Really hot laptop and memory cards don't mix. Just saw my camera's memory card pretty much bent in half. Tried putting it in my camera. It was locked, and the content is inaccessible.
I just lost all my pictures from Akihabara.
No update today.
torsdag 24. juni 2010
onsdag 23. juni 2010
Chapter 02: Filler Space and Etc.
Well, there's not much to write about in all honesty as there hasn't been much that's happened on Wednesday.
We've only checked out the other mall, where we picked up a 4-outlet wall tap, which makes us able to power both our laptops as there's only one free outlet from before, and a crossover cable for multiplayer games at night. We entered this one Pachinko & Slot building as well, and boy, was there a lot of noise or what? I take it most of the people who hang out there are deaf to begin with. Oh, and this was dinner. Fucking delicious.
This was bought on 7-Eleven for 430 yen. Mm-mmm.
We've also explored further down the main street in this so-called new area, but we didn't really find much interesting other than a book store.
Today we're going to Akihabara. :)
Here are some pictures of this open part of town where we've settled, as a closure.
PS: Videogame stores here sell games to nearly all of the previous consoles. Even Gameboy cartridges that cost 50~100 yen.
We've only checked out the other mall, where we picked up a 4-outlet wall tap, which makes us able to power both our laptops as there's only one free outlet from before, and a crossover cable for multiplayer games at night. We entered this one Pachinko & Slot building as well, and boy, was there a lot of noise or what? I take it most of the people who hang out there are deaf to begin with. Oh, and this was dinner. Fucking delicious.
This was bought on 7-Eleven for 430 yen. Mm-mmm.We've also explored further down the main street in this so-called new area, but we didn't really find much interesting other than a book store.
Today we're going to Akihabara. :)
Here are some pictures of this open part of town where we've settled, as a closure.
PS: Videogame stores here sell games to nearly all of the previous consoles. Even Gameboy cartridges that cost 50~100 yen.
tirsdag 22. juni 2010
Chapter 01: This Place Is Bigger Than We Thought
After a solid 13 hours of sleep and waking up to a more-or-less freaking heat that would sort of be expected, breakfast at the restaurant we ate dinner at the evening before didn't sound like a bad idea.
Once again, I'm sort of surprised at how cheap it is here when it comes to... well, everything. Way more cheap than I remembered, anyway. But that's a good thing. Today's lunch for both of us, including drink, came to a total of 1,017 yen (do your own currency conversion) which isn't bad at all. Heck, we even got free re-fill.
Today has been a further exploration trip around the area of Hibarigaoka, plus our first grocery shopping. Milk, cereal, bread, ham, cheese, butter, etc. The basic things, and what did it cost? Somewhere around 1300 yen. Damn.
It was already around 4 PM by the time we got back to the house, unloading the groceries and going back to the room to relax a little bit in the immense heat before going outside again. Ended up spending a good two-three hours here due to having to get this blog started and having some issues with writing about what the day before had been like (including getting distracted every few minutes), which I assume you've read by now. Also met the manager for the first time then, so the our stay has now been paid for. Huzzah!
Anyway, we went back outside at around 7, and since we had to take out some more money since Hallvard was pretty much broke while I had a bit more. So we wandered towards the station where the ATM room was closed for the day... so we kept wandering in hopes of finding somewhere we could take out money. We reached and walked past the stairway leading up to the station, and what we saw then probably made this place even better; a big area with multiple malls, lots of alleys with more shops, and some more of those Pachinko & Slotmachines buildings. Quite a few everywhere you go. One of the malls were closed by the time we had gotten there (I think we reached it at 8:07, it closing at 8), but the other one was still up. Took out some money at the 7-Eleven which was nearby, plus buying some dinner, and entered the mall, staying there pretty much until closing time. Back at the house, we ate our food, made fun of things and stayed awesome. And then Hall went to bed, and then I went to bed. Now.
Tomorrow we're checking the other mall. I should start taking pictures.
Once again, I'm sort of surprised at how cheap it is here when it comes to... well, everything. Way more cheap than I remembered, anyway. But that's a good thing. Today's lunch for both of us, including drink, came to a total of 1,017 yen (do your own currency conversion) which isn't bad at all. Heck, we even got free re-fill.
Today has been a further exploration trip around the area of Hibarigaoka, plus our first grocery shopping. Milk, cereal, bread, ham, cheese, butter, etc. The basic things, and what did it cost? Somewhere around 1300 yen. Damn.
It was already around 4 PM by the time we got back to the house, unloading the groceries and going back to the room to relax a little bit in the immense heat before going outside again. Ended up spending a good two-three hours here due to having to get this blog started and having some issues with writing about what the day before had been like (including getting distracted every few minutes), which I assume you've read by now. Also met the manager for the first time then, so the our stay has now been paid for. Huzzah!
Anyway, we went back outside at around 7, and since we had to take out some more money since Hallvard was pretty much broke while I had a bit more. So we wandered towards the station where the ATM room was closed for the day... so we kept wandering in hopes of finding somewhere we could take out money. We reached and walked past the stairway leading up to the station, and what we saw then probably made this place even better; a big area with multiple malls, lots of alleys with more shops, and some more of those Pachinko & Slotmachines buildings. Quite a few everywhere you go. One of the malls were closed by the time we had gotten there (I think we reached it at 8:07, it closing at 8), but the other one was still up. Took out some money at the 7-Eleven which was nearby, plus buying some dinner, and entered the mall, staying there pretty much until closing time. Back at the house, we ate our food, made fun of things and stayed awesome. And then Hall went to bed, and then I went to bed. Now.
Tomorrow we're checking the other mall. I should start taking pictures.
Chapter 00: We've Arrived!
Ah, Japan. We've now been here since yesterday morning, and what a long trip it was to get here.
So let's catch up on what has happened so far.
We left our houses early Sunday morning at around 6:30 AM, both of us sleepless (I hadn't slept since Friday).
Hallvard's dad had offered to drive us to the airport, so that left us with a good way to get there. Following our arrival at the departure section, we got our tickets and baggage was sent on the way after some mild confusion. Security gate was next with no problems. Having one and half hour to spend before boarding and being hungry as hell, eating was like the mostest obviousest choice of all choices at all whatsoever. Om nom nom and then talking for a while, it was boarding time.
The first flight was a rather short one compared to the one that would follow, and the plane wasn't very good in terms of space. Nothing exciting.
We landed at the airport in Zürich around noon'ish, and all we could really do was to hurry over to the boarding gate since we didn't have much time for meddling. On the way, we took one of those transfer trains from one section of the airport to another. Love those.
After another security gate (ugh..), we got to the boarding gate. Ticket check and whatnot, the main flight could start.
This flight was oh-so-much-more comfortable. Good space, actually good food, and those entertainment systems on the back of the seats. Typically enough, we got the ones that didn't work properly. And I wanted to watch How To Train Your Dragon, Shutter Island, Book of Eli and whatnot... But other than that, I loved the 11 hours we spent on the plane. Very cozy.
And I also finally got to read my Batman comics. Yesss.
Finally in Japan, we took our time to find out where to go and what to do. Heard there was going to be some sort of questioning and such because of security reasons, but all that happened was that they scanned our fingerprints and took our picture. But still, higher security than when we were here in 2007.It took us about five hours to get from Narita aiport to Hibarigaoka, due to some trouble, but now we're here at Tatami Guesthouse. The non-manager, as in the one who helps out the manager, is quite the guy. Really nice and talkative. Things are a lot cheaper than I remember they were, but that's all well and I guess we'll be able to live on that sorta-low budget we were planning on. A lot of yesterday was mostly spent checking out the area and looking for points of interest, such as stores, restaurants and those kind of things. I haven't missed the countless vending machines at every single corner either.
I think we'll like this trip a lot.
Robin signing out.
PS: It's also very, very hot and humid. God, how I miss a decent temperature.
So let's catch up on what has happened so far.
We left our houses early Sunday morning at around 6:30 AM, both of us sleepless (I hadn't slept since Friday).
Hallvard's dad had offered to drive us to the airport, so that left us with a good way to get there. Following our arrival at the departure section, we got our tickets and baggage was sent on the way after some mild confusion. Security gate was next with no problems. Having one and half hour to spend before boarding and being hungry as hell, eating was like the mostest obviousest choice of all choices at all whatsoever. Om nom nom and then talking for a while, it was boarding time.
The first flight was a rather short one compared to the one that would follow, and the plane wasn't very good in terms of space. Nothing exciting.
We landed at the airport in Zürich around noon'ish, and all we could really do was to hurry over to the boarding gate since we didn't have much time for meddling. On the way, we took one of those transfer trains from one section of the airport to another. Love those.
After another security gate (ugh..), we got to the boarding gate. Ticket check and whatnot, the main flight could start.
This flight was oh-so-much-more comfortable. Good space, actually good food, and those entertainment systems on the back of the seats. Typically enough, we got the ones that didn't work properly. And I wanted to watch How To Train Your Dragon, Shutter Island, Book of Eli and whatnot... But other than that, I loved the 11 hours we spent on the plane. Very cozy.
And I also finally got to read my Batman comics. Yesss.
Finally in Japan, we took our time to find out where to go and what to do. Heard there was going to be some sort of questioning and such because of security reasons, but all that happened was that they scanned our fingerprints and took our picture. But still, higher security than when we were here in 2007.It took us about five hours to get from Narita aiport to Hibarigaoka, due to some trouble, but now we're here at Tatami Guesthouse. The non-manager, as in the one who helps out the manager, is quite the guy. Really nice and talkative. Things are a lot cheaper than I remember they were, but that's all well and I guess we'll be able to live on that sorta-low budget we were planning on. A lot of yesterday was mostly spent checking out the area and looking for points of interest, such as stores, restaurants and those kind of things. I haven't missed the countless vending machines at every single corner either.
I think we'll like this trip a lot.
Robin signing out.
PS: It's also very, very hot and humid. God, how I miss a decent temperature.
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