07 January 2008 @ 01:17 am
[Japan Photos]: TEH Drama Locations!♪  
Hey~ho!

Although I´m pretty busy right now here is another Japan photos entry - as promised. And a special one, too! (^_______________^)v
This entry contains photos of some jdrama locations we visited during our stay in Tokyo (e.g. Bambino, Hana Yori Dango, Akihabara@Deep, Ikebukuro Wet Gate Park, Pride).
AND! THE MYSTERY WILL FINALLY BE REVEALD *stares at [livejournal.com profile] mamoritai* Who was the (not so famous) drama actor I met @ Tokyo Tower??!!
Are you ready? Here we go!


Bambino: Tattoria

This was really hard to find. We went there with 2 Japanese girls, but it was still HORRIBLE XD I hate Japanese addresses. Well ... I guess I was to blame as well ... we passed by the "Tattoria" several times, but it looked a bit different from the one in the drama, so I didn´t recognize it at first XD <~ *baka dechu~*

So that´s the Tattoria in Bambino:















And these are the photos we took.
HOMG! I stood at the exact SAME PLACE at MatsuJun!!!! §$"/$)="§/$")(§/$")§(/$!!! (*-*) <~ *happy fangirl*










Hana Yori Dango: Ebisu Garden Place

One of the most famous drama locations ever I guess ^^ And it was VERY easy to find! *yay* <~ *dork*











I think I don´t have to explain it? This is Tsukushi´s and Tsukasa´s ... "date spot" ;P *kicks the stupid kids away* XDDDD








We also took some photos of the surroundings, because it´s a really beautiful place.
Ebisu is also famous for its beer (who cares?! XD).









@Ebisu Station: This is really convenient if you´re too lazy to walk! XD



I also was @ Ueno zoo where Tsukushi and Tsukasa had a date in season 1 ^^;






Pride: Goodbye Bridge

[livejournal.com profile] hesaki sooo wanted to go there, because Pride is her favorite drama ever - and I like it, too ^^
I think we wouldn´t have been able to find it by ourselves, but we had a good "leader" with us! XD
Unfortunately I don´t have any screencaps of the bridge in the drama (do you have some?!)


















Akihabara@Deep: RANDOM

While we were in Akiba we came across a drama shooting. After watching it for a while we were walking through some small side roads when I suddenly stared at s.th. and thought I had seen this before:





I was PRETTY sure that this was the same thing that appeared in Akiba@Deep! I WAS SOOO HYPER!!!! We took some photos. I touched those stairs several times, because it was very likely that Toma once sat there *spazzes*

At home I rewatched the 1st episode of Akiba@Deep and I WAS RIGHT!!!!!







HOMG HOMG HOMG11111!!!!! I stood at the EXACT SAME PLACE AS MY TOMA-CHAMAAAA~ ;o; *tears of joy* *fangirls* *faints*
That´s sooo awesome (*___*) .... am I exaggerating? XD ....




Ikebukuro West Gate Park // Hana Yori Dango: Bookstore





Again I discovered this by chance. It´s a bookstore (Libro) in Ikebukuro - if you´re going to Mandarake/Animate/K-Books from the JR Station in Ikebukuro, you will come along this bookstore.
It´s the bookstore shown in Ikebukuro West Gate Park - where Nagase meets Yamapi for the first time. It´s also the bookstore where Tsukushi and Rui meet for their "date" in season 1 (^-^;)







Not really a drama location, but:





Fushimi Inari in Kyoto. One of the movie locations of "Memoirs of a Geisha". ^^
Of course we saw MORE movie and drama locations than just these, but back then we didn´t know XD
It´s so funny to watch dramas etc. and then suddenly: "HOMG! I WAS THERE, TOO!!!" (^-^;)




FINALLY ..... (although it´s prolly pretty boring):



When I visited Tokyo Tower alone, there was a tv crew shooting some kind of documentary .... I stared at they guy they were filming and I just knew him from somewhere ... that´s why I tried to take some photos of him .... which was pretty difficult, because they said taking photos was not allowed ;P



After I´d left Tokyo Tower and was on my way home, I discovered them again XD ... Now they were shooting something that involved that actor to call a taxi and get in XD .....



Zoom



Again it was not allowed to take photos, but I "played" the stupid gaijin who´s just taking photos of Tokyo Tower + surroundings and so I managed to get some pretty good shots of him! ψ(○ `∇´ ○)ψイヒヒヒ



Zoom
Okay ... did you recognize him? ... I had to think about it for a while .... and when I was home, I checked the internet and ... it really was who I thought it is: Nukumizu Youichi!
I thought I´ve seen him in Densha Otoko - and I was right! ^^ But he was in various other dramas I´ve seen as well.

Not so interesting? Yah, well I would have been happier with some JE boys of course ........ although I might not have survived such a meeting (*____*) *hyperventilates*



Oh and something random we discovered in Shibuya:



--> ZOOOOM!



Me wants that truck! (°___O'') ...


That´s all!
 
 
[mood]: hopeful
[music]: UVERworld - D-tecnoLife
 
 
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[identity profile] echuudo.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 12:31 am (UTC)
Wahhhh. Nuhhhh, I'd be all omomgomgogm if I were you :O

Ahhh, this makes me want to go to Japan even more DD:

Eeeeeeeeeh, Toma fan here too! xD But then I think I like Kazamaaaaa better Dx
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[identity profile] lunarsweetie.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 12:44 am (UTC)
Aweeeeesoooome.

Totally makes me want to go to Japan. :] And, in the process, steal that truck and others like it.
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[identity profile] mizukomidori.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 12:45 am (UTC)
Has anyone ever told you you take amazing pictures. Seriously. Not just the content but the quality is amazing. I love looking at these.

And yey for location shots. That must have been fun going to all those places. I would have had fun at the Ebisu park or what not. Re-enacting scenes from the show or something.

Thank you for sharing.
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[identity profile] peach2008.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 12:55 am (UTC)
Wow! Amazing. You lucky girl. Thank You for the amazing captures.
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[identity profile] quinnsan.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 12:55 am (UTC)
Cool~!

...omg. I *think* I saw a truck like that when I was in Osaka...but I didn't get to take a picture of it because by the time we were walking back that way again, it was already gone. D=
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[identity profile] theahhmoment.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 01:08 am (UTC)
Yays! That's awesome! It gives me hope coz I get lost pretty easily. But you found all these places with no problem... I hope I won't get lost when I go to Japan! =)
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[identity profile] calindy.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 01:21 am (UTC)
These really are cool! I was in Kyoto and Tokyo for a week in December and spent all my time working...except when I actually got to see a real Geiko in Kyoto...she was in a tea house across the canal and the street and my camera just couldn't take a picture of her - too dark.

I did see them filming a drama in Shinjuku and am dying to find out who the actors might be. I passed very close to them and they were trying to hide their faces, so I walked further away and had to take a very zoomed in pic. Think it's okay to post?
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[identity profile] calindy.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 05:46 am (UTC)
Somebody (Japanese) said it might be Morita Go...but I personally had no clue. You're so lucky that you actually could figure it out.
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(no subject) - [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 11:12 am (UTC)
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(no subject) - [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 29th, 2008 03:34 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] crypticbluerose.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 01:31 am (UTC)
OMgoodness, I recognized some of those places (in the shows) as soon as I saw the pic, that's really interesting.
I want a truck like that to, if I was there a hijacking would have been in order.

That Sapporo building reminds me of a pic I saw of Yoochun from dbsk (tohoshinki) yesterday, haha
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seiiki-akari.livejournal.com: Pi - Heart[identity profile] seiiki-akari.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 01:33 am (UTC)
Sugoii!! Thank you for sharing! ^_^
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[identity profile] bborn.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:03 am (UTC)
You have so good memories and great photo shoots!
Thanks for sharing :D
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__br0kenw0rds/ on January 7th, 2008 02:03 am (UTC)
wow. im jealous. i wanna go to japan one day!
well i hope you enjoyed your visit :]
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[identity profile] popsicle-sticks.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:05 am (UTC)
Thanks for sharing :]
the pictures are so clear..
i wish i had been there!
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[identity profile] minarin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:06 am (UTC)
great photos!!
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[identity profile] reimaru.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:16 am (UTC)
OMG! *fangirls* The Goodbye-Bridge *___* The restaurant *_*

I wondered, since I'm in Japan right now, whether you could give me directions how to get there? I only know that the restaurant should be in Roppongi, but that's it ^^''
Pretty please? ♥
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[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 11:12 am (UTC)
We used this site as a reference.
There was also a GREAT entry in lj with English directions for the Tattoria and other stuff .... but I can´t remember the username and I haven´t saved the link *headdesk* (T__T)
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(no subject) - [identity profile] reimaru.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 12:53 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] areea-chan.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:23 am (UTC)
Wow, these pictures are awesome! I've always wondered how the whole drama-filming thing goes down. It looks like it's a three-man crew using a steady cam, which is basic field production. Sugoi...haha, sorry, I'm a filming nut. But these pics make me want to go to Tokyo all the more. XD
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[identity profile] forgetmoinot.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:35 am (UTC)
YOU LUCKY LUCKY PERSON!!!
sdjflskadjfasldkfjasdf

:D
thank you so much for sharing!
tho i have a question, maybe its just cuz the whole camera effect, but somehow the places don't feel AS MAGICAL as the drama scenes...did u notice that when u were there? or is it just the beauty cannot be captured on film without special light and effects??
lol, i hope to go and shop like crazy in japan...

again, THANK YOU♥l
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[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 11:07 am (UTC)
As I´ve said I didn´t recognize the Tattoria at first because it really looked different from the one in the drama. I guess all those places look better/more interesting in dramas ^^ ... it depends though, cuz Ebis Garden Place was really gorgeous! ^^
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[identity profile] crazypilovee.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:44 am (UTC)
oooo that's really coool! thanks xD
oh and i thought HYD's date meeting place was the place where like... there was a big red "LOVE" statue-ish thing? was i seeing things/getting it mixed up w/ other dramas? hahaha...
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[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 11:06 am (UTC)
Err .... not as far as I can remember, but I KNOW that Love-thingie ^^ it´s in VARIOUS dramas! Unfortunately we didn´t search for it ^^;
You mean this thing, right? :D
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(no subject) - [identity profile] crazypilovee.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:38 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] doomfish.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:52 am (UTC)
OMG! I know these places from the dramas! XD
I watched like...uhm only 4 or 5 drama series altogether. ...And saw some random hana yori dango episodes in TV last year (I saw that dating scene! lawl xD) but I recognize a few of the places in the pics. *.*~

haha you also found that akiba mini shrine! Where exactly is it?! o.O
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[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 11:05 am (UTC)
Hehe^^ Das ist der Vorteil gegenüber Animes: Die Plätze gibt es echt und man kann sie befummeln und ankreischen! XDDDD *lol*

Ich weiß es nicht mehr genau (o_o') .... als ich zum 2. Mal in Akiba war, hab ich´s nicht mehr gefunden (hatte aber auch nicht viel Zeit XD) ... war aber nicht weit vom Bahnhof weg! (^^;;;) .... *sigh* (T_T)
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(Anonymous) on January 7th, 2008 03:05 am (UTC)
omg you went to ebisu garden <3333333333
and omgoodness you lucky thing!! <3333333
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[identity profile] aoimidori.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 03:14 am (UTC)
*_____* my eyes are shiny with envy ~ ♥
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[identity profile] animechiky.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 03:43 am (UTC)
WOAH! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! YOU WENT TO JAPAN >.<
i wanna go someday lol =^.^=
soo LUCKY!
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[identity profile] shin-shin127.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 03:50 am (UTC)
WOAHH that was pretty cool!! i am in japan right now too but unfortunately not in tokyo, or anywhere close to it. haha. i wanna visit tokyo and stalk all the places where i might meet a celebrity. haha
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[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 11:03 am (UTC)
There are also drama locations out of Tokyo! Check this site and see if anything is near you! ^^
May I ask where you are staying right now?
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(no subject) - [identity profile] shin-shin127.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 02:34 pm (UTC)
(no subject) - [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 07:19 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] funkytownosaka.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 04:08 am (UTC)
Ah, omggggg. Makes me want to go to Japan more. >:D

Thanks for sharing! 8D
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[identity profile] orimii.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 04:14 am (UTC)
wicked!~!~
makes me so jealous. i'll definitely have to visit those hyd locations after i'm done hunting down oguri shun...
*runs off*
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[identity profile] domyouji-love.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 04:48 am (UTC)
Thanks for sharing all these neat pics! I really love the ones of Ebisu Garden Place!
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[identity profile] meldinsky.livejournal.com on January 7th, 2008 05:22 am (UTC)
ZOMG,how cool is this?thanks for sharing!^^
Of course I also fangirled at all the locations with the JE boys,but seriously Goodbye Bridge?,OH what a place to be at..cause PRIDE has such a special place in my heart.^^
and hey very sharp eyes you have there,recognizing it was the guy from Densha(and various other doramas..lol) and not some random extras.^^
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