Japan - May 2014
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Used to be this bar out in Ichikawa called the Crazy Cactus. Originally owned by a gaijin, but later bought by a bit of an eccentric Japanese guy. He decked the place out in aquariums and crayfish ponds. And also a large screen and projector. Whenever I went in for a beer he'd have a DVD of a rural train journey going. Like Giles vid, but for hours upon hours. No wonder he went out of business.
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I have a Yamanote line alarm clock that plays all the jingles, I wake up happy every day
I've thought of getting that, lol. What I was really hunting for was the JR clocks. I love the simplicity of their design, and green/yellow color scheme.
(EG of clock for those who've not seen)
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This is my alarm clock, my favourite jingles are Shimbashi, Hamamatsucho and Shinjuku.
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You can also do a manual setting, but yes it does work by atomic clock in standard mode.
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Flipping hell , love that black wabash vest …... Short trip Giles , but a whole lot
of fun smashed inbetween and more daft ideas thrown at Haraki san . Kiya's beard
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^ My thoughts exactly!
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Oi lads , here in Kagoshima , there are more women to men ratio than most of Japan .
Check flight ticket prices …..ha ha
You can go via Seoul , direct flight from Incheon airport over to Kagoshima . -
Discussing 18oz production with Monsters Inc ( AKA @TOMBOY ) and Little Pinkies ( AKA @sarina.matsumi )….
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I could post some bad pictures (crap photographer) of the trip, but going through them all, all I have been taking pics off is the crowds, graffiti, cars, bikes, and the bars we were in…
This being my first time to Tokio, my brain was pretty much scrambled by all the awesome sights (and sounds). Getting approximately 2 hours of sleep per night didn't really help matters.My personal highlights were visiting the IH Hachioji office, and meeting the guys and girls there. They're a very funny gang, and they had a lot of fun watching me during dinner to see if I would drop dead (I have serious allergies, always fun to travel)
The upcoming winter collection is next level.We also went to The Flat Head Show, and met with Kobayashi-san. We saw some very impressive stuff whilst there too.
The rest of the time there was spent just walking around, taking in all the sights, and getting to know a lot of cool people from around the globe. Oh, and getting pretty hammered every night...
I'm looking forward to going back and meeting everybody again. On to the next one!
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What sort of cars were u taking pics of? Id be interested to see em
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@ArloVShop:
This being my first time to Tokio, my brain was pretty much scrambled by all the awesome sights (and sounds). Getting approximately 2 hours of sleep per night didn't really help matters.
I've spent 5 weeks there now and still have the exact same reaction every single day I'm there. Country does my head in.
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Being married to a lovely lady from here and now two daughters - I have spent large
chunks of time in Japan over the last 9 yrs . I can speak (horribly ) , read well in hiragana,katakana
and a few kanji characters (complicated Chinese looking ones ). For me Nippon is a modern , backwards at times interesting place .
Been fortunate to do a trip around most of the country by rail and get a feel of the people.Still a lot of cash used instead of ccards or debit ones . No tipping (love that ) and cheaper than Vancouver (since 2005 tax VAT was 5%., went up to 8% April this year ) . Also houses go down in value , land retains a certain yen amount , but the house you buy or flat - will never increase like in the west . Obviously the bigger cities Osaka,Tokyo,Fukuoka etc….are expensive to dwell in .
Most folks reckon here is 10 yrs in the future (folks being my family , friends and co-workers who have barely travelled ) , I counter with "no , Japan is only 17 hours ahead of us ...."
Certainly safe , and extremely conservative not many people break the rules .
Cheers
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