Harajuku, Japan (if you have 56k why do you live?)tons of pics

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awsome photography

Wow, thanks for sharing the pictures.  Makes me miss Japan even more.

Nice shot of the Odyssey!

What do they call those people who dresses up?
 
Great pics...!

I like the things you choose to capture. I generally see things too late and don't get the shots or find all the wrong angles.

well this trip was to try and round out my portfolio since its lik e98% cars right now
so this helped me out quite a bit.
plus if you look at my flickr, i have compeltely done a 270 from when i started taking pics.

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;95939]well this trip was to try and round out my portfolio since its lik e98% cars right now
so this helped me out quite a bit.
plus if you look at my flickr, i have compeltely done a 270 from when i started taking pics.[/QUOTE]

Word..it's good to change it up a bit.

plus i went with a friend from work whose wife is into photog too
i got them into it about 10 months ago, and she is a great shooter

and now my wife just got a rebel, so its kinda cooler
were all gonna go out together on the weekends to shoot

thanks for sharing. These are some great pics.

Jake

Looks like we'll have to do some of that in January..Troy and I both shoot DSLR's.

if youd ever fukcin gbo on AIM i could talk to you lol

very nice pics.  where you shooting a  wedding too?

Nice pix

[quote=//935GS400;96013]very nice pics.  where you shooting a  wedding too?[/quote]
unplanned i was. 
they were walking through the temple, and i happened to be in the right place at the right time

i had to damn near knock ou ta bunch of dumbass gaijin with point and shoots to get out of my way.

people are idiots.

what is gaijin...

foreigner

i like these . . . . . 

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and this, just because it reminds me of my daughter.

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[QUOTE=Pagong;95930]What do they call those people who dresses up?
Great pics...![/QUOTE]

cosplay.

LOL, you called them gaijin....you are no different silly kid.

[QUOTE=Caoboy;96215]LOL, you called them gaijin....you are no different silly kid.[/QUOTE]
No, he said "dumbass gaijin with point and shoots"...which he is not.  He is just a baka gaijin.

[quote=Caoboy;96215]LOL, you called them gaijin....you are no different silly kid.[/quote]
theres a difference between a gaijin, nad someone that lives in japan....you just start acting different after being here for a while.
your more aware of what people around you are doing, its weird...

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;96223]theres a difference between a gaijin, nad someone that lives in japan....you just start acting different after being here for a while.
your more aware of what people around you are doing, its weird...[/QUOTE]

yeah, yankee . . . . :p

[quote=Yokotas13;96223]theres a difference between a gaijin, nad someone that lives in japan....you just start acting different after being here for a while.
your more aware of what people around you are doing, its weird...[/quote]
aren't you "stationed" there?  on  US bought land?  Or am I mistaken and you live there by choice?  Either way, I learned a new word... :shrug:

im stationed here, becuase i chose this assisngment

and fuck no i dont live on base
I like 20 minutes from base thank god
I cant stand 80% of military people

and technically base is on japan soil anyways

There is a big difference between the tourist gaijin, and the ex-pats living in Japan. It only took me 6 months to start getting annoyed at the attitudes that alot of gaijin have when they come over there. In some ways i began to understand why some Japanese people choose not to be nice to gaijin.

I think the biggest grievance is the fact that many people make no attempt to speak their language. I dont like it when foreigners do it here, so why should they put up with it there?

I can never survive there....I can barely speak my language let alone learn another one.  Makes sense what you said Dom...I know people that have been here for 10+ years and don't speak a lick of engrish

I agree..it's an attitude like they are better than the people who's country they are a GUEST in.  People need to have or learn respect.  Respect their country, their beliefs, their culture..it's not YOUR country, it's theirs.  It's so true though.  I felt the same way after living there for a while.  It's not just American's though, it's all tourists like Dom said, but American's seemed to stand out more.

[QUOTE=elpresidente;96365]but American's seemed to stand out more.[/QUOTE]

thats because they stick out like a sore thumb, or at least taller than most japanese . . . . . ;)

there were some dumbass canadians there also

What I'm most intimitated by is the language. The fact that I woud have to learn three scripts, and conversation is daunting. But I'm willing to try, I'm not one of those "HEEEY. DOoo YOUuu SPE-EAK EN-GLISH??" people. Those people rub me the wrong way, boy 'ecky they do.

2 of the 3 scripts can be learnt in a weekend when you are surrounded by it. The third you will gradually learn and isnt impossible.Learning any new language is hard. But at least Japanese doesnt (generally) care about intonation and inflection like Chinese or other Asian languages.

I have terrible short term memory, I don't think I could remember even one script in one weekend unless I was using it all day. Then I could probably manage katakana.

Something about shrines that make the best pictures of Japan. 
*couhg*Fukuoka chics are hotter *cough* :P

grass is greener on the other side right?

Hahha...some of these Harajuku girls came to Hongkong disneyland as tourists and I swear they garnered a lot more attention than the Disney characters.  It's Halloween theme too....so many of the tourists probably thought they were part of the act.

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I spy a Vette. I'm assuming it was imported there right? 

Nice pics. They came out really good. :biggthumpup:

BTW Yokota, do you speak fluent Japanese? J/W

My next destination, well me and my girl...sometime next year though. Whats the best time or the cheapest?

nice pictures

[quote=augdogg;97463]My next destination, well me and my girl...sometime next year though. Whats the best time or the cheapest?[/quote]
spring for cherry blossoms

its always expensive

and no i dont speak fluent japanese
i speak enough to get around right now, learning more and more

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;97594]spring for cherry blossoms

its always expensive

and no i dont speak fluent japanese
i speak enough to get around right now, learning more and more[/QUOTE]

I found right before Hanami, CHerry Blossom watching season. (March) is cheapest. also october isn't to bad either and the weather is great in october. Not so much March still pretty damn cold.

i don't see why people always say they want to go to europe or some island. if i ever do take a vacation its japan hands down. everything just looks cooler, or maybe thats just your photography. great job btw. was it some kind of festival or is that just some day to day action? only regret i have about getting discharged from the navy is i never went anywhere.

japan is beautiful.. thx for sharing