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Japan 2010 - Day 1: Lost in translation

Jan 09, 2011 15:36

This will be a report of my usual standard, long & winding, often rambling, with many, many details, some interesting, some not (though hopefully more interesting than not). Those of you with whom I am friends on Facebook know that the odyssey began at least a month before my departure, with my eager countdown of daily Moi dix Mois clips, & - ( Read more... )

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teacup_sky January 10 2011, 02:20:27 UTC

Okay, I'll start from the bottom going up, because it's easier that way. Long posts call for long comments ( ... )

comments, part one japanesedream January 10 2011, 03:25:26 UTC

Thanks for the comments! :D ( ... )

comments, part two japanesedream January 10 2011, 03:26:01 UTC

ROTFL!! XD They really have a weird obsession w/Col. Sanders over there. My friend & her boyfriend were genuinely surprised that we don't have statues outside our KFC's ( ... )

DUH japanesedream January 10 2011, 05:29:45 UTC

Oh, forgive the fact that you'll see part of your own comment (I hated those, because you needed to back up to the middle of the) in there; I copied what you wrote so I could more easily address each paragraph. Somehow, I forgot to delete that bit.

Sorry to spam you with all this commentary, dear! OTL

Re: DUH teacup_sky January 16 2011, 03:30:37 UTC

Not a problem about the spam. If it's welcome, is it still even spam ( ... )

Re: DUH (1) japanesedream January 16 2011, 21:34:13 UTC

LOL, that's a good question. I guess it could be, it's just not the annoying kind. ^_~

What are the other 2? KDDI is the one I remember, 'cuz they had a series of commercials (we get time-lease programming blocks from Japan/China/Korea, including J-news & Nippon TV broadcasts - used to get Hey Hey Hey Music Champ before it went off, some dramas or comedies, some game shows, some other things) about this lonely KDDI worker - like tech support or customer service or something (I guess, like the Maytag Man, the upshot is that the product is so good, you don't need tech support or repair) In one, he gets a phone call, & answers the phone in a cheery, female voice: "Kochira wa KDDI Mobile Nihongo Customer Center desu." Being a front desk phone voice, myself, that stuck with me. ^_^

diru915 turned me on to http://www.myxer.com/make/ - you upload your own sound files & it turns them into ringtones, which you send to your phone. I think you have to register after 3 uses, but it's still free ( ... )

Re: DUH (2) japanesedream January 16 2011, 21:35:24 UTC

They sold smoothies in Book-Off?? None of the ones I've been in have/had a smoothie place! (Can't remember much about the Harajuku one; I just looked around a bit, & then we encountered Pikachu Boy. <3 ( ... )

Re: DUH (2) teacup_sky January 17 2011, 00:34:09 UTC

XD
That is epic. I would watch that if only in hopes that Dell would one day be the same. The two other companies are Softbank and Docomo! There's a Docomo dealer in the basement of Kinokuniya...I was so surprised.

Thanks for the ringtone site! I can get my cool phone-ness back now! :D

Yes, Very yes! We, for sure, would make an awesome pair as travelers in Japan. I want to get a student visa so I can go to nail college. I don't mind that they're not English, because the language would come along as living there progressed.

XD I've always had that vision of living in their broom closet. I'd even sweep and all that, too. It would be epic.

Pocari Sweat saved my life. It was actually an accident that I tasted it. My sister had bought it, but she tasted it and didn't like the taste, so she gave it to me and I was hooked.

Ahh, the sigh...>I can see the cafe in my head...It was pale in the inside, and the menu was small, there was the kitchen in the back. My sister ordered a coffee and I ordered an iced cappuccino. She didn't like the ( ... )

Re: DUH (2) japanesedream January 17 2011, 02:45:06 UTC

Like your new Loli icon! :)

LOL! If only Dell did stuff like that.

*facepalm* That's right, I know those! Last time I was in Japan, we went to Yodobashi & my friend had to do something with her phone, I think she went to a Docomo dealer there. Did they have a mushroom as their symbol/mascot? I took a picture of a mushroom character in there. And would you believe I never knew what Softbank even did? XD Except sponsor/own a baseball team, LOL.

There's a Docomo dealer in Kinokuniya? I don't go down there too much (spending all my money upstairs on music/video, LOL), I hadn't even realised it.

You're welcome for the ringtone site! Have fun. :)

Aws, thank you!! <3 I didn't know they had nail colleges there. I'm hoping to get my sh*t together THIS YEAR so I can get started on my plans for language school. I have this desperate desire to do it by the time I'm 40 - & I turn 39 next month!! XP ( ... )

Re: DUH (2) teacup_sky January 18 2011, 04:09:56 UTC

I have no idea what the Docomo mascot is, actually, but I like their phones a lot, they look so cool ( ... )

Re: DUH (2) japanesedream January 19 2011, 00:12:07 UTC

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/japanesedream/japan/docomo.jpg... )

Re: DUH (2)-continued japanesedream January 19 2011, 00:12:45 UTC

My NEX experience was pretty hectic, & I only left from Shibuya! XD I was orig. gonna take the Limo Bus back to Narita. The desk girl at the ryokan where I stayed (in Meguro) suggested I take a taxi to the hotel where the bus picked people up. Went to get a bus ticket, & the hotel people said there was no seating available. They said my best bet would be to take the train to Shinagawa, & catch the NEX there. Had to go all the way down (like, 3 floors through the hotel, using elevators & escalators) & across the walkway, back to Shibuya Station, lugging one big wheeled case & carrying a heavy shoulder bag packed with mostly CD’s & DVD’s. GAH ( ... )

spammage japanesedream January 17 2011, 04:50:13 UTC

In case you don't see it on FB, the 2nd part of day 3 is up!

http://japanesedream.livejournal.com/390969.html

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