Day 43

In the afternoon I went to Yokohama to visit the park that appears in Kanpeki Gu~no Ne, some other locations, and to shoot some film after dark. Was short on daylight time, so I did Kanpeki quick, and then headed for the Ashita wa Ashita no Kima ga Umareru location. I need to buy these singles before I go home.

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Chocolove - Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru

This shot was weird. I think they filmed at the other end of the building (seen in the picture below), and then mirrored it. Or I missed to check around the corner. Still look the same!

Chocolove - Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru

Instead of the Mendol locations, of which I wasn't sure I would be able to get to anyway, I did the three resturants that appear in Osawagase Food Show (100515).

Osawagase Food Show (100515)

Osawagase Food Show (100515)

Osawagase Food Show (100515)

Their food was a little bit too expensive for me, so I had tantan-men instead, a spicy ramen. Nothing compared to the bakuhatsu ramen though.

I wanted to get some film footage so headed for Osanbashi first. I will upload the finished movie once it's done. Enjoy a some random photos meanwhile. First, a stray cat. In Japan there are many stray cats, most of them are very thin since it's hard to find food in a city made of mostly concrete. I've seen many cats stick together, and play - or fight. I'm not really sure which. Have you ever seen large pet bottles filled with water tied to a street light or put near houses? It is said that the moonlight reflecting in the water inside the bottles will scare cats away from getting near ones house at night to look for food.

Day 41

Went to Shinagawa and Odaiba today, to get more shots. First off is the Sakura no Shiori SNGW spot again.

AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori

AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori

AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori

Then it's some shots from the newly released Gyu PV from Watarirouka Hashiritai, where Mayuyu is running on the bridge.

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Gyu

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Gyu

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Gyu

Took the Rinkai line to Shinonome, where I found the Puccho candy in a small convenience store near the counter with a Mayuyu promoting it. It's pretty much like Haichuu - a gum that fades away in your mouth after 1-2 minutes. The soda flavor has some sour powder inside it. I wanted to walk from Shinonome to the ferry harbor where Persona had their first performance in Mendol. On the map it didn't look that far, but it took nearly two hours! I also got lost somewhere halfway thinking I had already walked past it. When I finally found it, there was a big fucking boat blocking the view, just like the Rolls Royce in day 38. Oh well, here are the shots anyway. Also included the start of Queen & Elizabeth's PV Love Wars.

Queen & Elizabeth - Love Wars

Mendol (Episode 1 - 24:09)

Mendol (Episode 1 - 24:09)

Day 39

Started the day early by cleaning up the room a little. Went out to send out some parcels and get some food. Let me tell you about the typical residential area in Tokyo where the guesthouse is located. Within 5 minutes walk, there are about five convenience stores, all open 24/7. There are at least two post offices nearby.

On the shopping street there're two super markets right next to each other, one having some items cheaper than the other and vice versa. I usually go to this one, Tomie Store, to stock up on drinks. Here, they cost about 100 yen for a 500ml PET bottle, which will save you quite alot than if you bought them all at convenience stores or vending machines for 150 yen.

Right next to the supermarkets is a book store with the latest magazines on display. In Japan, it's OK to read in the stores. This is called "tachiyomi", and literally it means "standing reading". Though some stores like to wrap everything up in plastic.

This is a very typical shopping street in a residential area of Tokyo. And every shopping street got at least one pachinko, which makes alot of noise everytime anyone walk past and the automatic doors open. You cannot make money from pachinko itself. The system is that when you've got a certain amount of balls, you can trade it in for a little toy. Either you keep the toy, or head over to the store right next to the pachinko who will buy the toy from you. The store knows how many balls are needed for each toy, and will pay you thereafter. This is how people make money from pachinko. You'll hear about people losing more often than winning though, easily spending over 10,000 yen in 15 minutes.

At the corner there's an Origin Bento, where you can chose a lunch box and they will make it for you while you wait. Also open 24/7, which is great when you're hungry in the middle of the night.

This is roasted chicken bento, for a mere 390 yen.

Since Kurisu was on day duty at Tokyo Dome today I decided to head out there. First I stopped by at Ochinomizu to get the Oogoe Diamond shot I missed earlier.

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Upon arriving I changed my mind about getting the night pass. 3000 yen is kind of overkill for just a trading card, especially considering I recently was there and Thunder Dolphin was closed due to maintenance. So I just went around the park to get the Shukan AKB shots.

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Sometimes you need to eat healthy food. They're having a campaign now in which you get a free strap if you buy a LL set (large fries and large drink).

There's still a couple of shots I wanna get from Tokyo Dome, so I will return when there's another of my oshimen's day duty.