The first iPhone in Japan will be sold too Hiroyuki Sano who has been in line since Monday night at 11pm. At the moment, Wednesday afternoon there are 26 people in line.
Sano-san made his way up from Nagoya to Tokyo at a cost greater than the iPhone itself and has taken 4 days off University this week . While i was there he was interviewed no less than 10 times by local and international press.
After being asked by one guy whether i was international media and then doing an quick interview with the Nippon Television Network i made a hasty exit with my footage. I hope the interview doesn`t make it to air because my Japanese was disgraceful … it`s much better after a few beers.
Here`s some footage i took with my new camera, i had to scale it back from full HD as i`m still not able to get the clips up onto Vimeo at that resolution. Sano-san is the guy with the white jacket on by the way …. not roadside, that`s his mate i think. Unfortunately the embedded version here isn`t HD but you can check it out t Vimeo. VERY happy with Vimeo so far though …. very easy to use, thanks for the tip Ale.
Prior to moving to Japan i had never eaten Ramen, now i can’t live without it. Most weekends for lunch i visit a local Ramen shop in Yoyogi or if i’m visiting a new station on the JR Yamanote Line then i’ll get my fix there.
Ramen comes in all different flavours and naturally i’ve got my favourites. I generally lean towards a Miso base with either a flavouring of Onion or Chashew with an Egg for topping.
One of the only good things about working in Hon-Atsugi is the Ramen down that way is good, very good, and it’s hard to get anything close to it back up here in Tokyo. Luckily for me i have a good shop a few minutes walk from home, just in front of the North Exit of Yoyogi station.
Today i went for the Negi (Onion) Miso Ramen, and once again it hit the spot.
It’s a very Japanese thing to do, taking photographs of your food that is, and i find myself doing it more and more these days.
Going through my phone last week after my trip to Nagoya i was surprised to see how many photos of past Ramen experiences i had. Here’s some of the favourites from Hon-Atsugi and in and around where i live.
As i continue the 29 stops of the JR Yamanote Line series i’ll make sure i have Ramen for lunch, it will probably become a series of its own.
Last weekend i went down to Nagoya with some Friends. The plan for the weekend was pretty basic, down Saturday morning and back Sunday afternoon via the Shinkansen, with plenty of food and drink in the middle.
Saturday was just that, we got in at lunchtime so it was straight down to a local restaurant for a few of Nagoya’s recommended dishes, i had the Miso Tonkatsu set … i think that’s what it was called.
Saturday night there was plenty of eating and drinking at a Friends place followed by a trip up to Karaoke around 10pm for the second party ….. bound to be a little more rowdy, so best done away from those trying to get some sleep.
Sunday after a slow start we were able to fit in a little sight seeing and Tokugawaen was the place suggested. It was a cracker of a day getting into the mid 20′s and there were no shortage of people out soaking up the great weather.
Unfortunately i forgot my camera so i had to make do with my phone which actually took some pretty good shots all things considered. Needless to say upon arrival back in Tokyo Sunday night it was off for a Sasebo Burger around the corner from home at Zatts, followed by a pretty quiet night on the couch … Monday still came round too quick.
