Crazy cars

OK, this is difficult to explain, but I'll try my best. I do have a video to go with this post, but it's too dark, so I'll try to take another one when I have time.

I drove past a beach the other Saturday night, at about midnight. There was a huge parking area, with about 40 cars parked, with empty space between every car, and their lights on. That isn't surprising (except for all of them having their lights on). What was really surprising was the other 60 cars driving round and round, in a big circle, and sometimes stopping beside a parked car. They sometimes stopped for a couple of minutes, sometimes for longer. Then they would move, and join the circling cars again, with the parked car remaining. Or, both cars would drive off together, and leave the parking area.

My friend tell me this is a Japanese system of meeting new people, either to make new friends, or just sex. The cars that were parked with the lights on were the girls (usually two girls per car). The cars circling were the guys (again, usually two guys). The guys would stop beside a parked car, both parties would wind down their windows, and they would chat. If there was no spark, the guys would rejoin the circling cars. If the liked each other they would chat for a while, then drive off together.

I've never seen such a thing before. Hell, I've never even heard of this! But it sure seems to be a cheap and direct way of meeting new people!

Push the switch!

This is a really crappy photo that I took of the Ferris wheel in Yokohama. As you can see, it's really crappy. The photo I mean, not the wheel. Actually the wheel was pretty cool.

This is the same wheel (maybe) taken by somebody else who isn't me. I borrowed it from another site. Hopefully they won't miss it. I guess I'll have to return it if they get upset. Anyway, the other site is http://armanontour.tripod.com/japan/journal7.htm His style of writing is enjoyable and fills me with bright lights of wisdom. Or am I having another break from reality? No, I DID enjoy reading his site.

That's right, I had a point to this post. While I was sitting inside the car (carriage, box, gondola, steel and glass cage) I saw there was a tiny little switch, and a big red notice...

I SO wanted to touch that switch. Not only touch it... but caress it, love it, and then push it madly until the whole wheel fell apart...

G String

I was at a game centre, and noticed somebody squatting on the floor, with their pants showing from the rear... about 10 centimeters above their jeans. On closer inspection I saw it was a G string (Or T-back as it is known over here... which actually makes more sense in my mind). Not any old G string, but a new, lacy, white, sexy G string. Cool! So I went in for an even closer look... that is when I saw HIS face. Dear God... (( ( ( (;^^)/

DVD copy

Found this magazine in a konbini the other day (sorry, I had to use my keitai to snap the photo). It gives detailed instructions on how to copy commercial DVDs, talks about copy protection, and even gives lots of detailed instructions on how to set up torrents. Including Winny... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny a Japanese P2P file-sharing program.

Haircut

OK, so I went to a hairdresser today, I've been to the same shop once before, so I thought it was a pretty safe place to go back to. I mean, I got a simple haircut last time, and it turned out pretty well. Anyway, the guy that cut my hair last time wasn't around, but a nice older lady took care of me. Sure, I got a haircut... but I also got a shave... my neck was shaved, my face was shaved, my forehead was shaved, my NOSE was shaved, and my ears were shaved. Is this normal? I'm not complaining, but since when do people get their nose shaved??! Have I become so out of touch? Is this the latest craze at the moment? Or is it a Japanese thing? I've NO idea.

The massage was really good though. Oh, and the haircut itself turned out well. I think. I can't see very well at the moment, because of the special cream(?) she rubbed all over my face... it seems to have shrunk my skin. Everything feels tight. So my eyeballs are kind of stretched. Oh well.

Floating TV

I don't know if this is normal or not, but I found this TV floating in a pretty lake (aside from all the rubbish floating in the water, it IS pretty!). Do TVs usually float? I would imagine they would sink, but maybe the tube keeps it bobbing on the surface. Poor TV, somebody used to love you... come to think of it, somebody used to love me too. It's painful when somebody deserts you, isn't it, my new little buoyant friend...

UFO

Found this building near a drain/river/water treatment place thingy... I don't know...

Photo shoot

Now this is a cool job... taking photos of a cute girl's butt! Although I guess he is actually photographing all of her, not just her bum. You can see a bigger picture by clicking on the images.


This older guy was making moves on the girl. (He's sitting between me and her). The photographer had to ask him to move out of the shot a couple of times. Then they noticed his car was parked in the background, so he had to move that too. But he didn't give up! I think he was pretty smitten!

Bus shelter guy

This is actually a bus stop on a busy main road. There is a guy living in here, I did actually see him but I wasn't keen to let him see me taking photos. I know, I know, I need to loosen up if I wanna take interesting photos, but I didn't want him coming after me!

I wonder if he gets any income from the advertising on the walls of his home. Sure is a hell of a good location though!

Kanji

Oh the joys of not knowing any Kanji... I bought these pens at a 100 Yen shop, I thought they were pretty cool... four different and bright colours. What I didn't know was that they were all actually the same colour of ink; BLACK! Bastards! If I EVER become Prime Minister, one of the first things I'll do is to abolish Kanji. The second thing will be to... oops... getting ahead of myself here. Must keep my hentai thoughts to myself...

Race Girls

Some of the girls I saw at Twin Ring Motegi. Of course, more pix here


Believe it or not, there are a couple of race girls posing in that crowd, somewhere.

More hot sweaty guys with all the greatest camera gear! I don't understand why a lot of them had such huge zoom lenses for a subject the was only one or two metres away...

Race... part 2

What a cool job... driving an ambulance and getting high at the same time!


I guess this is some kind of rescue vehicle... but what the hell is with those freaky wheels?!

Driving behind a Mafia guy

Sorry, I didn't take a photo... but the other day while driving I was stuck in heavy traffic, that was hardly moving. I noticed what looked like a Mafia car, stopped in a narrow laneway, trying to merge with the heavy traffic. I pulled up and let him in, he bowed to me and waved! That was pretty cool. Until I realised that I was stuck in stop and go traffic, directly behind a very expensive looking black car with solid black windows! I kept my distance for the next couple of kilometers, although I was watching his brake lights intently!

One MONTH?

Holy crap, it's been one month since I updated this blog! Been going through some really tough times recently... I WILL get back on track... eventually...

Now, where did I put that chainsaw and mask...

Another cemetery

It's a bit difficult to see, but there is a cemetery at the bottom of this photo. And I guess a mobile phone tower... I wonder if anybody cares about the possibility of harmful radiation affecting their deceased loved ones. Or maybe it's there to allow people in the after-life to communicate. Another mystery...

Scary dudes

Was just out for a drive when I spotted these characters in a rice(?) field. Looks like somebody had a go at the one second from the right... nearly decapitated!

Hotel ZERO

Probably not the best named love hotel to take your date to. I mean, Hotel ZERO? I suppose it could be named after the fighter planes they used in the war. I don't know. Maybe I should have gone inside and asked.

Want to lose your child?

Was driving behind this car, there were two little kids inside jumping on the back seat and waving their arms in the air as the driver went faster and faster along the mountain road. I took this after we got to a town and the driver slowed down. At one point the kids were jumping so much it looked as though they were gonna pop right out of the sunroof.

It's also still amazing how many parents sit in the front with a child on their lap. Crazy.

Need to pee?

I discovered something interesting... this can of grilled cheese Pringles (very nice, I might add) is totally inadequate in size. I mean, when you are totally busting to pee, there's no toilet nearby, what are you supposed to do? Yes, I could have jumped out of the car and flopped it out, but people over here sometimes stare at gaijin at the best of times. I'd rather not have to deal with their looks while trying to pee. So I went for the Pringles can. No problem... except the can was getting fuller and fuller, and I really didn't want to stop. I finally shut it off when the can was filled to the brim, unfortunately it was really full, overflowing to be honest, and my jeans got wet. I nervously checked around me, nobody watching, so I opened the door, tipped out the can, and went for the second act. What a relief! But maybe I should complain, the can was too small. However the plastic lid did make it easier to take this photo.

Dokdo / Takeshima video

Korean animation about what would happen if Japan tried to take back the disputed islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

More info about the islets here