It's time for the Colonel.. and some food Stuff

Let's talk about food and the combination of food and Anime... and some food stuff in general.

Many people like Dragon Ball, many people like fried chicken, and which are better than KFC's fried chicken...

KFC's fried chicken in Coop with Dragon Ball
KFC X Dragon Ball.

Meeting the Colonel himself is an honor, even if he's hard (-plastic), but he got HEART and something to find Dragon BAlls, maybe hidden in one of the fried chicken.

What else do we know about Japan - Fruits are expensive..., NO, that's a myth, I will show you.

You can get a special price for 5.150 Yen per water melon, what an awesome price, they are almost throwing them away.
 

 And Grapes for ONLY 3.150 YEN, what a great DEAL.

SO YOU SEE, IT'S A MYTH, THAT FRUITS ARE EXPENSIVE IN JAPAN,.... THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE THERE.. Because sometimes they are used as gifts for Birthdays or marriages.

The only thing, that confuses me is the fact, that you can have ONE liter of pure apple juice with 100% of pure apple, orange or others for 105 Yen, e.g. at LAWSON or Seven Eleven - can You explain that, maybe there need for an explaination, just drink the cheap juice and enjoy the beauty of these high priced fruits.

Club SEGA - AirHockey Extreme

Hey there,

this year I will go to Tokyo again, this year with a huge group, I spent my half vacation visit of 2012 with two of them.

I found a video on my harddrive, where we went to CLUB SEGA, where one can play arcades or other fun games. We played AirHockey "Extreme", you will see, why I call it EXTREME.

Too Bad, I lost, but maybe I will take revenge this year..., else I will beat him in another game.

Addition to LOVE

Hey there,

I have some pictures to add about the LOVE sign, 2 posts, ago.

Here the picture in Tokyo Shinjuku next to the Hilton Hotel

Another one is in New York City near to the Rockefeller Center, maybe there's no LOVE in NYC, either...;P

 

That's all for now, see you soon.

Faithful until death... and even beyond

This entry is about Hachiko, a well known Akita-dog.

This statue is placed in Shibuya, next to the JR-Exit, which is also named after this dog.
Why is Hachiko (born 1923) honored with this statue? - He was faithful. Every day he was waiting for his owner Hidesaburō Ueno at the Shibuya station, when he finished work.

After the death of his owner (1925) Hachiko still came to Shibuya station every day.
This statue was placed there in 1934 while Hachiko himself was around.

In 1935 he was found dead, as he was known all over the country, his death was announced nationwide.
The original statue was made of iron and was mold within the 2nd WW because of the lack of iron.

A bronce version was placed there in 1948.

It's said, that it will bring furtune, if you touch or rub Hachiko.

Doing this video, I was surrounded by many people, because Hachiko is a well known object of interest in Japan, especially Tokyo, so I was kinda disturbing everyone, who wanted to take a picture him. The crowd had some curious sights, but that didn't bother me at all ;P.

It's also a place where many people meet.
You wanna go shopping in Shibuya? - Oh yeah, let's meet at Hachiko tomorrow at 4PM...

And one more thing, it's next the biggest crossing, the Shibuya Crossing where up to 12.000+ cross the street per period.

I think, that's the most important stuff about Hachiko and his statue - Enjoy the video.

All you need is...

A statue, a sculpture, a sign for the thing, that many Japanese want the most, but don't or don't want to show their need for it.

Even Those who have "gathered" IT won't or can't show / express their feelings, especially not in public.

The absence of this "THING", causes people, who feel loneliness, to go to cat cafés, kuddle cafés, maid cafés, host/ess clubs or any other amusements.

This sign is placed in the skyscraper district of Shinjuku (another one is in NYC-Rockefeller Plaza, but that doesn't matter), Tokyo. Shinjuku is devided into 2 parts, the skyscraper district and the amusement district.

I think I know, why it's placed in front of the Hilton Hotel in the part of Shinjuku with the high towers.
Because of the absence of this sign, the thing itself is also absent in the amusement district, but I don't think, that it's found next to skyscrapers, so it needs to be replaced, the gap must be filled.

I'm talking about the LOVE sign. In my opinion, Japanese people don't express their feelings in public, I also think many people miss these feelings, emotions and so on.
If the gap can't be filled with real love, they replace it with other things like hobbies or services of fake love.

What "fills"?

Akiba - Hobby - Figures - Otaku pop culture stuff - Hard- and Software
Shinjuku East - Bars, Clubs and further more amusement "services"
Shibuya - Shopping malls and fashion stores
Harajuku (belonges to Shibuya..) - Takeshita Dori and the Meiji-Shrine in the middle of the Yoyogi Park
and many other things

I don't know, why it's hard for japanese people to meet someone new, if their jobs are the main reason or which there are.

Make your own opinion, but until then I have a video for you.
Have fun and enjoy.

See You soon.

Super Bowl XLVIII

It's time for Super Bowl again.
MetLife Stadium East Rutherford New Jersey.

Only a few seconds left until the kickoff - Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks. 6:30 PM Kickoff

Update 6:53 PM ET
Denver - Seattle
0 : 5

Update 7:08 PM ET
Denver - Seattle
0 : 8

2nd Quarter

Update 7:23 PM ET
Denver - Seattle
0 : 15
First Touchdown for Seattle - 24-Lynch

Update 7:40 PM ET
Denver - Seattle
0 : 22
Second Touchdown for Seattle - 53-Smith

After the 2nd quarter there will be the Half Time Show with Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

8:08 PM Time for Music - Awesome Show.

Kickoff for 2nd Half
Kickoff Return Touchdown - 11 - Harvin
Seattle - Denver
29 : 0

9:03 PM ET
Seattle - Denver
36 : 0 - 4th Touchdown for Seatlle - 15 - Kearse

9:11 PM ET
Seattle - Denver
36 : 8 - first Touchdown for Denver - - Thomas - end of 3rd Quarter

9:23 PM ET
Seattle - Denver
43 : 8 - 5th Touchdown for Seattle - 89 -

Only a few seconds left.
The Vince Lombardi Trophy already prepared to be handed over to the Seattle Seahawks.

IT'S OVER - FINAL SCORE 43 - 8 for Seattle.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WIN THE SUPER BOWL XLVIII IN EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY


It reminds me of
The Office Linebacker - we should need one at work:

One more Musician

WAZZUP?

There was one more musician in Shinjuku
Enjoy:

Street Music in Shinjuku

Hello everyone,

it's been a while, I know and I'm very sorry to keep you waiting so long for a new entry.
Within the next weeks I will post some very departed posts.

I'll start with a video of street music in Shinjuku.
There are 133 videos left from my 2013 Tokyo Vacation, so there's a lot to show you, hopefully u will like it.

I promise some things will be nice surprise for you.
So, have fun with japanese street music.

Enjoy.

A Cafe, Love and a Government Building

That how Love Stories start,... maybe not.

Yesterday I was awake very long I only slept 1 or 2 hours, then I decided to stay awake until breakfast, it really tastes better in the morning especially kinda fresher.

I also tried the boiled eggs for the first time, they are awesome, I guess I never had such great boiled eggs.
After breakfast I went back to bed to sleep a bit - I slept until 1PM, but that's OK, vacation is for relaxing either.

After finally leaving the hotel I used the Hanzomon Line until Otemachi and then the Marunouchi Line until Shinjuku to go for the Artnia Cafe - the Square Enix Cafe / Shop.

On my way I found a small shrine, there was also a small path to get to the shrine, I tried to get a picture of a completely empty path, I made it, cost me 10 min. of waiting.

One of my bullets points on my list of things, that I was aiming for, was a Kitsune and a Tanuki, I'm so happy I accomplished this multiple times already, it's to image, why I couldn't any doing the last two trips.

The Cafe was very easy to find, thanks to my preparations and the App, they offered some merchandising of their well known brands like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.

It was not as spectacular as I expected, but that's OK, I was hoping to see their Sephiroth, which I saw picture of in their old shop.

I headed back to Shinjuku, especially Kinokuniya and Book Off, these stores were directly on my way, so I had to go in.

At Book Off they have a discount of 20% on all books, except those for 105 Yen (a lower price is not possible)

The Trusty Bell (in Europe this RPG-game is called Eternal Sonata) Game Guides are out of print said the Kinokuniya worker when I asked for these articles.

There was a second Book Off for today, those, that I'm visiting now, I only visit for research about which Book Offs should be visited and which not. I don't which this district was still Shinjuku, at least I just eastwards from the Kinokuniya. It's a small one with only one floor, but this floor is full of high cupboards, even too high for me to take the upper books, small japanese women won't have a chance to reach these books.
I rate 3/5 STARS.

Now I was only going to make 2 small films in front of the Metropolitan Government Building and one infront of the LOVE Sight in front of the Hilton Hotel.

There's not much to say about these things, the MGB was the highest buildingin Tokyo before the Skytree was built, if you have to choose, which building to use for a skyline picture, Tokyo Tower, Skytree or MGB, choose the MGB, it's the cheapest and the other two can both only be seen from there.

I don't know, why the LOVE sculpture exists, maybe in public life there's not that much love shared, I don't know, I mean in New York next to the Rockefeller Plaza there is one, too, maybe Tokyo just wanted to get even.. XD

That's all for now, I'll rest a bit and will try to change and also prepare my bio rhythm for my flight back and for my visit of the Tsukiji Fish Market tomorrow or the one day later.

Completing the lists

Today I skipped breakfast - I was tired, so I slept a bit longer.

I left the hotel for Shibuya to go for the game guide for Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional, which I didn't find during the last days or at least only in a very bad shape for almost the full price.

But today I was lucky, I instantly found it in the Maruzen Book Store next to H&M in Shibuya.

Because of getting up so late and skipping breakfast I was kinda hungry, so I went to Freshness Burger afterwards, the Freshness Burger tasted almost like the Mos Burger, especially the sauce seemed similar.

Beeing in Shibuya, a short stop at the Book Off and the Mandarake is always possible.

On my way to Kinokuniya, which is located at the 5th floor of the Tokyu Plaza, opposite the JR station, I walked by the Shibuya 109 Building, where a huge Monster Energy Drink Promotion was held, it kinda tastes like children's tooth paste.

At Kinokuniya I found the last 2 artbooks from my list, the artbooks for Devil May cry (1-4) and the latest Devil May Cry Game. I also saw a 5x5x5 Rubik Cube, which I won't buy before finishing the 4x4x4, they offered a guide for it. too.

Asking for an english Rubik Cube Guide made me "torture" 3 workers there, the first one was a sales representative, who was arranging his products in the shop, he actually was no worker from Kinokuniya, but at the first moment he seemed like one, so I asked him, he then rushed away, trying to help me, I felt bad, because while he was gone, I remembered, that he had no name tag or so and that he seemed to be a sales representative and no worker, I felt ashamed, but then he arrived with 2 persons, one for translation and the other one for the question: DO YOU HAVE AN ENGLISH RUBIK CUBE GUIDE, TOO?
Yes, Rubik Cube is here - he pointed at the cubes they sold, but was instantly stopped, because this answer didn't match to the question, both hushed away, meanwhile I kinda started to understand the pictographic instructions. I also bowed to the sales agent thanking him for his help, the problem is, in Japan, when you bow they rebow, and when you rerebow, and infinite "CIRCLE OF BOWING" is created, which almost happened.

Then the woman came back trying to explain "SOLD OUT, NO STOCK" or so with her hands, I offered the phrase: Sold Out? - She nodded at me.

To finish the day, I had a coffee at Excelior Caffe and went back to the hotel.

My item list is finally completed now, the sight seeing list has some yet open bullets, which I can hopefully close within the next 4 days. (Tsukiji Fish Market, Square Enix Cafe and some other spots to film)

A full Schedule and everything done on time

Today I woke up very early, compared to the last days, because i had a full schedule - driving to Oshiage (Skytree) - taking pictures there - walking back to Asakusa, especially the Kaminarimon-Gate - walking along the promenade and take pictures - heading for the kappabashi area, where plastic replica food is sold - crossing the Inaricho Book Off - walking on for Ueno Station - visiting Ueno Boof Off - heading back to the station - driving until Jimbocho, the book sellers distrtict - and get home after this.

These were the plannings for today, and I was able to accomplish them all.

With the Hanzomon Subway I got to Oshiage directly, and when I left the station, I was in the basement of the Skytree and its mall.

I was only taking some pictures, because I had visited the observation deck, last year already.

Tagged KFC Colonel

Pretty small compared to the Skytree

After heading back to Asakusa and arriving at the Kaminarimon-Gate, which is "protected" by two giant Kami (Shinto-Gods) statues, Fu-Jin and Rai-Jin, I directly went into the promenade after taking pictures.

The Nakamise-Dori has many shops with typical japanese food, gifts ond other stuff, it's leading to the Hozo-Mon-Gate and the Main Hall of the  Senso-ji Temple.

There was also the Insence Burner, surrounded by many people, where "holy smoke" came out.

After finishing the whole area I went to MOS BURGER and ate a Mos Burger, delicious, really very good, you should definitely eat there if you are in Japan.

Then I went on on for plastic food.

The Kappabashi-Dori was kinda hard to find, even with my Map App, which perfectly helped me in many situations already.

This street is famous for restaurant utensils, one shop after another sells pans, tables, dishes and so on, but I was searching for the plastic food replicas. I visited 5 shops, I also couldn't see any more, which offered this "food". I hoped to buy a steak or a beer, but it's very expensive, one steak replica for 3.600 Yen (32 €), one beer including the glass for 4.500-9.600 Yen, even small Sushi parts for 1.200, so I didn't buy any of them.

Tanukis near to Kappabashi-Dori

When I left this street in the southern exit, taking the Asakusa-Dori westwards for Ueno, I discovered the Book Off of Inaricho, it had 2 floors, 1F and B1F, just a small range of product, a small shop, even although there were 2 floors.

I rate 2/5 STARS, only because the prices for the games were OK, so this store is no Must-Visit-Book Off.

After arriving at Ueno station I headed directly for the Book Off, the prices and the articles were as good, as I remembered, so I bought 2 games for 950 Yen each game - in Shibuya these games were offered for 1.980 Yen per game.

I went into Yodobashi Camera for short because I was searching for the Game Guide for Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional, too bad, they didn't have it, hopefully I will gather it tomorrow in the Shibuya Maruzen.

After Ueno, there was only Jimbocho left.

Some shops offered old and rare books, but I was interested in newer books, So I visited the Books Sanseido and the Shosen Grande after having a Caramel Macchiato with extra cinnamon. If you are into old and new japanese books, this district must be visited.

That was my last item on my schedule, so I went back to the hotel after that - stopped at 7 Eleven for Melon Bread - arriving at 8:30 PM.

Tomorrow it's time to visit the Maruzen in Shibuya again, I need this guide and maybe the Artbook of Devil May Cry 1-4.

I hope you'll read me tomorrow again, Bye bye.