Category: Tokyo Boy

The sign in the middle has “risucaree” written on it, which translates to “squirrel curry.” Not really sure what this is about, but it could be some kind of brand name, as I’m pretty sure that nobody in Japan eats squirrel.

My neighborhood. Picture taken just down the street from my apartment.

Yuko studying very hard. What you see near the bottom of the picture is her new pride and joy, an electronic Chinese-Japanese-English dictionary. She got a nice communist red cover for it.

An old house on the road in front of my apartment.

I was walking around Ikebukuro on Saturday and noticed that one of the McDonald’s in the area was closed for renewal (re-opens May 5th). I took a picture of the poster in front that showed the new design. Sort of looks like a 50s sci-fi design, something that you would see on the JETSONS. McDonald’s…

Groovy little scooter I saw the other day parked not far from my place. I really like the shape.

People enjoying their gyoza at the Gyoza Stadium.

The Gyoza Stadium is part of the Namja Town theme park, which is a sort of ghost town amusement park. What distinguishes it from something like the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland (including the one at Tokyo Disneyland) is that all the ghosts and creepies here are of the Japanese variety. Here we see some heads…

One of the stalls at Ikebukuro’s Gyoza Stadium.

I just went out and took a picture of the posters for the 4 candidates of today’s election. At the top is Dr. Nakamatsu (in an extreme pointing pose), underneath is Keiko Higuchi, next to her is the Japanese communist candidate, and beneath him is Tokyo’s one and only Shintaro Ishihara!