Japan --- Go around Japan !

Sushi (寿司・すし） in japan

2011-10-08T12:06:00.002-07:00

Sushi (　寿司・すし） is the most popular, wellknow food of japan in the world.

They always use very fresh fish , soft rice making sushi.
By the way, have you been visited the morning fishing market in tokyo? The place is called TUKIZI ICHIBA (　築地市場・つきじいちば）. There show you how owners of sushi stores choice or purchase fish or other see foods , how they discussion price , etc. It is the one of most interesting spots in japan too. If you want to eat real, fresh, good Sushi, please take time to Tukizi Ichiba.

Well, let's enjoy photoes here first .

Here is the entrance at Tukizi (築地・つきじ）. Owners of sushi or japanese foods resturants ,sotres ,they usually wake up 4am , then gather to there choose most fresh, good sea foods, fishes.

Workers who work in Tukizi , they use the little cars moving or carry products.

On the left photo, someone using machine try to cut big fish.

Lots of fishes, sea foods on the tables.

Morning view on the street

2011-10-08T11:32:00.004-07:00

Today waked up earlier, 6:30am, just walked around on the street with friends.

Here is Waseda area （早稲田・わせだ）。 Waseda the area have one very popular private university ,named Waseda university (早稲田大学・わせだだいがく）。 Lots of wellknown actresses, actors, aritists in japan graduated this university.

You can check the link below , all showed you wellknown japanese who graduated this university. But all are japanese language inside of the link, take fun here!
http://highschool-rank.net/00000010.htm

At morning time, people were few walking on the street. Today have waseda street event. You can see this advertise board , they wrote detail about event.

The photo on the left , 2 japanese little girls (primer students) were going to school. Their unifor is common dress for primer students in japan, they usually wear the same style dress, hat, and bag on the back, very cute! I never seen those bags for students in other countries, the bag is square, and can put lots of books inside.

The photo on the right, they were doing repare street .

On the street at earlier moning, maybe just see people not much, but if you use subway, you will surprise that it is creasy crowd, many people just push their body inside of train . Japanese joke will say this style on the train ,called Onigiri style (おにぎり）。Onigiri is the kind of rice in japan what you can buy or see at any stores, supermarkets, or convinence stores.

This photo is buddhism in japan. Japanese buddhism is rare seen on the street , they are most rare show in public place in big city, maybe rare to foreigners to see too, I guess. In japan, some times people say, that if you want to be richer, and do not want to work too hard, maybe it is good way to be japanese buddhism. Because, japanese buddhism , they do not keep strict traditional rule for life. They can enjoy achocol, any meats, driving, can marry too.

But in china or other asian country , rule is very strice to buddhasim, in japan is very different. They just take one class for talking about buddhasim (1 -2 hours),then will get around $2000 or more (depend on your grade) ,tax free. In japan, about religion ,all of income are free tax.

This photo ,I took nerviously when I just walked acrossed the buddhasim . Because they usually do not like be taken photo.

Best living spot in japan 2 --- カラオケ王国( Karaoke country)

2011-10-07T16:08:00.001-07:00

Do you know Karaoke (カラオケ）？

It is the place where you can enjoy singing with music box. It discoveried by japanese, so that, japanese love Karaoke so much, and everywhere you can see the advertise about Karaoke (カラオケ）！

　Well, let me introduct to you with photos below.
Around 30years ago, japanese discoveried Karaoke for people who can enjoy and training song . But now, some place only own Karaoke business , such as the photos below I am going to introduce. The building with 3floors, all are built Karaoke private rooms. You not only can enjoy singing alone or with friends, but also just cost $10 can take over 3hours rest or all night ( 0:00 am - 5:00am) with free soft drinking here. Usually Karaoke stores look like fency, but it doesn't need cost much money during daytime ( 12:00 pm - 5:00pm) ,and night time ( 0:00 am - 5:00 am).

This is the entrance , called front of Karaoke building. All of building have elevator .

There are inside of one of Karaoke private rooms. You will see, very cleaning, nice design. TV on the sheft which for showing screen when you start singing. Under the TV is music machin , you can use remote choos the songs which you want to sing. And some place, you can order foods from screen too. Creasy !!!!

On the table, are foods menu, drinking menu. Don't worry about language if you don't understand japanese when you going to order foods , drinking ! Because they put all of foods or drinking photos inside of menu, it is very convinence. Then just take it easy, hold the phon which on the wall, tell staffs the Number of orders which you choose, then just wait a while, your order will be deliveried soon .

The photo on the right , there is sofa . Because I just came here by my alone, so I got a little room here. There are big rooms too ,for more people. So do not worry about space here.

Here are speaker, and colorful lights. When you sing, the room will show you mood with music, so light will be dark automatic, and the lights will frash colorful for you.

These are two remotes and mic on the table. You just touch the little screen , you can see japanese songs, english songs, french songs, korean songs, chinese songs too.

Best fantastic living spots in japan

2011-09-29T20:06:00.002-07:00

I had been lived in japan for 15years. I always can discovery new fantastic things, spots at this land.
In japan, not only travel wellknown places which travel companies guide for you, but also better to take advance to visit amazing spots which maybe no any advertise from any travel companies, but japanese live or use those naturally.
Well let me show you step by step.

Do you know how about population in japan? How much area of land japan has ?

Total population of Japan is 128,056,026 people, total area is 377,914km² .

Tokyo is capital city of japan, the total population of Tokyois 13,187,461 people, Tokyo 's area is 2,187.66 km².

Japan is not big country, not much population in this land, but there gather many modern living stuffs, convinence living style, and keep very good living rules for everyone.

Well, let's together walk around!

Here is Kabuki Chou　(歌舞伎町・かぶきちょう） of Shinjuku　（新宿・しんじゅく）。Many kinds of stores try to get clients ,they use varies style ,advertise boad to show on the street. The photo on the left, some store's staffs covered rain jumper ,holding the advertise boad standing in the raining. They are exchanging information about business. Both photoes below, you can see many colorful advertise boards beside of both sides of street, always make customers confusing easy for choicing.

I really interesting everything in japan, and very want to share this happy with everyone. Hope you do not laugh here.... see these photoes below, I took those at TOILET !! Japan is the country which very take care of toilets. If you go to anywhere in japan, you can see that toilets are very clening,very convinence , one of the amazing spot I think.

The photo on the right, they wrote " no smoking"! Every toilets you go, you will see it.

Not only keep cleaning, almost toilets all setted automatic machine. See these photoes below, they put a little square box on the wall, when you enter the toilet, toilet cover open for you automaticly, then when you finish stuff, just press the button you want , then you can enjoy those service, creasy amazing living style I think . I explain more detail here with the photo on the right, OSHIRI (おしり）--- this button is for washing butt with little strong water, Yawaraka（やわらか）--- this button is for washing butt with soft slowly water, Hide （ビデ）--- this button is for washing butt with warm water making more comfortable. And the little square screen under them, it is little short music for when you pee . Because japanese girls all are shy, they don't like make any noise when using toilet, so can press music button for covering shy noise. Some toilets's automatic buttons do not put on the wall, just setted beside of toilet seat, you can see, but the signe of buttons almost are the same.

The photo on the left, the white box beside of the square box which I already explained above. That white box is for keeping fresh smell inside of toilet.

When you travel japan, do not forget to visit " Toilet Spot"! Japanese Toilet Culture waiting you !

Oky, right now, I just introduced amazing things about toilet. Now, let's see around on the street.

The photo on the left, there are taxes parking beside of street. The photo on the right, this green color car is japan post car. It is doing delivering.

This is coin parking. You just put coin they need in the machine, then can park there . The photo on the right , is the automatic parking sign , 24hours opening. If there are avaliable , the sign will show you AKI （空・あき）、if all are occupied, then will show you Mann （満・まん）。In tokyo, parking is very expensive. This one is soso price. They wort, from 8 am -- 10 pm ,cost ￥1800 ( $18).

In japan, everywhere looks like small, area is a little narrow, but even that , city try to take space for citizen that living comfortable. Here is a little park , here are some toys setting inside, so people living around here who can bring kids here to relax, it's the place for moms's exchanging too. Some students come to here got fun when they finished school but not back home soon.

The photo on the left is public toilet on the side of street.     The photo on the right , is publice phone.
It is not see everywhere, some area set ,some no.              This kind of phone in green which can call
                                                                                         international and domestic .

These photoes below, are automatic selling machine. You will see these kinds of machine everywhere in japan, very convinence. Usually they sell kinds of juices, kinds of cigarettes, but some place they sell varies cookies, foods too, it is rare thing that sell sexual magazines, sexual products too.

Recently,the machine selling cigarettes which check strictly . Because in japan, by law that only people over 20years old can smoke or buy cigarettes, so that if you buy cigarettes with machine,they will ask your age certification card. Then maybe easily buy cigarettes in stores to foreigners I think.

Japan is the most one of cleaning countries in the world . Well, maybe you will always think that how they do with trash??!!

Please see these photoes below. In japan, usually set some rules for throwing trash . City hall decide rule that what day is the trash day only for plastics, bottles, cans; what day is for normal living trash. And they seperate different trash bags for different trash, have to discard in trash bags fixed. Sometimes , I think that it is very good way for keep cleaning, recycle. See the photo on the right, it is outside of one convinence store, they set 3trash boxes outside for seperating paper trash, bottles trash, cans trash.

If you move out, have to threw some big trash like furniture you do not use anymore... you can call city hall ,got appointment for taking out those big trash for you. Just cost $2 -- $20 depend on what kind of big trash. Or you can sell to secondary stores.

These are signals at intersection. In tokyo almost wort japanese and english . Because tokyo have no much snow in winter , so they set signal be transverse style.

マンガ喫茶　---　Manga internet shop

2011-09-27T13:21:00.001-07:00

Do you know Manga internet shop? Have you been heard about it?

When you tried walking around, and want to find some place take rest, relax with private room ,good price... I recommend the place Manga internet shop to you!
At manga internet shops , always keep perfect temreture for customers,and just pay $10 -$15you can staying here for 3hours or more, and free soft drinking (included varies of chinese tea, japanese tea, juices,coffee) over thousands of books(included manga books, sexual japanese girls magazines, dvds, japanese guys's fashion magazines ) enjoying, morover you can relax with free private room , free using internet, chating, listening music, free playing games... inside of private room , the pc chairs usually are very confortable.

This day was too hot in japan, I came to one Manga internet shop.

This is Manga internet shop's board. It shows you which floor it is, other details . Usually Manga internet shop will close or inside the same building of Izakaya (居酒屋・いざかや）. Here open 24hours. Some Manga internet shops have shower room too. So salary men sometimes spend all day all night here.

The photo on the left, they showed you that here are 30thousands books, private rooms, free soft drinking, free using internet.

See these two photoes below, they make wall as book shelves, put books inside of wall, can save more space. The photo on the right, is private room.

Electronic town in Tokyo - Akihabara(秋葉原・あきはばら）

2011-09-23T17:16:00.000-07:00

Japanese electronic products are very well known in the world. Cheap and high quality!

Do you know Akihabara area ? It is electronic town in Tokyo. There collect many many kinds of electronic products, as like home electric applicances,radio-related electric, computers, sensa, robot-related, etc. Further, you can enjoy at maido resturants( girls with cosplay dress) when you take rest after walk around.

Akihabara is the place not only gather many maido resturant,and attractived lots of OTAKU (Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family (お宅　otaku), which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun.)

The board was drawed manga.
　

Now it's time for selling popular sexual manga girls and manga game.

Multinational cuisine in Japanー多国籍料理

2011-09-22T21:25:00.003-07:00

It's good way that not only focus traditional japanese foods, japanese fashion, japanese thinking, but also take advance to try or see how do japanese accept international foods, fashion, thinking inside of japan when you are going to discovery japan, know more about japan, japanese.
I think, that usually people stand one side seeing or thinking things easily, but if you try to see from both side, will got more interesting , understanding each other more,and less more misunderstanding.

Well, I will show you some popular international foods of japan.

These are Yakiniku Don （焼肉丼・やきにくどん）which one kind of korean meal set, includ salada, soup, beef ,rice. Only 8$!

Maybe you know soon when you see these foods. Yes, these are chinese foods,fry dumpling! In japan, called chinese dumpling, but in china called japanese dumpling. Why such as that different calling? Actually,dumpling is original chinese food . But since japanese bring this food to japan, and arranged tasty fit japanese with frying. In china, usually eat wed dumpling often as like main meal on the table, but in japan just like one plate of food good with beer. Japanese order fry dumpling will think about beer or sake .

This is beef steak . Saizeriya is one italian resturant name . There were only italian foods,italian desert when the resturant was open first, and cheap price. But now creat japanese meal set too. So if you go to this kind of resturants, you can enjoy both kind of internatinal foods too.

Here is korean style BBQ resturant. Never escape the chance to enjoy . Most popular foreigner food to japanese. On the left photo, baking beef tongue,and porc. On the right photo, is Kimuchi （キムチ）,korean style salada.

Chinese noodle (ラーメン/ Ramen）set,with fry dumpling, rice.Acutally this is japanese style noodle, but do not why called chinese noodle. Japanese noodle is very great foodou know . It can not say that you know japan if you do not eat japanese noodle when you in japan.

This is chinese noodle only offer in summer. Woooow! Guess, that popular everybody,

Cold noodle. everywhere. Sweet Cake!

IIZU（伊豆・いず）hot spring

2011-09-22T20:26:00.002-07:00

This summer was hotter in japan . Because this year, had Tsunami,earthquake, it is sooo hard , and everywhere of japan have to save electric for devastated district. Usually if you enter any buildings , or salon, resturant, will feel sooo cold,but this year different.
Salary men, women usually have to work for 10 hours or more one day, this year different, they just finish job until 4pm ,then go to IZAKAYA take break,then back home. Month salary no change .

!!Happy Japan employees!!

Well, these days, I went to IIZU hot spring, IIZU is the one of wellknow travel spots in japan. Japanese go to there for holiday, weekend often.

Here is Shimota （下田・しもだ）station of IIZU . Only one staff checking tikets, very quiet this year. Travellers are few. Japanese resturant is inside of station.

I stayed in this hotel. Very cheap, Here you can view sea, IIZU island

just 35$/night,can enjoy hotspring too. suround of .

These view are beside of the hotel.

Izakaya ・居酒屋（いざかや）－japanese drinking bar

2011-09-21T10:14:00.002-07:00

If you go to japan, IZAKAYA (居酒屋・いざかや） is the one of good places to discovery one side of japanese life style .

Salary men, women finish all day's job, do not back home soon, they go to IZAKAYA often .The place is not only for taking relax , drinking beer, Sake（酒・さけ）、Sawa(サワー) which alcoho mixed soda,sweet alcoho is popular to girls, or Ochawari (お茶割り・おちゃわり）which is one kinds of popular sake mixed japanese tea, but also can exchanging some business information with people there.

Usually staff will first service you Edamame (green beens on the left pic), or some other stuff (on the right pic, is bird's egg inside of mash japanese radish) with drinking which you order when you sit beside of table . Egg is raw,very fresh tasty.

This is Tororo with Toro sashimi. This is horse meat sashimi.Very great, should take advance !

I ordered Umeshu SodaWari(梅酒ソーダ割り・うめしゅ）on left photo which(そーだわり） is plum wine mixed soda. Lots of japanese girls like this kind of alcoho.

On the right of photo, called Kushiyaki (串焼き・くしやき）. Those are vegetables skewers,grill chicken skewers ,etc... If you go Izakaya, will see many those kinds of cooking.

These are chicken skin skewers. Oh , what's this? I found frog skewer.

It's very rare cooking in japan.

Enjoy discoverying !

Sexul area of Tokyo --- 新宿・しんじゅく(Shinzyuku)

2011-09-20T21:33:00.003-07:00

Lots of foreinger interested about japanese sexual , mysterial night life.
Always hear about that japanese guys do not back home soon when they finish work, they usually go to Izakaya drinking alcoho with coworkers, or go to "NOMIYA" (such as night bar, snack bar where you can got fun with younger,pretty ,sexual bar girls). If you work in japan, and want to get good relationship with your coworkers, thos kind of NOMIYA is important places for .

But ,those places are not easily be found, or open to foreigner.
Maybe thos system makes more interesting , more mysteria to foreigner, I guess.

Here I will introduce one kind of those area of Tokyo to you.

Shinjuku (新宿区・しんじゅく）is the populare entertaiment place in Tokyo. And "Kabuki Chou" (歌舞伎町・かぶきちょう）is the place gather many sexual stores, sexual bars where not only offer service to guys, but also service for girls too. We call those place "Huzoku" where concert sexual business.

Kabuki Chou （　歌舞伎町・かぶきちょう　）

job offer advertise two sexual bar girls walking on the street!

Do not mistake these stores to japanese resturant ! These sotres listed many sexual bars, girls, and jobs inside. You can go to here ,checking lists then pick up store , or girl, or guy which ,who you like . Very convinence,and free for checking ,choosing. But only displayed in japanese !

If you interested guys , you can go to guys service bars. Those are japanese "IKEIMEN"（イケメン）, japanese handsome are waiting you !

But not sure if they are gay or not. Take advantage try to meet them, got fun !

This map is about "KaBuKiChou" (歌舞伎町・かぶきちょう）。 If you confuse where you want to go, you can check the map .

Walk around the "Kabukichou"

Mixed american style building.

These are game center stores. Lots of young people like go here, and take one day playing many kinds of funny games.

Yokohama 2---Moto Machi ( American town)

2011-09-11T20:36:00.001-07:00

I had been lived in Yokohama city for 2years. It is easy and not far to Tokyo by train, just take 30minutes can reached Tokyo area. Because that, lots of people living in Yokohama, working in Tokyo.

This city is the biggest one of international cities, here are lots of foregners working ,living here with families. Around hundreds years ago, not only chinese but also american, european came to here, brought their culture to here too. And the city is beside of sea, here are many romatic spots attractived lots of young couples. If you arrange to visit here with your girlfriend, I am sure here will be great romantic memory .

This is one interesting design about baseball champion.

Well, I am going to introduce Moto Machi （元町・もとまち）area of Yokohama.

This is the symble of Mto Machi entrance. If you see this , you will know that you are at the entrance of Moto Machi.

The american girl was the first one as international bridge between japan and america. She brought american culture to here ,and brought japanese Sakura to america. Built the fate between both cuntries.

When you stand here, you will see many stores still keeping american style even name.

If you feel tired, you can sit on the bench and get sunshine, listening classic piano music around of the street, soooo relax you will feel !

See the actor (actress?!) on the advertise. She (he) was a guy, is very popular in japan , now she changed to girl style! She is perfect japanese gay!!!!!

At the Moto Machi, the street is a little narrow, so people usually parking beside of the street like this on the photo.

”キタムラ”is one of the popular brand sotres, the mark is ". If you come here during new year, you will see how creasy people shopping at the sotre. The store sell shoes, bags for girls and guys.

This is a jewley store. Micky mouse and Mini mouse standing beside of window, very cute!

The red car ! very interesting parking ! The store sell leather bags, and guy's clothes , almost products are european or american style.

Actually, China town and Moto Machi , just walk across one little bridge(5minutes),then you can enjoy both towns secen.

YOKOHAMA 横浜（よこはま）----One of the biggest international city

2011-09-08T17:55:00.001-07:00

This day I walked around Yokohama city of japan. Here is one bigest international cities of japan.
Many forengers living here, and built their history at here too.

China town is one of popular spot in Yokohama. Very different to NY china town, Canada china town, Pari china town.... You'd better visit Yokohama's china town if you never been there, never regret!

Well, let us enjoy photoes I took.

                                     This chinese gate is the symble !

The Kanji wrote is "街華中"、                                         This Kanji is "門陽朝”
Reading: Chukagai　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Reading : Chouyoumon
Actually the Kanji wrote from left to right,                        The writing is from left to right, but reading is
but you should read Kanji from right to left.                        from right to left.
It is traditional chinese writing style .

Here are always lots of tourists come from other cities of japan. Actually , even go to china, you can not tasty the foods as like here china town . Not only popular to japanese tourist ,but also very attractive to chinese tourist too.

You will see photoes, menues about foods everywhere when you enter the china town.

Excellent Food Village !

This resturant have most healthy, natural,and　　　 This store have most symble ,popular chinese bread.

popular menu ,called　"Fukahirei". It is called " Nikumann". Outside skin is very soft,

Japanese: ふかひれ inside mixed porc and vegetable .

Japanese : 　にくまん　（肉まん）。＄１/one

This resturant is classic Beijing style . If you You can just pay $25,then can enjoy around 32

like strong Sakei, should chanllege here. menus here.Not only can try main menus, but

also can tasty deserts, tenxin,salada too.

Here, is the store sell "Amakuri" .It is one kind of frut. Tasty is sweet.

Very interesting, coulurful resturants.

This is my prefer chinese nudle, name is "刀削面　（とうしょうめん）”、 read by " Tou shou menn ".
Even in china, you can not eat this kind of nudle everywhere.

Arrived at Narita of Japan

2011-08-08T19:57:00.000-07:00

Today, 16th, arrived at Narita airport. Little tired of long fight.

Ohhh, sooo huymid... little rain...

   Since arrived to japan, can see some japanese guys with suits.

I did not see those seasin long time when I stayed in montreal.

I had been lived here , this country for 14years.

   Since entered to japan after graduated collage in china, my University life, flirting life, working life ,etc... all were spended at this land.

I loved, liked , hated, happied, got sad,etc... lots of feeling , experience were spended at this land.

    Japan made me growth up, made me learn more,made me be stronger, made me independet, then going deeper to this country, then changed me,built new me.

I 'd like to introduce ,open japan to world, hope make you know more ,learn more aobut japan, then enjoy this land through my experience .

ShinJuku Of Tokyo

2011-08-08T19:46:00.000-07:00

   Hot everyday in Tokyo. Today is 38℃,   came to ShinJuku ( 新宿・しんじゅく）.

   I entered the one building , there have Citybank for international aount. It is faciliment bank in Japan.
   Usually, if you already go out of japan, and need transfer or saving with bank acount, japanese bank alaways need your citizen proof paper which only can get from city hall. But citybank is opened in japan couple years ago, very convinence to people who have no citizen address in japan but need bank acount, or need transfer when work ,study abroad countries.

     The citybank is at 25floors. I view outside from windows, woooow, can view all of tokyo here. Very funny builiding you can see easily here.

I down the elevator ,walked on the street. Just felt much people, much cars, much building... those narrowed my eye's view, little pressure.

Look this.... big colorful watch on the building...

Very interesting!

Well, you never forget your time now!!!