w00kie's ramblings

Tag: tokyo

  • Bicycle

    Bicycle

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in , ,

    A picture taken with my new camera on my bike while cruising my neighborhood’s back streets on the weekend.

  • Cat Street matsuri

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    Taken with my iPhone on Cat Street, the street that connects Shibuya to Omotesando. I’m pretty impressed by the picture quality of my iPhone, I should take more photos with it…

  • View from my new place

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    Last night was the first clear sky sunset I could catch since we moved in the new apartment in Ikebukuro. 梅雨 (the rainy season – literally rain like plums) is not over yet so it was a lucky day. I can’t wait until the typhoon season – after a typhoon, the skies are like washed…

  • Moving to the city

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    After a bit more than 1.5 years since moving to my current place in 志木, it’s time to move again. I’ve set my mind on a tower mansion 2 minutes from Ikebukuro station in Tokyo and should get the keys by the end of June. The view from the living room should be like the…

  • Karting in Tokyo

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in , ,

    Last Tuesday I went karting with some friends in Tokyo, around 北千住. The place is called City Kart, you can rent the course for ¥36.000/hour on weekdays with 5 200cc karts which I think is a pretty awesome pricetag considering the location. It is right next to the 京成関屋 train station or 10min walk from…

  • Skull and Ice

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in , ,

    Random shots I took lately while walking around Tokyo on the weekend with my trusty Nikon D60 50mm f/1.4. A skull chariot sculpture in Marunouchi. An abandoned ice-cream stand-sign in Koenji.

  • Otaku rush on the new Fukutoshin

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    Last Saturday morning I was leaving a party at 5 A.M. in Shibuya and decided it would be nice to come back home to Shiki with the new Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin line which was opening the very day and interfaces with my usual Tobu Tojo line for an almost direct trip to and from Shibuya…

  • Welcome to my crib!

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in , ,

    I’m not sure if they have Cribs on MTV Japan, but this guy would have a spot on the show for sure. From left to right: a Maserati Quattroporte, a Lamborghini Gallardo and an unknown Ferrari… More pics here and here.

  • Hanami 2008

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    3rd year in Japan and each year I was on a busines trip somewhere for early April: the time of the 花見 parties. This time I was home and got to drink myself silly on a tarp under the cherry blossoms. On the border of the 目黒川, I got to take some nice photos with…

  • PikaPika stop-motion genius

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    Today, while reading Candyland, Remka’s blog about graphic design in Tokyo (careful, it’s in French), I was introduced to the absolute best stop-motion video I’ve ever seen. It will melt your face with awesomeness: Check out their website for more of the same and even a making-of.

  • Omotesando Sunday

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    Walked around 表参道 yesterday visiting interior design shops, looking for cool lamps. Nice shops to check out: The brand new MoMA store in the Gyre building (from which I took the photo) with lots of funny gadgets. hhstyle just down the road from there with very very nice and very very expensive furniture.

  • Shiodome Park Hotel – 33rd floor

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    Since my girlfriend is in town and I have tons of vacations to take before the end of my contract, I organized a special night out in Tokyo with her last week. I’m such a romantic guy… First we went for drinks and dinner at her favorite restaurant: T.Y. Harbor Brewery in 天王洲アイル. It’s a…

  • Preparing for snowboard season

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in

    Last week I took a day off work to go apply for my visa renewal in Shinagawa (hoping for 3 years this time). I love spending, every year, 2 1/2 hours listening to kids shout and cry, waiting for my number to come up, and 5 minutes of effective work with the immigration officer. After…

  • You broke my watch!

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    Yesterday I went to Tokyo to buy back the sunglasses I had lost on a snowboarding trip some time back. On the way to Omotesando, I dropped by the Swatch store in Shibuya to get my watch bracelet widened – something about drinking too much beer and putting on weight… So I show my watch…

  • Sumo beer cup

    —

    by

    w00kie
    in ,

    I went to see Sumo 2 weeks ago for the second time since I’m in Japan. This time around, I was sitting in the boxes on 1st floor (really just a tatami with 4 thin cushions) instead of far out in the poor people’s late gaijins’ cheaper seats on 2nd floor. Of course, I had…