While visiting Kamakura last month we were surprised to see the above poster for a fireworks show (hanabi taikai or 花火大会) on the very day we happened to be there.

So while enjoying a froat (float) we planned our evening.

Check back tomorrow for a photo of the fireworks in action.

Posted on August 17th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: engrish, kamakura, signs. Comments: 1

Loud Park 10 tickets go on sale tomorrow. Unfortunately, I won’t be around to attend this year like last year. There don’t appear to be any acts on the bill yet that I want to see that I haven’t already. Amon Amarth and Motorhead would be especially fun to see again. I haven’t seen Motorhead live in over 20 years.

I took today’s picture on the train way back in mid-June. I’m not sure why they started advertising so far in advance of the tickets going on sale.

Posted on July 30th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: loudpark, signs. Comments: None

The streets on the west side of the Shinjuku Station come alive at night with office-less businesses. One is pictured above, a portable ramen shop. I was taking Ryan, on this evening, to catch a night bus. I was expecting there to be an office for the bus company at the address given, but there wasn’t. Instead, there were just some people on the street who check you in and then tell you which bus to get on.

On the train home from Shinjuku I captured a brief video between the Shinjuku and Shinokubo Stations. Another train seemed to be racing us. We stopped and it didn’t so we didn’t “win.” Check it out.

Posted on July 8th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: food, night photography, shinjuku, signs, trains, video. Comments: 1

On our last visit to Shakey’s Pizza in Takadanobaba I forgot to take pictures of the pizza.

The sign out front this time featured some interesting combinations like hamburger pizza, chili con carne pizza, banana chocolate pizza, and caramel marshmallow pizza.

Here are some of the actual pieces. From left to right we have banana chocolate pizza, hamburger pizza (which actually tasted just like Mexican tacos), and corn pizza.

Posted on July 5th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: food, signs. Comments: None

Speaking of a tower in Tokyo, you can now purchase one of these crazy looking cheeseburgers at Lotteria for only 100 yen per slice of cheese and hamburger patty. I haven’t sampled one, and don’t plan to, but the three or four burgers I have eaten in Japan have all been fantastic. Of course I didn’t eat any of them Lotteria, McDonald’s, etc. either.

Posted on July 1st, 2010 under Japan. Tags: food, signs. Comments: None