Wednesday, September 27, 2006

TOKYO GAME SHOW!! Everybody knows Japan is famous for its video game industry and this week I had the chance to visit its most prestigous show. Posted by Picasa
Witness the sheer mass of bodies that was the Tokyo Game Show! Posted by Picasa
Chun Li and Bison from the Streetfighter game series. One of the interesting sub-elements of the game show is the posing area for game fantatics whol love to dress up as their favourite characters, this very Japanese phenomenon is known as cosplay ('costume play' I guess.  Posted by Picasa
Two friends posing with a cosplay girl (this character has a tea can in her hair for some reason??). Posted by Picasa
Posing for the cameras. Posted by Picasa
??? more cosplay craziness. Posted by Picasa
Friends hanging out at the game show. Posted by Picasa
Temple wave. The top of a Taiwanese style temple in Shinjuk Gyoen. Posted by Picasa
Spiders are in season at Shinjuku Gyoen park. Posted by Picasa
Giant mass of spiderwebs, argh! Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Up in the clouds. The DoCoMo tower in Shinjuku. Posted by Picasa

Friday, September 15, 2006

Tropical fish gives me the eye. Posted by Picasa
Japanese spider crab and friend. Posted by Picasa
Dreadlocked penguins in a Shinagawa aquarium. Posted by Picasa
Dreadlock penguin. Posted by Picasa
Sunlit road in Hibarigaoka. Posted by Picasa

Thursday, September 14, 2006

A shot of my home station Hibarigaoka as seen from my local school on the sixth floor. Posted by Picasa