Halloween on the Yamanote train line
Posted by harvey in Society, Tokyo on 02. Nov, 2007 | 3 Comments
Maybe you’ve heard of the partying that occurs every halloween on the Yamanote loop line in Tokyo. This year was a bit special, as the Japanese net crowd (2ch) caught wind of it, and attempted to protest. JapanProbe has the whole Yamanote Halloween story, and took a lot of the blame! This event also occurs [...]
Read Big Issue Japan, Study Japanese
Posted by harvey in Language, Society, Tokyo on 10. Oct, 2007 | 7 Comments
Maybe you have seen a magazine called The Big Issue [Big Issue Japan] being sold on the streets of Tokyo, Osaka, or other big cities in Japan. This magazine is one of the study materials that I most consistently use to work on my Japanese. The front cover of the Big Issue usually has a [...]
Japanese Language School Recommendations
Posted by harvey in Language, Tokyo on 30. Aug, 2007 | 11 Comments
A reader sent me a message asking for Japanese language school recommendations… But didn’t specify a return address! So Lisa, take a look at this post I did a few months ago all about… Japanese Language School recommendations! Let me know if there are any questions, or if anyone else has any additional knowledge about [...]
Firework season is coming
Posted by harvey in Tokyo on 03. Jul, 2007 | 4 Comments
Firework season is coming! Here is a Japanese blogger who has given a list of the Firework Events in Kanto coming up. 2007年7月14日(土) 【神奈川】2007久里浜ペリー祭 花火大会 ビームスペクタルINハーバー 【埼玉】第18回小江戸川越花火大会 2007年7月15日(日) 【神奈川】横浜開港記念みなと祭 第52回国際花火大会 2007年7月26日(木) 【東京】第29回足立の花火大会 2007年7月28日(土) 【東京】第30回隅田川花火大会 【東京】八王子花火大会 【埼玉】平成19年越谷花火大会 2007年7月29日(日) 【栃木】おやまサマーフェスティバル2007 第56回小山の花火 2007年8月1日(水) 【神奈川】第22回神奈川新聞花火大会 2007年8月4日(土) 【東京・千葉】エキサイティング花火2007 第32回江戸川区花火大会、第23回市川市民納涼花火大会 【東京】第49回いたばし花火大会 【神奈川】2007年よこすか開国祭 開国花火大会 【千葉】第30回千葉市民花火大会 2007年8月7日(火) 【神奈川】2007江の島花火大会 2007年8月11日(土) 【東京】第20回東京湾大華火祭 【埼玉】あついぞ！熊谷 第58回熊谷花火大会 2007年8月15日(水) 【長野】諏訪湖祭湖上花火大会 [...]
Gaijin interview with gyaru
Posted by harvey in Culture, Society, Tokyo on 27. Jun, 2007 | 1 Comment
Well. Gyaru theme. Here is a gaijin interview with some high-powered gyaru called, “Harajuku High School Girls Gone Bad“. Maybe you could even call them ganguro. They’re not really “bad” though. The guy can speak Japanese, props! Though I don’t think he should have introduced the girls names using「これは」。Ah well :-) The commentary is all [...]
Tacos in Tokyo
Posted by harvey in Food, Tokyo on 11. Apr, 2007 | 13 Comments
It’s hard to find good Mexican food in Tokyo. For some reason Japanese haven’t really caught onto Taco Fever… Maybe it has something to do with all the tabasco sauce? Anyway, there is a fun place near Omotesando which serves up mildly authentic taco snacks. Funny thing. I almost forgot. The dish pictured below is [...]
Meiji Shrine
Posted by harvey in Tokyo on 20. Mar, 2007 | 2 Comments
During the Tokyo Tour we stopped by Meiji Shrine near Harajuku. If you come to this shrine on for new years, as in midnight on Jan 1st, you’ll be in for an insane line of people coming to do their “ohatsumoude” 「お初詣」, or first temple visit of the year. I hear it is the single [...]
Early Sakura 2007 in Ueno
Posted by harvey in Tokyo on 11. Mar, 2007 | 4 Comments
During the Tokyo run we ended up stopping by Ueno Park. Nice place! Surprisingly there were already a few Sakura trees in bloom. Officially, they’re expected to bloom around the week of the 19th I believe… There are pictures taken by a much better photographer, and by a much better camera available here on my [...]
