Lost in Japan

View of Hibiya Park near JR Yurakucho Station.

Today I wanted to add an article or useful content to the site, but I spent most of my time doing some much-needed tweaking instead. Notable changes are the Tweetboard miniforum box, the socialbookmark tags on the post pages, and the coverflow flash header. I also cut down on the number of panoramas on the main page and am trying to start giving the blog entries more space . I think LostinJapan should still stay picture-focused for now, but later I would like to move toward having interesting content in other areas. I’m still thinking about the direction I should take things, but whatever I do, I hope it will be enjoyable as well as useful.

Today, Wednesday July 15th, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince officially premieres in Japan. I say officially because there have been several showings in theatres yesterday. I am very excited about seeing this newest addition to the HP series, and even more excited that it falls on a Wednesday. Wednesday is ‘Ladies’ Day’ at [...]

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Night view of Tokyo Tower near JR Hammamatsucho Station.

View of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nittele clock at the Nihon Terebi Headquarters in Shimbashi Itchome. This clock is the largest animated clock in the world.

Today a drunk guy tried to touch me on the train (and actually did touch me) and was really rude. I told Tatsuya to ignore it, but when the drunk guy got off the train, he kicked Tatsuya, flipped him off, and then ran to a train station security guard when we got off the [...]