{"id":1010,"date":"2007-12-27T02:44:46","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T18:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2007\/12\/27\/a-busy-day\/"},"modified":"2007-12-27T20:00:04","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T12:00:04","slug":"a-busy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2007\/12\/27\/a-busy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Busy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am so tired… I want to just drop dead and die, but here are some pictures. I think I walked about 6km in total today.<\/p>\n

Tokyo Day 3<\/a><\/p>\n

A fire engine just drove by. I wonder where it’s heading to. But anyway, read on for photos from Kaminarimon, Nakano Broadway, Shinjuku and nighttime Akihabara.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Asakusa<\/h3>\n

We went to Sensouji<\/a> near Asakusa Station in the morning. I tried the omikuji<\/em><\/a>. It took forever for a stick to fall out, but my fortune is apparently good.<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTourist traps<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nSpot the odd one out<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTsuruya-san’s family business<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nRuined symmetry<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nSmall boat town<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nKanji<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nPaying for protection<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nShake, pull and match<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nRoses are red, violets are blue. All my base are belong to you<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThey need to add a foliage-penetration mode on cameras<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nI want one<\/p>\n

Nakano<\/h3>\n

Next stop, Nakano Broadway<\/a>. I already covered this place in a previous<\/a> entry so I shall save the explanations. More pictures!<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nStill in the mood for X’mas<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\n
Fraulein Revoltech Rei<\/a> for 1485 yen<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThe only other picture I took inside Nakano Broadway<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nIn the back alleys<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nJapanglish<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nReminds me of FLCL<\/p>\n

Shinjuku<\/h3>\n

I spent the afternoon alone wandering around Shinjuku. I walked around 4km. I bought a light novel called Bungaku Shoujo to Shinitagari no Piero<\/strong><\/a> (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e6\u2013\u2021\u00e5\u00ad\u00a6\u00e5\u00b0\u2018\u00e5\u00a5\u00b3\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e3\u0081\u00a8\u00e6\u00ad\u00bb\u00e3\u0081\u00ab\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u0152\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e9\u0081\u201c\u00e5\u0152\u2013). I have no idea what it is about, but I bought it anyway because I liked the little prose in the page before the prologue, and because it’s in some kind of “Top 10” list so it has to be somewhat decent.<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nPink flowers added just in case you miss the message<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nOutside the Shinjuku Station’s New South Exit<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nNew South Exit<\/p>\n

Shinjuku Station is about the size of a small city with exits that are hundreds of metres apart. It’s a hell load of walking.<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nI don’t know where this place is but whatever<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nShinjuku Station serves a few dozen lines<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTakashimaya used to be a cloth shop<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nOne line<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTwo lines<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThree lines<\/p>\n

Shinjuku Station is the busiest train station in the world with over 3.3 million passengers a day.<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nCompensation<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nRandom building<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nKinokuniya South Shinjuku Branch<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nMy membership card doesn’t work here…<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nWalkway connecting Kinokuniya to Takashimaya<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nKinokuniya is actually a grocery store in Japan!<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nWalking towards the Metropolitan Government Office (800m away)<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nHey, is that…?<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\n
Yeah it is.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nBureaucratic zone<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nOne of Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s buildings<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTaxpayer yen at work<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nFuji News Network news truck<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nPush the button for audio signals<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

Akihabara<\/h3>\n

Finally, I met with Don777<\/a> in Akihabara. He’s a pretty nice guy, especially since he likes Maaya too. He brought me to @home cafe<\/a> and Cafe with Cat<\/a> (Toranoana’s new cafe). Cafe with Cat seems to be a pretty standard maid cafe deal except with cat-inspired uniforms instead of maid costumes, whereas @home is definitely on the manic side of things. The waitress who brought us our drinks actually did this heart-sign action to inject a “mo\u00c3\u00a9” flavour.<\/p>\n

But I shall not go into that because I am falling asleep anytime now… A few more pictures and we are done.<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

Fortune Arterial<\/strong> is the latest game by August, the makers of Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na<\/strong>. Basically it’s the exact same game except the hair colours get shuffled around a bit and the Feena-lookalike is a loli. It’s also the most anticipated upcoming game according to Comptiq magazine, so expect it to sell a gazillion copies and be turned into a cabbage<\/span><\/a> an anime.<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nEva coffee<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThe second Kara no Kyoukai movie will be out on Saturday<\/p>\n

Well, that’s it for today. I need sleep.<\/p>\n

By the way, in case you didn’t know yet, all the photos (and more) can be found in my photo gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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