Powerlines, redux

In case you thought I was exaggerating the Japanese love of powerlines, here's another poignant example:

and if you're still not getting it, here's a crop of the above picture:

-CMD

Japan doesn't need street performers...

...it has street performing groups!

I wasn't interested enough to stick around for them to finish setting up, so I don't know what they sounded like, but they certainly had more equipment than your typical street musician.

-CMD

lucky opportunities

Are rarely so convenient:

-CMD

P.S. Bugeye, heck yeah!

Contrast

Today in Shibuya, I saw this:
Which was kind of weird, but you get used to seeing the ourageous mother of normal child around here. I then turn right and see this: And 2 minutes later, I see this:
They've got everything here!

-CMD

P.S. sorry about the poor quality of the pictures, they're heavily cropped from the originals, which were taken stalker style using a wide angle from the hip.

Engrish

This was found in a camera store that directly marketed to gaijin, it had foreign sales attendants even, to make us feel more comfortable, and offered duty free service, yet it still has stuff like this... next to the entrance!
-CMD

俺は、ガンダム

Google shreds another one of my contests. Oh well, at least I got to see this thing:

-CMD

What am I?

Post your guesses in the comments.

GO! GO! GO!

-CMD

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Japan

Utterly beautiful, very photogenic....

...GODDAMN POWERLINES NO MATTER WHERE YOU LOOK!

-CMD

Contest -Updated with answer!

I have a simple game for you, identify this car that I saw in Hon-Atsugi today:

By the sounds it made and the way it moved, not to mention the aspects of its appearance, this car was the least stock on its internals.

-CMD

Answer: Toyota Celica

also, if you want to see my pictures from Tsukiji fish market, as I've been too lazy/busy to actually write a post about them, I've just posted them all on picasa

アメリカの強さ

The title roughly translates to "America's strength", which seemed like an appropriate title for a post about something I found in the parking lot of the very dorm I live in:

Yep, American Muscle here in Japan.

-CMD