Sleeping salary man

supergaijin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:53:28 +0000

Tuesday night around 10 ish on the yamanote line in tokyo. The good news is nobody tried to steal his phone.

JR ad – advice on how to sit

supergaijin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:44:06 +0000

A pretty cool ad by JR on how not to sit on trains in Tokyo.

Crazy japanese salaryman in shimbashi

supergaijin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:29:04 +0000

The great sites you can see if you stay out out late at night on the interesting streets of shimbashi

One too many on the yamanote line

supergaijin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:21:13 +0000

This guy was having some problems making it out of the train after a night out

Yokohama after earthquake

supergaijin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:43:38 +0000

There was a fairly big crack in the road from the March 11 quake, just a few minutes walk from Yokohama station. I walked past it last Sunday. Apparently over 30000 people died in the Yokohama area in the great kanto earthquake in 1923. scary thought!

They closed the area off and are now rebuilding it.

I saw the video footage of Yokohama during the quake and it seemed to shake a liitle harder than my office bldg in central Tokyo, perhaps because its on reclaimed land.

No milk in my local supermarkets

supergaijin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:07:35 +0000

Before the earthquake there was always an abundance of milk but they are all being snapped up in the morning these days.

Water sold out in Tokyo

supergaijin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:25:03 +0000

I went in search for water today in Tokyo but couldn’t find any. I even went to a few old vending machines on the back streets near my office but alas they were all sold out of water. The government told everyone not to panick but i don’t think they listened. I guess I’ll have to make do with pocari sweat for a while.

I haven’t checked the radiation level today but i haven’t turned green yet so suppose it’s ok..

Crowded train

supergaijin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:31:29 +0000

My train this morning around 9am at Osaki station. Commuters seem to be back in force in Tokyo.

Alcohol in Tokyo after earthquake

supergaijin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:58:19 +0000

A lot of people in Tokyo are stocking up with the earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant problems. But, if you are after chocolate, ice-cream or alcohol Tokyo is the place to be. This is my local supermarket – one side of the shelf which usually has bread and other daily goods is completely empty, but wine is in abundance.

Supermarket in Gotanda, Tokyo

Same supermarket in Gotanda, Tokyo

Shinagawa station after the earthquake

supergaijin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:46:56 +0000

After walking several hours last friday i finally made it to shinagawa station. This was the massive taxi line. It was actually faster to walk so im not sure if getting a taxi was the right thing to do.