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It's been a really long time since I blogged last time.
A lot of shit happened between then and now, and I've traveled to a lot of places, such as:
Misasa onsen (staying at a 5 star resort for 1 night)
Ama no hashi datte
Okayama
Takamatsu (awesome udons)
Himeji-jo
Okinawa (a lot of stuff happened there)
I'll try to update some entries on the aforementioned places later when I have time.
Anyway, I left Tottori for Okinawa on Sunday. I then left Okiwana for Tokyo on Wednesday, and the craziness officially began.
The plane was supposed to land at 10:20 PM, which leaves me just enough time to catch the train to go to Adachi-ku (to stay with my aunt until I leave for Hong Kong in about four days). However, the plane was severely delayed due to "ground conditions" and did not land until quarter to 11, which did not leave me much time. After picking up luggage and everything, it was ten past 11, and we were officially late, with barely enough time to catch the last train (trains in Tokyo do not run on a 24-hour schedule).
We got off at some station that is not important for the story, as we were waiting for our next train, I saw this chick (who looked pretty hot from the back, like most of Japanese girls... and I never got to look at her face) who was wearing the shortest miniskirt that I have ever seen (except maybe very occasionally in porn...), I swear she cut it herself. Okay, how short? I could see her butt and her black underwear without her bending over. She had strips of fabric around her knee areas as well as her top (so a lot of bra was visible too from the back). Anywhere else other than Tokyo? I think not...
After the girl got onto the train, we waited maybe 10 more minutes to catch our next train, with 5 minutes to run through the station once we arrive to catch the last train to our final destination. One thing to make clear is that trains in Japan are exceptionally punctual, if the trains run late, they will print you a card saying that the train was late so that you could present it to your boss if you are late for work. Our time was tight, but we trusted in the train system in Tokyo... and then... there was an announcement "The emergency brake has been applied...", and we were like... wtf, we are going to miss our train. After three minutes, the train finally started moving, but then, we already knew that we were going to miss the final train. After we arrived at our station, we only had two minutes to run through the huge station to another platform -- it was clearly impossible. However, this did not stop businessmen from trying. A mob of men in suits zoomed pass through us, and flew up stairs in speeds comparable to Olympic athletes. We quickly followed suit, and I quickly grabbed our suitcase and ran with it on top of my head. However, I was quickly out of breathe -- true, running with a suitcase is not easy, but that was not the reason -- because I could not stop laughing at all the people running ahead of us. Imagine if you were me, arriving in Tokyo for the first time, and the first thing you see is businessmen running for their lives trying to catch a train that was already gone.
And then, something more crazy happened -- we felt a shook! The building was shaking. We thought we were hallucinating due to fatigue, but then the building shook again, harder, with sounds. This continued for about 2 or 3 times, and people muttered the word "jishin..." (earthquake).
Turned out, I learned later on the taxi ride back, the earthquake was level 5, and it was "ground problem" that caused the plane to be delayed, and it was the cause for the train to be stopped.
Today, we went to Akihabara's Yodobashi Camera (the biggest electronic store in the world, I think). It was actually crazy... as if you were walking into the future. I saw this camera for about 330$ US from Canon that had 10 mega pixels, 5x optimal zoom with IS, a huge LCD screen, and a scroll wheel (coolest shit ever). Almost bought it, except I just bought a camera >.< The toys there were also extremely futuristic, and a common theme is dancing robots :O
Finally, we went to a hanabe festival (fireworks) in Adachi-ku, and we got to experience real Japanese train. I was pushed so hard against three people, our legs were rubbing against each other's for literally three stops...
Got to sleep, long day tomorrow.
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Sounds like a pretty hectic day, i have no idea how i would react during an earthquake, never experienced one.
I really want to visit Tokyo some day, do you live there all the time or are you just visiting?
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I wonder if you know, how they live in tokyo.
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I clicked on a cambium blog...and didn't see any pics!
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On July 25 2008 02:23 XCetron wrote:
I wonder if you know, how they live in tokyo.
If you seen it then you mean it
Then you know you have to go
TOKYO!!!
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The Land of cool stuff and hot chicks! Wat more can u ask for? No more earthquake maybe?
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Suicides are a problem in Japan because they delay the trains so much. 
Have you noticed how tons of Japanese women are bow legged? I'm not sure what the cause is or if it's just the heels they wear.
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thedeadhaji
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On July 25 2008 03:46 Jibba wrote:Suicides are a problem in Japan because they delay the trains so much. Have you noticed how tons of Japanese women are bow legged? I'm not sure what the cause is or if it's just the heels they wear.
errr like Cambium said Tokyo has the most on the dot train times in the world. It's the train conductors themselves that commit suicide when they fuck up. ~_~
I think the bow leggedness is genetic~
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Cambium, I continue to be in jealous awe of you ;(. I wish so much I could be back in Tokyo. I was born there, too. Ya, pics would be awesome!
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On July 25 2008 03:46 Jibba wrote:Suicides are a problem in Japan because they delay the trains so much. Have you noticed how tons of Japanese women are bow legged? I'm not sure what the cause is or if it's just the heels they wear.
Bow legged :O?
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thedeadhaji
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\i think he means how their legs tend to curve outward rather than go down straight.
It's referred to as "gani mata", which I think means crab-legged or smth like that.
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wait, I'm asian and my legs are like that too.
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thedeadhaji
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actually wait Gani-Mata might be somethign diff. it's like... when you walk and your theighs are really far apart and shit... I guess i misused it since I think the topic of this "discussion" is about the tibia and the fibula being curved outwards?
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On July 25 2008 04:26 thedeadhaji wrote:Show nested quote +On July 25 2008 03:46 Jibba wrote:Suicides are a problem in Japan because they delay the trains so much. Have you noticed how tons of Japanese women are bow legged? I'm not sure what the cause is or if it's just the heels they wear. errr like Cambium said Tokyo has the most on the dot train times in the world. It's the train conductors themselves that commit suicide when they fuck up. ~_~ I think the bow leggedness is genetic~
Yeah, normally the trains are like within 15 seconds, but things can be pushed up to 2-3 minutes if someone decides to make the jump. No accountability whatsoever.
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I googled gani mata and got some porn, so I'm gonna stick with that.
Actually I guess it's called O-legs.
http://news.3yen.com/2006-02-06/oh-legs/
"All humans are born bow-legged, but in most cases the legs straighten out naturally between ages 2 and 4. "Japanese are more likely to have curved tibia than Caucasians, and a certain degree of curvature is considered normal in both children and adults," according to Kamegaya. "But the incidence of true bowleggedness, which is called Blount's disease, is not significantly higher in Japan, and most doctors in this country follow the same general guidelines used overseas to decide when correction is necessary. That usually means surgery to cut the leg bone and reset it.""
Well now we know. Now back to the porn
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On July 25 2008 07:21 Jibba wrote:I googled gani mata and got some porn, so I'm gonna stick with that. Actually I guess it's called O-legs. http://news.3yen.com/2006-02-06/oh-legs/"All humans are born bow-legged, but in most cases the legs straighten out naturally between ages 2 and 4. "Japanese are more likely to have curved tibia than Caucasians, and a certain degree of curvature is considered normal in both children and adults," according to Kamegaya. "But the incidence of true bowleggedness, which is called Blount's disease, is not significantly higher in Japan, and most doctors in this country follow the same general guidelines used overseas to decide when correction is necessary. That usually means surgery to cut the leg bone and reset it."" Well now we know. Now back to the porn
Pardon me, good sir, i do believe you forgot to post the link to the porn.
On July 25 2008 06:36 thedeadhaji wrote:
\i think he means how their legs tend to curve outward rather than go down straight.
Hmm i see, i have noticed that too actually, but mostly on the girls so i always thought it was some kind of thing they did on purpose to look cute or something.
Well, now i know.
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thedeadhaji
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On July 25 2008 07:13 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On July 25 2008 04:26 thedeadhaji wrote:On July 25 2008 03:46 Jibba wrote:Suicides are a problem in Japan because they delay the trains so much. Have you noticed how tons of Japanese women are bow legged? I'm not sure what the cause is or if it's just the heels they wear. errr like Cambium said Tokyo has the most on the dot train times in the world. It's the train conductors themselves that commit suicide when they fuck up. ~_~ I think the bow leggedness is genetic~ Yeah, normally the trains are like within 15 seconds, but things can be pushed up to 2-3 minutes if someone decides to make the jump. No accountability whatsoever.
ohhhh you meant suicide into the trains I completely missed that X_X.
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