»

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Tokyo's Electronic District...

This post is for all those "techies" out there, or anyone who has enough testosterone running through their veins to truly appreciate it.


So I have a huge love of Fry's Electronics, but its status has officially been demoted after my visit to Tokyo's Electronic District. Here they have an ENTIRE DISTRICT (several city blocks) dedicated to electronics stuff.


There were several large stores that we went into and they were all very similar to Fry's, except they were 6-8 stories tall with each floor having it's own theme.


I was blown away with the selection. This only one of SIX rows of mice!


If you are looking for anything iPOD, this place has it.
This was what I could get into the picture, but it is only part of overall iPOD set.



I think my favorite "find" was the different USB drives.
In Japan, the Sushi is not only delicious, but functional, too.


And of course, they had thumb drives.


Wednesday, June 21, 2006

More pix from Japan...

I got to ride on Japan's Bullet Train (Shinkansen), this is the front of the train I rode on. This was a 700 series train, one of the fastest!



I traveled from Shinagawa to Osaka this past week-end on of these bullet trains and it travels at speeds upwards of 285 km/h or 177 mph. The cities were flying by...



...so were the trains going the opposite direction.



This is the front of another style train as I was passing by out of a station. You can find more about these trains and all of the different styles by clicking here.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Pix from Japan...

To get to the office we walk through the train station in the sea of "Black Suits". There are always hundreds or thousands of people in a hurry to get through here.


The hotel I'm staying in is right across from the Shinagawa train station which has many trains that come through.


I'm working in the second building in this picture, on the 6th floor. There are about 8 buildings around this courtyard here. There are tons of little shops and restaurants on the lower levels.


Japan is currently in the Rainy season. This last for about 1.5 months so the covered walk ways are nice. Other than today, it has not really been rainy here but it has been very humid!