The sun is setting on the Japan trip, kindling in us the acute pangs of parting. Let's bid farewell to the World's Last Empire with a final bash of photos. These photos are mostly from Tokyo.
By clicking any picture, you'll get a large, high-resolution copy of it. In fact, it's so high resolution it's ILLEGAL in twenty states.
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This is the infamous Playstation In The River. Actually it's more of a creek, in a garden in Takashimadaira. I have no idea why someone chucked a Playstation 2 into the river. Maybe it's some kind of zen thing. Meditate upon the River Playstation and you, too, will achieve a glowing face. I wonder whether the PS2 is still there in that creek.
Here I am with friends in Yoyogi park. Meanwhile the Japanese Air Force is watching by satellite, just waaaaiting for the "baka na gaijin" to do something we can be arrested for.
A generic temple in Kyoto. Actually, this temple won great fame when it captured the highly sought "Most Generic Temple of 2005" title.
Now this is cool. You write your prayers and wishes on these wood tablets and the Buddhist monks will pray for them or something. A friend and I wrote down directly competing wishes to see if we could get the universe to explode. If it explodes any time soon, you know who to come blame.
Families stroll through a Japanese park enjoying themselves. Actually this was shot late at night, the brightness is from my glowing face.
I'm not sure what the heck this thing is, so I'm just gonna say it's the Japanese Ark of the Covenant. When the great Buddha (then known as Siddhartha) was leading the Japanese people through the wilderness, they used this Ark to destroy the Philistines, who were invading by sea. I'm pretty sure it's in the Bible! Now the Ark rests in the Omiya train station.
Here I am driving my new motorcycle through the streets of Tokyo. Little known fact: the streets of Tokyo closely resemble the BMW showroom. The Japanese word for motorcycle is borrowed from English, but not what you'd expect at first: it's "Ĺtobai", which comes from "autobike".
Halfway through the Japan trip I decided to become a hippy and just commune with nature all day. It was a short-lived phase.
It's a little hard to tell, but that's actually a mirror. This was taken when I learned how to levitate.
The Condomania in Harajuku is enormously popular with foreigners and natives alike. Going to a costume party? Go pick up a full-body condom!
Waiting for food to arrive at Watami, the Japanese equivalent of Dennys ("Watami" means something like "peaceful population of people"). The shirt says:
"Here is the dressing up.
Which makes your heart.
It's a fun to dress myself up."
Definitely the sexiest shirt in the entire universe.
The famous Kaminarimon gate in Asakusa. "Kaminarimon" means "Lightning Gate". That paper lantern is bigger than a full grown man (well, a Japanese full grown man at least).
News alert: Today three white people were spotted in Takashimadaira. The Japanese National Guard has been alerted to the situation.
Off across the Sumida River lies the Asahi Beer Company Headquarters. Beside it is one of the distinct landmarks of Asakusa, the crazy sideways yellow thing. It took me the longest time to figure out what it's supposed to be. It's actually supposed to look like an olympic torch. They made it yellow instead of red because they think red is an angry, violent color.
Here I am gazing into the sun. The sun and I are actually having a glowing contest to see whose face can glow brighter. It ended up a tie.
This is what the streets of Harajuku look like on a Sunday afternoon. The leading cause of death in Japan is trampling.
Drop coins in the box to get good luck. I need to get one of these boxes and put it outside my office. Gather the coins and mumble a quick prayer that their giver get good luck before using the donations to buy myself some bling.
This is the Mamenoki, an artwork in the Omiya train station. Very popular place for meeting people, since the train station is kind of a central hub of transfers. This is where I met the lady who took me to the awesome Fujitaisekiji cult.
A Japanese guy does balloon sculptures for kids in Ueno Park. Click for the full resolution version and you'll see the sculpture he's doing right now is Minnie Mouse. Disney is really popular in Japan. Anyway, the kids absolutely love this guy.
For some reason, I feel like this picture makes me look like I'm in the military. Maybe it's the parade rest pose and the beret. The picture is taken in front of the 100yen store, the equivalent of the dollar store in the states, where everything costs 100yen.
I guess one Ark of the Covenant wasn't enough, so the Japanese had to make a second one. This one's in Asakusa. The sign says "Warning do not touch, or your freakin face will melt off like in Indiana Jones".
If you click for full resolution version and look at how I'm walking... somehow it reminds me of that famous Beatles cover art, Abbey Road.
I guess these are the Japanese equivalent of lawn gnomes.
This is me on top of the warmachine I used to conquer Japan.
The time has come to bid farewell to the Land of Ninjas. The Kaminarimon gate is actually a mystical portal which transports foreigners back to their homelands, so I'll just hop through there and save myself twelve hours on the airplane. Japan has been a nonstop adventure, but it's time now to move on to the next big adventure.
ENGRISH
In the first, third, and fifth installments of this photoblog series, I provide examples of Engrish, the mystical magical English dialect spoken in Japan. Here's a company I can really get behind:
By clicking any picture, you'll get a large, high-resolution copy of it. In fact, it's so high resolution it's ILLEGAL in twenty states.
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This is the infamous Playstation In The River. Actually it's more of a creek, in a garden in Takashimadaira. I have no idea why someone chucked a Playstation 2 into the river. Maybe it's some kind of zen thing. Meditate upon the River Playstation and you, too, will achieve a glowing face. I wonder whether the PS2 is still there in that creek.
Here I am with friends in Yoyogi park. Meanwhile the Japanese Air Force is watching by satellite, just waaaaiting for the "baka na gaijin" to do something we can be arrested for.
A generic temple in Kyoto. Actually, this temple won great fame when it captured the highly sought "Most Generic Temple of 2005" title.
Now this is cool. You write your prayers and wishes on these wood tablets and the Buddhist monks will pray for them or something. A friend and I wrote down directly competing wishes to see if we could get the universe to explode. If it explodes any time soon, you know who to come blame.
Families stroll through a Japanese park enjoying themselves. Actually this was shot late at night, the brightness is from my glowing face.
I'm not sure what the heck this thing is, so I'm just gonna say it's the Japanese Ark of the Covenant. When the great Buddha (then known as Siddhartha) was leading the Japanese people through the wilderness, they used this Ark to destroy the Philistines, who were invading by sea. I'm pretty sure it's in the Bible! Now the Ark rests in the Omiya train station.
Here I am driving my new motorcycle through the streets of Tokyo. Little known fact: the streets of Tokyo closely resemble the BMW showroom. The Japanese word for motorcycle is borrowed from English, but not what you'd expect at first: it's "Ĺtobai", which comes from "autobike".
Halfway through the Japan trip I decided to become a hippy and just commune with nature all day. It was a short-lived phase.
It's a little hard to tell, but that's actually a mirror. This was taken when I learned how to levitate.
The Condomania in Harajuku is enormously popular with foreigners and natives alike. Going to a costume party? Go pick up a full-body condom!
Waiting for food to arrive at Watami, the Japanese equivalent of Dennys ("Watami" means something like "peaceful population of people"). The shirt says:"Here is the dressing up.
Which makes your heart.
It's a fun to dress myself up."
Definitely the sexiest shirt in the entire universe.
The famous Kaminarimon gate in Asakusa. "Kaminarimon" means "Lightning Gate". That paper lantern is bigger than a full grown man (well, a Japanese full grown man at least).
News alert: Today three white people were spotted in Takashimadaira. The Japanese National Guard has been alerted to the situation.
Off across the Sumida River lies the Asahi Beer Company Headquarters. Beside it is one of the distinct landmarks of Asakusa, the crazy sideways yellow thing. It took me the longest time to figure out what it's supposed to be. It's actually supposed to look like an olympic torch. They made it yellow instead of red because they think red is an angry, violent color.
Here I am gazing into the sun. The sun and I are actually having a glowing contest to see whose face can glow brighter. It ended up a tie.
This is what the streets of Harajuku look like on a Sunday afternoon. The leading cause of death in Japan is trampling.
Drop coins in the box to get good luck. I need to get one of these boxes and put it outside my office. Gather the coins and mumble a quick prayer that their giver get good luck before using the donations to buy myself some bling.
This is the Mamenoki, an artwork in the Omiya train station. Very popular place for meeting people, since the train station is kind of a central hub of transfers. This is where I met the lady who took me to the awesome Fujitaisekiji cult.
A Japanese guy does balloon sculptures for kids in Ueno Park. Click for the full resolution version and you'll see the sculpture he's doing right now is Minnie Mouse. Disney is really popular in Japan. Anyway, the kids absolutely love this guy.
For some reason, I feel like this picture makes me look like I'm in the military. Maybe it's the parade rest pose and the beret. The picture is taken in front of the 100yen store, the equivalent of the dollar store in the states, where everything costs 100yen.
I guess one Ark of the Covenant wasn't enough, so the Japanese had to make a second one. This one's in Asakusa. The sign says "Warning do not touch, or your freakin face will melt off like in Indiana Jones".
If you click for full resolution version and look at how I'm walking... somehow it reminds me of that famous Beatles cover art, Abbey Road.
I guess these are the Japanese equivalent of lawn gnomes.
This is me on top of the warmachine I used to conquer Japan.
The time has come to bid farewell to the Land of Ninjas. The Kaminarimon gate is actually a mystical portal which transports foreigners back to their homelands, so I'll just hop through there and save myself twelve hours on the airplane. Japan has been a nonstop adventure, but it's time now to move on to the next big adventure.ENGRISH
In the first, third, and fifth installments of this photoblog series, I provide examples of Engrish, the mystical magical English dialect spoken in Japan. Here's a company I can really get behind:
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This is the fifth and final part of a five part series of photos. Here's the entire series:
Pictures From Japan - Part 1
Pictures From Japan - Part 2
Pictures From Japan - Part 3
Pictures From Japan - Part 4
Pictures From Japan - Part 5
Here are some other adventurous articles I've written for you to enjoy.
Soft Power versus Hard Power
Meeting the Geisha
What I Gained by Travelling
This is the fifth and final part of a five part series of photos. Here's the entire series:
Pictures From Japan - Part 1
Pictures From Japan - Part 2
Pictures From Japan - Part 3
Pictures From Japan - Part 4
Pictures From Japan - Part 5
Here are some other adventurous articles I've written for you to enjoy.
Soft Power versus Hard Power
Meeting the Geisha
What I Gained by Travelling
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