Somwhere over the Ramen-Bow

Sumo Tournament May 2012

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:51:00 -0400

Sumo Tournament May 2012

Sumo stadium Sorry in the nosebleed section Sorry about the odd...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:46:00 -0400

Sumo stadium
Sorry in the nosebleed section

Sorry about the odd quality of posts too, I’m doing these from an iPhone and can’t always tell what goes through or not.

Sumo temple to pray for winners

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:51:00 -0400

Sumo temple to pray for winners

Sumo You have no idea how long I stood here till I got a clear...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:49:00 -0400

Sumo

You have no idea how long I stood here till I got a clear shot.

So my tour leader apparently couldn’t figure out basic...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:37:00 -0400

So my tour leader apparently couldn’t figure out basic focus on my iPhone.

Chocolate banana cream pie at Anna Millers Shinagawa This was a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:16:00 -0400

Chocolate banana cream pie at Anna Millers Shinagawa

This was a fantastic piece of Pie, it’s right across the street from the station on the second floor of the Wing building. It was a little pricy BUT this was GREAT PIE and Japan usually has kinda shitty pie.

Anna millers in shinagawa I got the Soup and Salad set with Pie,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:56:00 -0400

Anna millers in shinagawa

I got the Soup and Salad set with Pie, I think it was like 1600Y or 1800Y? Kinda pricy but it was good. A nice vegetable soup with cornbread and a “Farmers Salad” with a thousand island mushroom dressing.

muragon: DANGER #gandam #Anime #comic #akiba #akihabara #tokyo...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:18:50 -0400

muragon:

DANGER
#gandam #Anime #comic #akiba #akihabara #tokyo #japan #otaku #Robot

miffed

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:15:15 -0400

typingsdrawings:

I think Japanese doesn’t have much of a distinction between “Can” and “Should” mostly due to politeness and how blunt “No’s” are considered rude.

I say this because I spent the last 4 hours at work with NO ONE ELSE THERE except two of the secretarial staff. One of which was the one who told my office that I “Should” come in to work today to do lesson planning.

Thing is.

I can’t lesson plan.

Unless the teacher.

Is there too.

Of course the TEACHERS were all at HOME because there was NO FUCKING SCHOOL TODAY.

Instead of saying a nice blunt “No, there’s no school today, the teachers aren’t here” she said something to the effect of “Well she Can come in because the school is open.” but due to hazy “Can/Should” it was translated to “She SHOULD come in.”

At least I almost finished my book but I was so fucking pissed all day because nothing burns my buttons more than wasting time, and 7 hours of my day was wasted for this.

Limited Hello Kitty Doughnut from Mister Doughnut. It had green...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:14:52 -0400

Limited Hello Kitty Doughnut from Mister Doughnut.

It had green apple cream in the middle. It was actually surprisingly good.

Cooler car than I’ll ever have.

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:47:54 -0400

Cooler car than I’ll ever have.

Akihabara Dollphie’s 3

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:16:29 -0400

Akihabara Dollphie’s 3

Akihabara Dolfie- Taken from Mandrake in Akihabara.

Mon, 06 May 2013 04:48:38 -0400

Akihabara Dolfie- Taken from Mandrake in Akihabara.

typingsdrawings: More Akihabara Dolfie’s- Mandrake Ahihabara

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:10:09 -0400

typingsdrawings:

More Akihabara Dolfie’s- Mandrake Ahihabara

vaysh: Oh God, I should not have laughed as hard as I did. Man...

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:51:15 -0400

vaysh:

Oh God, I should not have laughed as hard as I did.

Man I love this mascot so much.

oh gawd my legs

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:30:27 -0400

Back from Pride Parade in Harajuku. My legs are KILLING ME. I need better shoes. :C So much walking, so many fantastic people, I wish I could have taken more pictures but I always feel a bit like a tool asking to take photo’s of people.

There were some gorgeous costumes and it was wonderful. I’m really glad I went though I’m a little sad I didn’t get to spend as much time as I wanted to with some of my friends since I got split between two parties and stuck with the one my roommate was in, but that’s ok.

Can’t wait till next year.

Pride Tokyo

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:11:49 -0400

Pride Tokyo

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:06:20 -0400

Pride Tokyo

Photo

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:03:50 -0400

archiemcphee: Who is that cheerful man with the adorably...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:08:07 -0400

archiemcphee:

Who is that cheerful man with the adorably double-braided beard and why is he dressed up as a Japanese schoolgirl? Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft has the scoop: This is Hideaki Kobayashi and he’s known (and rightfully so) as “Sailor Suit Old Man.”

Recently, Japanese sites and Twitter users in Tokyo have spotted an old guy dressed in a sailor style school uniform—a truly unusual sight to behold. People were amused. People were baffled. What the hell was going on?!

Japanese site IT Media met Kobayashi and asked him the question on everyone’s mind: Why do you dress like a Japanese schoolgirl?

“That’s a difficult question,” said Kobayashi. “It’s not really something I’ve thought too deeply about. Hrm. I guess it’s because sailor suits look good on me?”

We hope Mr. Kobayashi has some inkling of just how awesome he is. We can’t stop smiling as we look at these photos. Head over to Kotaku to learn more about “Sailor Suit Old Man,” our new hero of Japanese weirdness.

And people ask me why I love Japan