Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
I carried a lot of useless excess crap with me to Japan. It’s the sort of stuff you’ll see in a catalog, and think, “Wow, that looks really useful!” when in reality you may use it once the whole trip, and still end up lugging it all over the place.
“But ...
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
It's been 10 days since I got back from Japan, and I haven't had much of a chance to post on my flight back and on readjusting to the U.S. again.
On the flight back, I met a nice guy, Dave, who shared similar gaming interests as me, so we chatted ...
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
I managed to get packed last night. I was up late again. No surprise there.
First thing this morning I backed up all of my photos to DVD. I just had this horrible image of a security guy ruining my laptop, all 3,000 photos, with no backup... *shudder*
Then it was ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Busy day today, with ups, downs, and a Krispy Kreme sighting.
I started off at 9:30 by running to Ikebukuro to buy a suitcase. Ugh. But I did find one. It's not the best one I could find, but it was the right mix of cheap and not too shabby.
Then breakfast, ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
Reversal!
Woot. I managed to shake off most of the migraine today, and most of the residual wooziness. I was at about 70% today, but I was good enough to go.
I decided to keep my plans simple. First off would be Senso-ji in Asakusa. A very nice temple, too. The Kaminarimon ...
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
I woke up feeling really crummy today. But I decided to head to Odaiba anyway. (Bad idea.)
I should have had a clue when I was feeling wonky riding the subway... but I didn't. I pressed on.
The longer I rode the Oedo Line, the worse I felt. I had to ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Long day.
I got up early, researched some ideas, and settled on hitting Nakano Broadway, because I'm a nerd. Nakano Broadway is the cradle of Japan's animation and manga marketing machine. It's now a multi-billion-dollar industry, and is spreading globally. Right now, Japanese manga is the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
I'm going to use my new favorite phrase now.
So I was shopping on the Ginza today...
... yeah, that's my new favorite phrase.
Anyway, I was shopping on the Ginza today, looking for two stationery stores mentioned in Time Out Tokyo. But first, I hit the Sony Building to look at their ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Made it to Tokyo finally. A brief synopsis of the day...
Got up early to meet my 10 a.m. checkout, then dragged my butt to the station, and made some calls overseas to family. (Hi family!) Then I grabbed my last Shinkansen, the Hayate 10. Hayai indeed. (Hayai means "fast" in ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
I've mentioned buses in Japan before, but I thought I would mention them again to give them a little special attention. In order to get to some out-of-the-way places, you will need to ride buses. They can also be the most intimidating of the various forms of transport, because there ...
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