Thought id add another posting as im here, well not long to go before im back but im already setting plans for next years trip to japan, but im also hoping to go to korea in febuary as well and china for the ollympics so im saving and being wiser with money at the moment haha.
Well i took tons of videos and things in Akihabara yesterday, met a friend who is into cosplay and stuff and we went to one of those slave girl cafes, i felt bad having to order them around, but they are soooooooo cute! I took a pic with a couple and hugged one of them haha.Man being here makes me feel a whole better and happier guy. Booked a trip to another neo show to see my girl Yuki again!

Also boguht a ton of Totoro merchandise, some death note bits, some small anime toys, final fantasy and dragonquest figuerines and next wek ill be off to tokyo disney sea and land. Today ill head to chiba, looking for some anime and stuff, I boguth a couple and i recently bought japanese film YO YO Girl i think its called,shes some kind of heroine who kicks ass with a yo yo so looking foward to it. Still hot as hell though.Also bought a tin set of Cashern for only a fiver cant go wrong. No new films really that intresting out at the moment but im going to miss final fantasy crisis core on the psp by 3 days as i leave before it comes out damn..

Hey Totoro fancy picking me up a copy of the special edition Death Note DVD Box while your there????

DM have you tried E-bay?

Im hoping to go to Japan in january for 2 weeks or so...Kyoto and Tokyo. Hopefully I would finally get to see Mariko Yoshida in action, and perhaps meet a couple of my Japanese email pals. Hope it goes as well as Totoro's epic travels!

My current Jealousy rating now...95%. Japan, China and Korea...just amazing!

Its also depressing that from the pics of your time in Japan you are a good looking lad with loads of Japanese babes fighting over you. Jealousy rating...100%!

Here are some pics, excuse the poor quality of some of them and maybe i posted some before, if so forgive me ^^ but ill explain a little about some of these as i go, sadly a lot of my Disny, Joshi and Yokohama pics are still stuck on my other memory card and my bloody pc isnt letting them on for some reason. Anyway here is a few ^^


Me and Yoshi watching afternoon parade in Tokyo Disney ^^.


Me at the Yokohama Mariners stadium,home of world cup 2002 and Cafus shirt


Me and Chika ^^ Tokyo tower baby

Hey you took your hat off for once!! You know, you remind me of the janitor from Scrubs!

Thanks for the feedback guys, more to come when i can work my pc and such.But yep im not a comfident guy about my appearence so i tend to hide myself with hats and dark clothes...My friend wanted me to so i took it off but its a rare shot Mib! I dont watch scrubs so i have no idea who the Janitor is, hopefully its a compliment though ;)!
I did have a couple of pics with some joshi girls, Yuki and Tanny (Yuki is gorgeous and she was
very sweet..i love her....)Tanny of course was very nice, i met Cherry to, and some other Jd stars,i also got to take with Yoshiko Tamura, she is really Cool, yet tiny in person, but very nice.
Really it helps to have a friend with me or i couldnt have said a word, they mentioned about my totoro Tatoo, Kawaaaiii ne, i mainly got this tatoo to impress japanese hehe ^^.
I can actually speak a little Chinese and Korean such as "Nihao" "Xie Xie" obviously hello and
thank you in chinese and Korean "anyoung" "anyoung Hasiyo" hello and goodbye, "hanul" "ddang"
land and river or something like that, "Nanon Rob Immida" my name is.."Joa" Super ect ect..
So iv learn lots and lots hehe for my travels! But im not fluent in any..
Will post more pics tomorrow ^^ but glad they are liked, arigatou!

Okay Totty here's you:



and here's the janitor from Scrubs:

Some more pics! Again i want share all i can so maybe some iv shown before but new ones to



Purikuras with my friends Sako and Kaori, i have over 50 purikuras with my friends, but only a couple machines allow photos on internet so i cant show my others sadly.


me and Chika again ^^


I remember this being a traditional old Japanese hospital..i think


A sea food restaraunt ^^


Yokohama stadium baby ^_^

That last pic doesn't load for me Totty.

Like the look of the Purikura things, where are the machines normally found?

-- Edited by GLOWlad at 22:08, 2007-10-28

Sounds like me and my Japanese penpals are too old for taking those pics...

They should have have an equvilent for those of use getting a bit long in the tooth.

How did you meet such a bevvy of kawaii Japanese ladies?

Who is the wrestler on the left in your sig Totoro?

My Joshi knowledge is far more limited than Id like, outside of a handful of my faves, and old Gaea alumni, Id stuggle to put names to faces.

Thanks for the info, of course I recognised your baby Yuki Miyazaki!

You are right about the names, they have an inherent cuteness, kawaiiness. Which is apporpriate as so do the ladies to whom the names belong!

Im trying to put together my trip...for the Tokyo bit, I hopecto stay in Shinjuku, it would be great to have all that colour and light close by. I always say, the neon is exhilarating, heavenly, such a rush to emerge for the subway into this neon wonderland.

Well, really cheap places are hostels ryokans etc. But I use business hotels, which are usually in the 35-40 pounds a night area. I stayed in one, it was only 1 and half stars. yet was clean, modern and pleasant, as good as a three star hotel here, with flat screen tv, funkly little bathoom with automated toilet!

I book via expedia uk...it takes away a lot of hassle, you just print out your resevation, and show it when you arrive at your hotel.

-- Edited by GLOWlad at 15:09, 2007-10-31

Yeah I guess staying with friends makes the whole experience much cheaper, so it would just be the flight and day to day living costs you would need.

Business hotels basically are cheap-ish hotels aimed as the name sugests at business men looking for somewhere to sleep after one too many sake's...

Often I see proper hotels listed at 200, 300 pounds a night its incredible...

Im 34....which makes me just right for Mariko Yoshida, and not too old for Aki Hoshino...but I know what you mean!

Actually I felt the same way...whenever Id had a big holiday before, Id been with my family or friends and they'd dealt with the stressful side of things...checking-in etc...so I was worried how Id cope in Japan, even as a then 33 year old, old codger! My crappy Japanese helped, and really expedia had everything arranged, I just checked in and that was it.

Christ I feel really old now....

I find it hard walking up into the high street on my own let alone going abroad. Okay slight exaggeration but as long as I know where I'm going then it's not to bad because I know my way back. I'm terrible at remembering routes and directions so just the thought of me going to a foreign country alone frightens the hell out of me. Which is why I'll never amount to anything in my life.

I think Japan would be a life changing thing for you MiB, should you get the chance, grab it with both hands. Honestly when I was on my way to the National Express bus stop to begin my long long trek to Japan last year...I thought overwhelmingly, its not worth the stress, the tiredness, the worry the anxiety...Id never been beyond Brighton by myself!

The travelling to Japan is awful. But once you arrive, is like another world, just this extraordinary, thrilling experience. Japan seems to have such colours that youve never seen before, amazing. Tokyo is daunting the first day, but soon youd know the metro so well...for me, the London underground and London in general was far more confusing.
I had the time of my life.

The only problem was having to leave. It was a terrible downer to have to come back.

It was a life changing thing for me, and for Totoro, I think it can be the same for you MiB.

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Well, the main elements of my trip are now booked...17 nights, from the middle of January, mainly in Kyoto, but with a few nights in Tokyo to enjoy the bright light, and hopefully a Joshi show. At the moment the horror of all the travelling I have to do is over shadowing my hopes for the trip. Heathrow alone is such an awful experience. Plus Ill be travelling a lot during the holiday...its daunting.

Weirdly enough I already dread the part where I have to come back to Britain!

I need to focus on the good stuff...the chance to meet a penpal or two, see some Joshi, and experience that unique, thrilling Japan feeling.

This is the worst part..the travelling to the destination...urgh..when your as shy and not comfident around other people as i am,its a really scary thing..Leaving here at 5am since its a 3 hour drive to heathrow.Im really quite lucky because i originally wanted to go in the new terminal 5 when i originally booked the trip but i always preferred virgin so i persuaded my dad to take that one instead...thank god! Will be gone for a week but no doubt ill pop up here with my stories ;).

Just as long as you're enjoying yourself, you jammy git!

Not keeping to busy but doing pretty well.More video and picture taking around Tsuruhashi,cant believe i have only 4 weeks left then im back in dull old england.Saw Tsuruhashi,Kyoto,Nara,tokyo,Osaka,Ikebukuru and Sakura, 2 joshi shows and my good friend Yuki Miyazaki (she remembered me after i showed my totoro tatoo! I love her),saw a couple of movies at the really expensive cinemas,took in a wild night with my rock chick friend and my girlfriend and me spending a lot of loving nights and days together! Great stuff so far,tried some amazing dishes, Okonomiyaki, Takayaki...all kinds of stuff..Man i love it here.Met my 34 year old friend to who is a real stunner, shes helping me out with my japanese so hehe ;) quite cool!