Japan --- Go around Japan !: 09/2011

9/29/2011

Best fantastic living spots in japan

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.





9/27/2011

マンガ喫茶 --- Manga internet shop

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.





9/23/2011

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

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.





9/22/2011

Multinational cuisine in Japanー多国籍料理

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

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.