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chochajin ([personal profile] chochajin) wrote2008-01-16 12:09 am

[Japan Photos]: Ikebukuro + Sakuragichou

Eeeeerm .... actually I don´t really have time for this, but ............... my journal is half-dead lately and I just can´t stand NOT posting anything at all for a longer period of time XDDDD

Plus .. I really should post ALL of my Japan photos BEFORE I go to Japan again XDDDDD ... otherwise there will be no end to it ever! XD

Here we go~

Ikebukuro West Gate Park:





This is what you see a little while after you´ve left the Ikebukuro JR station (Sunshine City exit).



You probably already recognized this in the last photo, right? YAH SANRIO SHOP!! (*___*)
I´m not THAT into Sanrio stuff, but I wanted to go in and check it out and HOMG! .... so much (pink) ... cute stuff! A lot of Hello Kitty stuff, but much more than that!
Pajamas, ball pens, notebooks, plushies ... EVERYTHING! I just bought some cute ball pens and a calendar. If I ever have time again XD .. I´ll scan that calendar and share the cute pics with everyone, k?! (^^')



Anyway .... we walk towards the Sunshine building. This is the route you have to take if you want to get to TEH ANIME // MANGA FANDOM PARADISE!!!! (*__*) ...



Random shot on our way ... XD



Cinema Sunshine (*___*) .... come to think of it ... we didn´t manage to go and watch a movie ;__; .... (@[livejournal.com profile] hesaki: No, I still don´t regret that we missed Hero - da movie XD)



*lol* Those (cute XD) guys were EVERYWHERE screaming like there was no tomorrow XD ..... poor things!
It was hilarious! Something like this doesn´t exist in Germany ... we do have "Marktschreier" but that´s only at local farmer´s markets and stuff XD



Random shot.



Random shot #2 (yes that was in Bukuro, not in Akiba! XD)



Tussen Broads + Gigolo XD





And there it is! Sunshine City! ^-^; ..... but ... that´s probably not really interesting, I know what you are longing for! Be patient please! .. XD



Cute map at the Sunshine building ^-^



Anyway if you want to go to TEH FANDOM PARADISE you always have to walk just ... straight ahead.
Behind the Sunshine building you´ll see this *points up* Just cross the road and then walk straight again and you´re almost there :D



Tadaaaa~ Mandarake, Ikebukuro (it´s on the left site of the road).



I was there only 2 times, but I bought A LOT! ... mainly Dragonball, Captain Tsubasa, Naruto and Death Note doujinshi XD ... but also one Arashi and a bit FMA, HxH and Yu Yu Hakusho doujis (*__*)v
*lol* While I was looking through the JE doujinshis ... an Arashi song played in the background (can´t remember which one though XD)
If you can´t read Japanese at all, it might be helpful to bring someone who CAN! Because there are tons of racks with the names of the series you can find there on it (most of the time in Japanese!)



Anyway .. if you somehow MANAGE to leave Mandarake again XD (and if you still have money left!), just cross the traffic lights and you´ll see this on your right side. Turn right into that street and even MORE stores will appear in front of you.
WARNING DANGER DANGER DANGER! XD



K-Books!!!!! (and behind it animate! *___*)
There was a looooooooooooooooot of Prince of Tennis stuff (especially of the musicals) .... luckily I´m not into PoT THAT much anymore, so I managed to survive this XD .. but I bought tons of other cute stuff there nevertheless XD
And let´s NOT talk about animate! .. Animate is EVIL!!! XD





And that´s it at night. Nice, nee? ^^



And if you turn around you´ll see this :)



Some other night shots of Ikebukuro (*___*)
I think that was on my last day in Japan ;______; ..... after that I went to dinner with Yumi-chan and her family .. but more about this another time! ^^;



The infamous NOVA language school XD .. (they´re EVERYWHERE ... or rather .. they WERE!) aaaaaaaaand a Nagase Tomoya-chan commercial ^^



Ikebukuro JR Station (Bye, bye Bukuro! I´ll be back :D ... XD)



Ikebukuro Station is REALLY huge! And has tons of interesting department stores and stuff.
I loved that colors in the water, so we took a photo of it (*___*)




Sakuragichou:



We visited Sakuragichou (桜木町) more or less right after we came to Tokyo. It´s really totally awesome there.
Lots of interesting buildings!







Sorry ... I just love these buildings, I can´t help it.



Teh famous Ferris wheel with teh clock in teh middle XD
Perhaps you´ve already seen this one in some dramas or animes?! ^^



A .... lot ... of ... taxis! XD



After a short tour with a really cute bus (sorry no photos, they were all .. crappy D:) we arrived at China Town :D







It was really interesting. Again a lot of gorgeous buildings, yummie food, cute stuff.



I found ................ Son Goku!!! (*___*)>



TOTALLY cute panda shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Chinese temples and shrines are faaar more colorful than the Japanese ones.



For my taste it´s too colorful, but it was still awesome!











Random shot.



Uh ... the Chinese way of graffiti .. perhaps?! XD



And we´re leaving China Town again to go somewhere else.



Yeah, tEh Yamapi park!?! ... XD



*looks around* No P-chan, but these things look quite interesting :D (No, I´m not talking about the boys XD)



WOAH!!!! Isn´t that awesome????!!!! (*___*)v







That boy on the right was lifting his shirt (before or after that photo, but does it matter?) HOMG!!! (*_________*)



And that was Sakuragichou.



I hope you enjoyed it! (^____^)/~

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_usotsuki_/ 2008-01-16 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
EIN PANDASHOP *___________*

[identity profile] shinigami-93.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahaa... Yamashita park :D

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/lunacy_/ 2008-01-16 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhhhhhhhh, ich freu mich sooooooooooooooooooooo *____________*

[identity profile] calpis37.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
yeee!! gaaaanz viele neue fotos!*________*
Ich stand glaub ich am GENAUGLEICHEN Ort wie du beim Ikebukuro Station..XD aber kann mich eh nicht mehr genau erinnern..^^°°
hehe, yeeees, poste all deine fotos!!:)

[identity profile] linaaa.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
huge post is amazing <333

Image
<3 ! ! ! S A N R I O S H O P ! ! ! <3

[identity profile] keikazama.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
ほんとにいっぱい写真あるね!ヽ(゜▽、゜)ノ
また日本に行きたくなったYO!!!
美味しいもの一杯食べたみたいだし
おなか減ってきた…笑

私は、ただいま、ドイツ語の勉強中ですぅ♪

Der Die Das
すっごい難しいけど、好きな言語だから
がんばるんだ!

でね、ドイツ語の授業に行くと
ちょーちゃんを思い出すんだ(σ・∀・)σ

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
(*'▽'*)わぁ♪ ケイちゃん、久しぶり!♪ 元気?

Σ('◇'*)エェッ!?ドイツ語の勉強をしている?
スゴイ!うん、難しいだよね。でも日本語はもっと難しいと思うよ!( ̄▽ ̄)うへへへぇ~

It´s really interesting that A LOT of my Japanese friends seem to learn German FASTER than me learning Japanese *sigh*
Well, at least you don´t have to learn a new writing system XD .. but the grammar is VERY difficult XD I´m glad that I grew up learning German XDDDD It must be really difficult and confusing if you have to learn all that stuff (^^'') ..... *headdesk*
But I really think it´s cool that you´re learning German now! :D

ガンバってね!o(*⌒O⌒)bふぁいとっ!!

ジャネ(*^-゜)/~Bye♪

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
HOMG!!!
Apart from that ... Hello Kitty outfit XD ... the cat is really cute! (^3^)

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ich kann mich auch an sooooooooooooooooo vieles nicht mehr erinnern! XD
Was würd ich nur ohne die ganzen Fotos aka Gedächtnisstützen machen?! XD

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Das kannst du aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauch!!! (*_______________*) *lol*

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ja, meine auch (*____*) Ich kann´s bis Dezember gar nicht mehr erwarten, ich hoffe das klappt XD
Countdown gibt´s nur 1 Mal im Jahr ... Rest von Tokyo rennt ja nicht weg ;)

Yepp, Ikebukuro, Akihabara und Harajuku sind BÖSE!!! ;__; XD

Ist besser so! XD

*träumt mit*

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
^____^

Heh. Ja, das ging mir auch so. Mich hat in Japan eigentlich nichts überraschen können, wusste ja auch über fast alles schon Bescheid, aber DAS hat mich dann doch erstmal vom Hocker gehaun .... Japan ist das zweite Italien sag ich da nur XD

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually we wouldn´t have gone there, but a Japanese friend of mine guided us to Sakuragichou ... LUCKY! :D

I don´t know if it was expensive, I was only hunting for SMALL and LIGHT stuff anyway XDDDD
Ya, yaaah! XDD *lol*

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh really? WOW THAT IS INTERESTING O____O

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Naja, das war ja auch im September! ^^ ... und es hatte durchschnittlich ca. 31°C (-___-')
Aber wir hatten mit dem Wetter wirklich viel Glück :3
Sind knapp einem Taifun entkommen und haben nur 2 Mal Regen mitbekommen.

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
KYAAAH!! Don´t say that! XD
But I really wonder if we were the ones stalking this time .. or .... XD

*nods nods nods*
Akihabara, Ikebukuro and Harajuku and after that you are either dead or broke! XD

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess you will bring me along to all those places as a .... living map then? ;-; ..... YADDAAA~ XD
No, but please go ahead XD

Oh right. Did Fukuoka ALSO have an animate shop? Good to know! :D

GEH! I won´t accompany you when you go there! XD

Yah, me2!!! And shut up you´re going like 2 weeks earlier, aren´t you? ;o; ....

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
*lol* not enough .. that´s why we needed to go and find internet cafés and stuff (^^') ... (to burn our photos on cd XD)
Yes, that shop would definitely be dangerous for YOU! ;)
Oh, when it comes to doujinshi it totally depends! They are shrink-wrapped, so you can´t see what´s inside. You only can see the cover! But they are usually SOOOO cheap. Don´t worry you can easily afford to buy some. Most of them were between 100 and 400Yen!! ^^;

WOAH! Ramen museum? For real? ;__; ... I have to go there next time then XD

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Err ... I did communicate mostly in ... Japanese?! XD .. But you can survive if you only speak English as well. Just be aware that the Japanese English is sometimes ... hard to understand XD

*lol*

[identity profile] saa-ri.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
haha you're spying again huh..that guy lifting his shirt is cute..hehe xp

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
*lol* Yes I was like Yama ... WAIT YAMA WHO?? HOMG! ... as well! XDDDD

(*___________________*)

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Das glaub ich dir! XD

Keine Ahnung, ich war ja nur 2 Wochen in Tokyo und in der Zeit sah das eben so aus, wie auf den Fotos XDDDD
ICH MUSS DA WIEDER HIN UND MICH JETZT MIT BLEACH DOUJIS EINDECKEN UND ZWAR SOFORT!!! *trief* XD Ich kann meistens so .... 30-60% lesen .. je nach Douji ... macht manchmal Spaß ... manchmal auch nicht XD ... aber da viele einfach nur schweinebillig sind, kann ich mich da oft nicht zusammenreißen XD
Ich find das in Akiba besser, aber nur, weil da die Kyou Kara Maou Tassen, die ich kaufen wollte noch nicht ausverkauft waren! XD

Wir hatten generell total viel Glück mit dem Wetter! Als wir noch in der Kansai-Region waren, hieß es, dass in Tokyo voll der Taifun wütet ... und an dem Tag, wo wir mit dem Shinkansen dann nach Tokyo sind hat er sich verzogen im Laufe des Tages, so dass er weg war als wir dort ankamen! XDDDDD
Nur 2 Mal Regen mitbekommen und sonst nur übelste Septemberhitze! ^^;
Wir sind mit DEM Riesenrad nicht gefahren, aber dafür mit dem in Osaka neben dem berühmten Aquarium (*___*)

Kein Problem! (*___*) *Fernweh hab*

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really. NOVA is the language school that went bankrupt in November 2007 and because of that a lot of EX-NOVA teachers are now in Japan without a job and make it difficult for ME to find something *grr* XDDDD

XD

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, really? I didn´t know that. How come you know about it? :)

No, that was just ... I was just kidding with the gigolo stuff XD

*nods* I think he was stripping just FOR US! *lolz* .... <~ *fangirls*

[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
No .. really ... ;__; .. they just popped up in front of us and started to strip! REALLY! XDDDD

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