Our "Weekly Mansion" - looking into the "kitchen"
Shin in the Weekly Mansion
The Bedroom
Vending Machine #1 of 8,056,731,469 in Tokyo
#2
Need computer cables? We've got 'em. We even advertise our wares in a display board in front of our store.
Taxi. The rear door opens automatically at the push of a button.
BMW 1 series
buildings in Akihabara
convenience store goods - note the seaweed and rice snacks in the upper left
Shin and Curtis in front of Omiya, Shin's family's bakery
Yodobashi Camera built a giant 8-story building to sell their wares (similar to a Best Buy on steroids) and put a driving range on the roof, attached to their golf products section.
Skyrine GT-R - we saw so many of these that we just stopped counting
Dirty Backside
tiny Honda convertible - we never did find out what model this is
People lined up for an end-of-year meal of Soba noodles
this might be the skinniest building in Tokyo
juice box wine!
One of many hobby shops in the city
Chuo / Sobu JR Line crossing a river
Waterbus (these are tour boats)
yellow bridge
Subaru van
brewery, we tried to get a tour but it was closed
intersection
Komagata-do Temple
two kids playing hide and seek at the temple - the one on the left was hiding from the one on the right
outdoor marketplace near the Senso-ji Temple
picture in front of the Senso-ji Temple
The Man (he took the previous photo for us)
Senso-ji Temple
burning incense @ Senso-ji Temple
statue @ Senso-ji Temple
part of Senso-ji Temple
paintings along the street
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
bicycles in an alley
neat architecture
tall building in Asakusa
outdoor seating
Roppongi McDonalds on New Year's - I vaguely remember taking the picture, but I don't remember entering the restaurant, eating or leaving
one of the Gaspanic clubs in Roppongi on New Year's - most bars have the support bar so people can dance on it
more Gaspanic - I've never been so close to so many people
Tokyo Tower at the end of the Roppongi strip - all lit up for 2007
Naoya and a Ferrari
JR train platform
Shibuya intersection (check my myspace video for more)
2007 Porsche 997 911 Turbo
Lamborghini Diablo SV parked in Shibuya
wall of money
oicity entrance
BMW 8-Series in Ginza
Ginza
glass block (next to the Sony building in Ginza)
drug store
view from the Apple building in Ginza
free show at the Apple building - DJ Hanger spun records while Suji tap danced to it - it was awesome
Ford GT in Ginza
fire hydrant sign
Curtis, Sotoko (black), and her sister (white) in front of the smallest temple in Tokyo
Curtis, strangling Godzilla
Shin and I, PEACE!
NOS
pre-2002 WRX
Murcielago
Mercedes CLS 63
Honda 919
the middle section of this building was all elevator shafts - if you look closely, you can see a blue elevator about 12 floors from the bottom on its way up
ripples
this type of parking was more common than you may think
Sengaku-ji, burial site of the 47 Ronin
burning incense at the graves of the 47 Ronin
another type of parking arrangement. shown in Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
lots of train tracks coming into a station
she had very disproportionate features
festive flower bed
festive trees
oscilloscope store!
Subaru Impreza WRX STi S204
Curtis, riding Sotoko's bike - it even had a bell!
Citroen 2CV
Tachikawa Subaru
Subaru WRC bumper, signed by Mikko Hirvonen
WRX STi A-Line seats
world rally blue Forester STi
Blitzen edition Legacy
just a small portion of Tachikawa Subaru's inventory - it's all housed in a 3-storey parking garage
bugeye WRX STi
2000-2004 Legacy B4
world rally blue Legacy STi
Legacy STi badging
WRX STi Spec-C (note the roof scoop)
Subaru Impreza WRX STi RA-R (only 300 made)
Shin, Curtis, Me, Akimi
the guys
ticketing area at a JR train station
JR ticket machine - put your money in, touch the button for the fare you want (found using the map above the machine), collect your ticket and change...
...walk over to the gates to enter the platform...
...put your ticket in the slot with the red arrow, walk through the gate, and get your ticket where the other red arrow is on top of the gate
once you're on the train (this is a Metro train, not a JR), there's an info board showing the map and where you're headed. The orange light indicates the stop you were just at, and the green arrow indicates the train's direction
JR Train display panel - the LCD screen changes every 10ish seconds to show other info like which side the doors will open on, if any other trains are experiencing delays, and any other important information
look at all the different kinds of KitKats
Panasonic 103" plasma TV
2nd largest Ferris Wheel in the world (at the time of construction)
some of the dock cranes in Tokyo Bay
Japanese McDonalds
under the Ferris Wheel
police motorcycle - Honda VFR
FujiTV Headquarters. The ball on the top is a Titanium observation deck which we went up into
panorama taken from the observation deck of the FujiTV building
he's hungry
Harajuku Metro station on National Coming of Age Day (seijin no hi) - on our way to the Meiji-Jingu forest/temple
girls who turned 20 in the past year. The kimonos indicate that they are not only 20, but also single.
entrance to the Meiji-Jingu forest
it's tradition for young people and their families to go to the Meiji-Jingu temple on this holiday, so apparently everyone in the city is here
entrance to the Mejij-Jingu temple
make a wish
cards with new year's resolutions and wishes written on them
Meiji-Jingu forest
Hachiko the dog mural outside of Shibuya Station
view from the Metro station in Shibuya - again, see my Myspace video for a better view of this
street-crossing craziness
Hard Rock Cafe Tokyo (one of 2) in Roppongi (the other's in Ueno)
view from the base of the Tokyo Tower
overlooking the city from the 150m observatory on the Tokyo tower (we also went up to the 250m one)
everything's backwards in Japan - even 911
view from the observation floor (52nd) of the Mori Building in Roppongi Hills
more Tokyo from above (again, from the Mori Building)
sunset over Shinjuku (taken from Mori Building)
Tokyo Tower @ dusk
frozen fish at the Tsukiji Fish Market
Tsukiji Inner Fish Market
more Tsukiji Inner Fish Market
wasabi at the Tsukiji Outer Fish Market
breakfast at the outer market - Salmon Roe, Tuna, and Sea Urchin on rice with miso and tea. it was delicious.
fancy rice and bean pastries
Muito Bom - a Brazilian restaurant that Shin and I found in Jimbocho
a very long escalator (not how everyone rides on the left - this is to allow people to walk up on the right side)
a guy watching TV on his cellphone on the train. the girl next to him, however, is passed the f out.
