Japan Mirai..

Went to a dinner/get together with a heap of noteable Japan Bloggers and IT types last week on the invitation of Danny Choo. Caught up with Neil Duckett and Ken Lee on the way, but once there I kinda got lost in the crowd. The evening was pretty interesting in that I got to put some faces to names, and learn a bit more about what the blogging community here is all about. Of course I felt quite out of my league, as my little blog does nowhere near the numbers of most of the other attendees, but the beer flowed as freely as the presentations and a good night was had by all..

Danny delivering his welcome address.



Lee from the Tokyo Times talking about his blog, his photos are amazing..



One of Tokyo's most famous Vloggers, TokyoCooney talks about his many enterprises..



TokyoCooney, TkyoSam,
Danny and Some random Vlogger..



The table carnage towards the end of the night..

Somewhere somebody's daughter.. 08

Tucked into the sanctuary of Shoto's Nabeshima koen, one may find any number of creative entities filming for tv or movies, or even shooting for magazines. On this fine day it was a group of fine lovelies getting what looked to be the 撮影会 (Satsuei Kai) treatment from a dozen or so eager photographic enthusiasts. Danny Choo has experienced the seemingly surreal world of "Group Idol Photography", and explains the dealio quite well here. Berry Waffle is a company that organizes such events, and for a mere 10,000 yen one can enjoy a full 60 seconds of free clickery..

人身事故: Train Suicide

Danny Choo experienced the aftermath of a train suicide the other day from right up close, and posted this haunting video of the cleanup. This happens reasonably often here in T-town, and probably stops the Yamanote line (the line that circles around Tokyo) about as much as anything else. As Danny says:

"99% of these cases are of people jumping in the tracks and most of the jumping happens before or after work - it was about 5 in the evening."

Here's the video:

Tokyo Stormtrooper

Danny Choo has an awesome blog on Japan, and can pull some pretty smooth dance moves in a stormtrooper suit as well!