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Beer girl at a Chiba Lotte Marines game
On this day, a mere two years ago, I was at the Chiba Lotte Marines game taking this photo. One year later, the Marines were the champions of Japanese baseball. This year they are way back, about 20 games with not much time left in the season. My Lions are faring even worse in the Pacific Division. However, my favorite team in the Central League is in first place! Go Swallows!
The Rock CPH, Heavy Metal club in Copenhagen, Denmark
I first mentioned The Rock back in 2008. Last night I returned for some Danish Death Metal.
Chainsaw Fisting at The Rock CPH
Crematoria (with some audience participation) at The Rock CPH
Crematoria, Death Metal from Denmark
Tuborg ladies concealing the stage between acts
Symposion @ The Rock CPH Copenhagen, Denmark
Someone was thirsty
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København - bar og natklub inden for hard rock og metal
Martin Leth of Symposion
Something to be aware of if you visit or move to Japan is how to read the train station signs/maps. Based on the above photo (taken from the train platform at the Ebisu Station on the Yamanote Line), you can easily tell that if you are currently at the Ebisu Station and you get on a train going to the right your next station is Shibuya. Most people get that. What you don’t want to skip over is the other information available below.
Read the yellow sign before exiting or you can easily take the wrong exit which will put you going in the wrong direction, can cost you 15 minutes or more, and may get you lost altogether.
Finally, the sign to left of the yellow one will tell you what car of the train to ride in order to make your connection smoothly or end up at the correct place to easily exit at your destination station. If you have a minute or two to get to the best car before boarding, you may make a connection that you would otherwise miss, again potentially saving yourself much time.
You can’t really see the yellow “light” to the right of the main sign so here is a better view.
These Yebisu lights line the Ebisu Station. Yebisu is one of the seven lucky gods (七福神). Japan Beer Brewery created the Yebisu label and had a big beer factory near the current Ebisu Station long before the area was known as Ebisu. The area was actually named after the beer. I don’t think much brewing actually gets done is this area of Tokyo anymore, but you can tour Beer Museum Yebisu which is a short walk from the Ebisu Station.
After a two week delay, Japan has finally opened their season. I took this photo of a lovely beer girl at the home of the 2010 winner of the Nippon Series (equivalent of the World Series in the USA), the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Goodbye 2010. I thoroughly enjoyed your rich taste in relaxing time!
The Chiba Lotte Marines are going to the Japan Series this week. Bobby Valentine is not the manger in 2010. He was the manager during their losing seasons the past several years. Despite the loses, the fans wanted him back this year for another go. I took today’s picture during a 2009 game. Fans were mad at management for not signing Valentine to the 2010 season. I wonder what they think now that the Marines are doing so much better without him?