okay... where's the nice cars?

you guys watched too much fast and furious man, nice cars are rare in japan. even in downtown of tokyo you wont spot as much. 1 if you're lucky

Every car there is a nice car. Except maybe for that right-hand drive 90s Pontiac Grand Am I saw in Ginza LOL

You won't see panhandlers in Japan. You'll see bums but you won't see them asking for money.

Thanks for all the pics. I miss Japan....:(

wow japan is amazing can't wait till i get a chance to go

the bums build these crazy houses and some of them own suits

yeah, all the cars are new-ish and have gadgets all over them
but i rarely saw really nice ones. However when I did they were quite nice

we need pics of jdm cuties

I miss Japan too. It's true...there are plenty of bums but they won't ask you for money or bother you in any way. There's no sense of entitlement with them. Even the bums there know you have to earn your way. Every bum here thinks you're an asshole because you don't want to give them money for nothing. Bums and panhandlers are a plague on Vancouver. In Tokyo, they're barely an inconvenience.

The bums in Japan are actually quite well taken care of (there are designated areas for them and for the most part, they don't bother people). They are usually quite organized as I've seen many of them take off their shoes before getting into their makeshift shelters and hang clothes to dry that they've washed in public sinks or hoses.

Some are even quite famous and are sort of...tourist attractions. Hattori-san, who walks around the middle of Shibuya, for example. Do a search on Flickr if you want to know.

no more updates? :O

Sorry guys, been busy lately, I will either update tomorrow or the day after. ;)

Thanks for sharing the pics with us and review. You are definitely making me hungry with the sushi :drool

Keep us updated. Never been to Japan but would love to go even more now after this thread..haha!!

Hi guys! I have been busy with school and work, and plus I am lazy! here is another update :D

Day 3

Man, its been so long I don't really remember! But I will try my best :)

The plan for today was just to chill around kyoto...first up we headed over to some temple. We saw a lot of dead insects, its pretty interesting, because a lot of them are at least the length of my thumb. The weather is rather humid, very very hot, I think it was around 30C!

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Sigh, the bike I had to ride >_>

The bike ride to the temple was around 15 minutes. Once you ride the bike, it doesn't feel as hot anymore. Japan is always interesting as there are lot of things to see!

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What is this? o_O

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^^^
Apparently the dried plum at this temple is really famous! The place smelled a bit sour with a strong dried plum aroma...

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This is place where you throw some yen in, pull that long ass rope, and make a wish!
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^^^
I forgot what that is....

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This temple is actually surrounded by a big park

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The door!

Part 2:

Today was the last day we are planning to stay in kansai, so I harsh loaded up on instant food, and I mean, ANY KIND! Here is the 100 yen store!

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All the cheap booze ftw!!

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And look what I saw...

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If i remember it right, I believe it was an Nur spec-II
There weren't many japanese sport cars that I saw in this area, the only other one I saw was an Evo X when I was heading to super auto backs

Then we took the train to city central to do some shopping :D

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The intensively complex subway station...
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Didn't take much pictures while shopping, because I was busy!

STUSSY STORE!! I never got the time to go in though!

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Part 3 of day 3

Later in the day, we met up with my sister's friends...We had...ahhhhh I forgot the name...

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^^^ These stuff are complete sex in mouth! Why don't we have stuff like this in Vancouver?!

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The thing with Japanese food is the burst of flavors once it enters your mouth! The taste of these were pretty mild! You can taste the individual flavors of salt, pepper and the noodle! it was awsome :)

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Currey flavored :D

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Some other flavors!

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Its a party! LOL

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I personally like this one the best

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This street is just full of lively people! A lot izakayas, lots of young people and drunk business people :P. It had a really good environment, lights everywhere, just plain awesome

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Had a good night! It was still really hot! Took a nice long cold shower then I headed off to bed!

And this concludes the end of day 3! Enjoy guys :D

Great! Keep it up Jacky, i love the pictures. The food looks amazing!

i was hoping for pics of some nice cars and girls... but after all these pics of food and more food, i suddenly don't seem to care anymore. moar please! :D

dam the food looks so good now i am hungry

okonomiyaki! since i assume you went in the summer, what kind of clothes are ideal for the humid weather? shorts and a tshirt? is it too hot to be wearing jeans there in the summer time?

edit: just read ur initial post nevermind!

Thanks for the update!
That food looks so god damn fucking good.
I am gonna go japan one day...... one day...

great pics, geez i gotta get myself over to Japan soon.

awesome pics shitty deal on the spider bite dude

Japan is a great place to go.. it's so clean everywhere.

I can chime in on this a bit more. In the Kansai area, its surrounded by mountains, so when it gets hot, there is also no wind, its almost like getting baked! I wore a polo shirt and jeans once in Kansai, and I really need to take a shit; it was the worst feeling ever! I felt like I was cooking my own shit in myself! I almost fainted trying to hold the crap and the hotness...:cry: