Monday, April 23, 2012

Misc Japan photos, 23 April 2012

Today we went to this shrine that brings good luck for love (I think Shara wanted to go there so Shinee would fall in love with her). Anyway they also had a million Maneki Neko there, including two giant ones.



People had written their wishes and tied them up. They were all from Japanese women wanting to get married. Rows upon rows of them. If you know a Japanese woman WATCH OUT SHE WANTS TO MARRY YOU

Would you trust this ape with your pet?

AT LAST, MY SEARCH FOR CHAIR SOCKS IS AT AN END

This was where we went for dinner. It was a sushi train, but in addition to the conveyor sushi (which not many people seemed to be interested in), you could order whatever you wanted using a touch screen, and when it was done, it would whizz to you using a separate conveyor belt above the regular one. BUT the best part was that when you were done, you put your plates in a slot (shown just at the bottom of this photo), and then after it registered five plates, the screen would show a small pachinko-style game, and if you won, you would get one of the capsule toys shown at the top of the photo. THIS IS THE GREATEST IDEA OF ALL TIME. The toys are super cheap but they definitely kept us eating in order to get another shot at winning them, and it was tonnes of fun. Whoever thought of this is a genius.

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 This guy is on all the subway trains. You are very stern, Mr Agent!

2 comments:

  1. do you think my cats bring me luck in love?

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  2. oh also that sushi train game thing is PURE GENIUS i would eat there one million times

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