Waiting for wifey to finish her work in Daikanyama, I visited this shop. When I first came to Japan in 2005, in Osaka, I was amazed by the diversity of the sneaker models one could see. Of course coming from a French provincial city it was different, there was not such a choice in our local shops (It surely has changed since). Especially I was surprised by the Limited Japanese Editions, the design and color were quite different from what I was used to see, much more creative.... Read more

Japanese Spiderman in 1978. Clearly I am not a big fan of spiders unless they are huge and mechanical like the ones we could enjoy seeing last spring in Yokohama : It was La Machine, a wonderful street show.( more pictures) Though, I did not like them, I got used to see the small jumping spiders in the apartment from time to time. I find them almost cute... I knew there were quite big species of spiders in Japan, but I thought they were only living in the countryside... W... Read more

Do only geeks enjoy this kind of timestamp? ^_^ Photo taken at this moment : ...yes...It was communting time for me, so, well, here's a glimpse of morning train in Japan! Read more

Sunday night, back from a local Matsuri, we stumble upon a shop still open : an oasis for otaku in a residential area. Usual items can be found : figures, manga, anime DVDs, J Pop CDs and MOPLA (MOdel PLAstic, I don"t know if this "word" is used only in Japan). I am not a specialist of all this stuff, but still when I was a kid and teenager I spent hours watching on TV all the series coming from Japan. My all time favorite character is Captain Harlock (キャプテンハ... Read more

Oops, I completely forgot to post this last article about my short trip in Ho Chin Minh City a.k.a Saigon, Viet Nam. Here we go : (Taken in the Reunification Palace) First a few words about my packing. As the trip was only 4 days (plus the flights), I decided to travel "light". I wanted to have only one small back pack to carry. It was not so difficult. Apart from the clothes I was wearing, I just took with me few t-shirts and underwear. Everything else was some electronics... Read more