Archives: 2009 February


Yodobashi Camera

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Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara is nine huge floors of wallet damaging goodness.


103″ Plasma screen tv. This thing was almost as tall as me, so huge I don’t think it would even fit in my Tokyo apartment. Yours for the low, low price of 5,600,000 Yen or about $61,000. I ordered two.


Slopeside Sushi

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Slopeside Sushi Bar at the Happo One ski area.


Snow in Tokyo

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Skiing Millitary

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While I was skiing at the Furano Ski Area the Japanese Military was doing some kind of winter ski training.



They were not very good.



Jumpers?

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The top of the Takashimaya Department Store in Shinjuku has an outdoor patio area where you can look out over the city. They really don’t want you to climb over the fence.


Krispy Kreme Invades Japan

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I was wondering around the Shinjuku Train Station and came across a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts with a huge line of people waiting to get their sugar fix. People were standing outside in the cold and rain and according to the sign it was a 20 minute wait to get inside.


Japan – Prison

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The City of Abashiri in Hokkaido is famous for it’s prison.

Jail, Prison,Abashiri,  Japan, Hokkaido


Japan – Traditional Japanese Hotels

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While in Hokkaido for the nature photography workshop we stayed in several different hotels as we traveled around. A couple of the hotels were pretty standard western style, but a couple were more traditional Japanese style with tatami mat floors and futons. While at dinner the hotel staff would come into the room and move the small table and lay out a futon to sleep on.

Japanese Hotel

Japanese Hotel


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