)
Me so jealous :( Looks fab though :)
Wow - looks great :) I am also very jealous :)
Kell_ee001
27-09-2007, 13:12
Cool :cool:
I'd love to go back to Japan. I don't think my credit card would be too happy with me going back to Akiba though.
Fishing with fire, pervy dolls and castles! Only got what, 8 months left?
I'd love to go back to Japan. I don't think my credit card would be too happy with me going back to Akiba though.
I'm thinking of going back to Akihabara before I leave, I was only there for the afternoon and I spent most of that at the arcades!
I wasn't there for long either, I was only in Japan for 3 days. Most of the free time I had was spent at Akiba. I could have spent a fortune.
Wish I'd done some travelling when I was younger :/
Looks excellent :)
I have a question which has been on my mind for AGES and maybe I should know... :o
Why do all Japanese girls do the 'V' sign in photos?
More to the point.. why are you doing it? :p
Thanks!
BB x
Haha! Only just realised you're doing it in all three!
Looks grand though. (Japan, not your flagrant hand gestures!)
Piggymon
27-09-2007, 19:51
Excellent pics ! The castle looks familier ;)
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Try and get to Kyoto if you can... it's beautiful !
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Have ya been on the bullet train yet ? :D
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Wowee!
I never knew "Toyota" was a place name! Dumb me I guess!
I reaaaaaaaalllllllly want to go to Japan. In fact, I was planning on going at the beginning of next year for a few months buuuut due to possible card business stuff coming up I've not planned any further! Bum cheeks!
BoooO! Looks fab! :D
Davey_Pitch
28-09-2007, 09:33
Looks excellent :)
I have a question which has been on my mind for AGES and maybe I should know... :o
Why do all Japanese girls do the 'V' sign in photos?
Doesn't look like she is :dunno: Looks just like she's holding the origami bird and Tommy is doing the silly V sign again :D
Doesn't look like she is :dunno: Looks just like she's holding the origami bird and Tommy is doing the silly V sign again :D
Good point.
OK will rephrase - Tommy why are you doing the 'V' sign in every photo? :p
BB x
I always thought it was the Japanese copying the West (typically the USA) as it was considered a "cool" Western thing to do.
Piggymon
28-09-2007, 17:58
You need to ask JapanAir !
Sugoi! Random school girl store, is odd. Fishing with fire is cool! From a quicki wiki on Japan and the V sign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign#Japan_and_the_V_sign). For me its always been an Anime thing.
Kyoto looks beautiful! Along with Fuji-san, it's on my to go list. Hopefully in October.
I'll still be in Japan for the first half of next year Pheebs, you should come.
As for the doing V sign, it's fun. You should try it!
I took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya, it was very cool.
Whereabouts do JapanAir and Kamikaze Pigeon live? I don't really see them here on boat drinks very often, but if they're close or I travel near them I could see if they wanted to go out for some japanese karaoke or some drinks!
I hate you :p
Cool pics ;)
Wish I'd done some travelling when I was younger :/
I wish I could afford to :(
Kamikaze_Pigeon
29-09-2007, 13:24
Kyoto looks beautiful! Along with Fuji-san, it's on my to go list. Hopefully in October.
I'll still be in Japan for the first half of next year Pheebs, you should come.
As for the doing V sign, it's fun. You should try it!
I took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya, it was very cool.
Whereabouts do JapanAir and Kamikaze Pigeon live? I don't really see them here on boat drinks very often, but if they're close or I travel near them I could see if they wanted to go out for some japanese karaoke or some drinks!
I'm here!!!!! Well, Hyogo actually, half way between Kobe and Osaka. But I go to Nagoya a lot...my head office is there (near Fujigaoka on the Higashiyama subway line) and I have all my boring meetings there. Been to Sakae quite a few times and seen the dodgy bits too (actually, they sometimes put me up in the Nishiki Washington hotel...bang in the middle of the hostess and snack bars).
Next time I'm in town (and I haven't been forced out for a business drink with my Jicho) We'll have to grab a few Nama Chu's. How is your nihon-go by the way...mine is abysmal....gets me by in the izakaiya though :D
mainichi nihongo o benkyou o ****e imasu!
I can't talk now, have to go offline in 1 minute, but I'll make more of a reply tomorrow.
o yasumi nasai!
My picture of the shinkansen isn't as good as yours Piggy, good timing!!
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Fun ride though.
I know where fujigaoka is, it's the next stop from Sakae isn't it? Where places like ID are and Elephant's Nest are. I haven't actually been there much yet, only when getting lose in Sakae.
I'm learning some nihongo right now! At an internet cafe about 5 mins from my apartment. でも、日本語はちょっと難しい。 少しだけ喋れる。
なまちゅは何ですか。
It's incredibly easy to meet people though - last night we were in our local bar, and some japanese girls came over so we were talking to them in bad japanese. I asked them what their names were, wrote it down in hiragana and they were amazed! "wow!!" and started clapping. Being able to speak a bit of Japanese seems to go a long way. There was an american/japanese guy there also and he was telling us about how foreigners get a lot more attention here compared to somewhere like Tokyo, which works out well for me.
Is there anything I HAVE to do whilst I'm here? I really want to climb Fujisan, but last night my japanese friend told me it was closed till Summer. Maybe I'll still be around, but I'd have to extend my visa - not sure how easy that would be.. Also planning on going to Osaka and Kyoto in the nearish future.
どうも ありがとう。
また ね！
As for the doing V sign, it's fun. You should try it!
Not a good enough explanation :p
BB x
I often do the V sign in pics:
Here's one for example! :D
http://gallery.pauleagles.com/albums/sanfranciscofeb07-20th/aap.sized.jpg
See, Will's cool too!
*high five*
they like high fives here also.
they like high fives here also.
Japan has to be the next holiday destination for Rich L then.
SidewinderINC
02-10-2007, 12:03
I often do the V sign in pics:
Here's one for example! :D
http://gallery.pauleagles.com/albums/sanfranciscofeb07-20th/aap.sized.jpg
Looks like the dude in the back is thinking *sheesh, why is he doing that* in a painful way :p
I think Matt was grimasing at the lack of legroom in the Mustang that I was driving at the time :)
SidewinderINC
02-10-2007, 12:58
Aaargh, too many matts :p lol.
See, Will's cool too!
*high five*
they like high fives here also.
Woohoo! :D :cool:
*high five's back*
It looks a bit silly whoever does it :p
Especially blokes they look Uberghey.
BB x
You look ghey tbh :p You're just gutted you can't look as cool as Tommy and I! ;) :p
I think it must be a skydiving/surfer thing I picked up - or maybe a hip-hop/rap thing ("peace") for me.
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