Japan

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:58 pm

Well, I live in Tokyo so if anyone from these boards is in Japan or planning to visit, give me a shout.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:52 am

Waaah....I wanna live in Tokyo....

;o; Give us good pictures of the place, plz.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:35 pm

Sure thing

That last one is me.

And here's my personal favorite:

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shadowstar · Post by **shadowstar** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:16 pm

Damn! How about a high res version of the first one?

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:27 am

I've got quite a bit of unused bandwidth, so why not...

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:09 am

Anyone tell you you look like Goldberg the wrestler.

shadowstar · Post by **shadowstar** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:33 am

That is sweet... *stares*

Stormowl · Post by **Stormowl** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:37 pm

that city picture is incredible! what kind of camera are you using?

so what are you doing in japan to get these, um, amazing pictures?

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:06 pm

IlMrm wrote:Anyone tell you you look like Goldberg the wrestler.

Dude I never heard of the man but I just googled him and you are so right! All I need is to wait about 10 years and gain about 60 pounds...
http://www.grabow.biz/Speakers/GoldbergTheWrestler.htm

All the pics were taken with a Sony Cybershot DSC-T1 except the first one which was taken by a Japanese friend of mine who happens to be a professional photographer. God only knows what voodoo magic he used...

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:04 pm

icycalm wrote:

Now THAT (or, more appropriately, the high-res one) is what a cityscape in a shmup oughta look like. Maybe we oughta send "Goldberg" over to the developers' offices to make sure they're not slacking off.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:02 pm

Shikigami no Shiro IV coming soon for... Xenon!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:56 am

More chics kissing photos!

nim · Post by **nim** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:27 pm

I'm going to japan tomorrow! first tokyo 4 days until 25th, there nagoya until 27th, then kyoto until 30th, then osaka until 31st, then tokyo again until 2nd.

chtulhu, eight one and people living in japan, would anyone like to meet when we go arcade hunting? videogame stores would be great to have guidance to!

please pm me with tips and advice you'd like to give if you'd be so kind :¨)

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:26 pm

Heck thats the best city pic I've ever seen beats the hell outa belfast well not physically anyway (In my coutry we have that covered LOL)

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 1:54 pm

Sucks dude. I am in France until April 26th. Every three months I have to leave the country for a few weeks because of the visa situation...

Zelikazi · Post by **Zelikazi** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:34 pm

That's bizarre. Is it because you regularly have to re-apply for a tourist visa?

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:08 pm

You don't have to apply for a tourist visa - they give it to you automatically when you arrive at the airport.

Unfortunately, at the moment it is not possible for me to get a different visa so I have been forced to do this for the past year and will probbably be doing it for at least a couple more.

oceanfr · Post by **oceanfr** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:21 am

any good, new arcades you playing?

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:38 pm

I'll be there in Sept.

Anything planned,then?

B-

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:24 pm

Haven't played arcades much lately. I will be doing a story about my favorite arcade soon, however. In about a week - check my site.

As for September, I'll be here and I'll be going to TGS.

If you want we can go together. I will try to get a few people to go in a group.

Krimzon Kitzune · Post by **Krimzon Kitzune** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:06 pm

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:19 am

BIG wrote:I'll be there in Sept.

Anything planned,then?

B-

What week... I might be there as well... probably not too much arcading though. Gotta hang out w/ the homies, and none of them play games. On that note, I'll definitely not be attending the TGS, as I'll only have a week, and probably be getting pretty fucked up on the weekends.

gingerj · Post by **gingerj** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:53 pm

thats a picture and a half of the city...

i'm looking to move their by christmas if I can find work there....

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:33 am

looks like youre living the good life!!!

nice tailslide pic too!! how are the cops to deal with??

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:41 am

What we need is an Online Shmupmeet at some point. (Kaillera comes to mind.)

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:32 am

pixelcorps wrote:how are the cops to deal with??

As far as skating goes they are OK. Just gotta stop when they tell you too.

I got arrested for taking pics of the KOF XI loke test though!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:26 pm

gingerj wrote:thats a picture and a half of the city...

i'm looking to move their by christmas if I can find work there....

Just go. Take your diploma, check the Monday Japan Times, get a teaching job, and live there happily for 7 years. I did.

Icy -- great sig. Best one I've ever seen.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:16 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:Icy -- great sig. Best one I've ever seen.

Unfortunately bloodflowers took it down because it was a bit too big. I'll come up with a smaller one!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:12 am

Yeah, they're pretty nazi-ish about the sigs here. Oh, well. Keeps the annoying ones out.

On Topic: I will be heading to Tokyo in September some time. WOuld be sooner, but other people are coming to visit my ass here. It looks like another person from the mainland MIGHT be moving to the island, in which case I can actually take Japaense holidays (noble, huh?), and do some 4-5 day weekends in the big city.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:28 pm

I just finished setting up a new forum for insomnia. Whoever is interested in talking about games/Japan is welcome to join (click on my sig).

That especially includes you GaijinPunch, although I understand you have your own Japan forums and might be too busy.