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Hello... I've got bearly a week and a half left in Japan and I thought I might post up some real random stuff I've got pics from... nothing special but they may be of interest to some who might be REALLY bored at work/home whatever...

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My wife ordered some carboard boxes (called 'Dan-boh-ru' in Japanese...) and there was this 'Power Builder Bee Racing' piece of card under the plastic straps to protect the boxes from ripping etc... of all the places...

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A pic of the Moon and Venus at dusk in Ashiya, I took it a few days ago. Thats only a 3x zoom with a Canon IXY 500.

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I went to the Nanko street drifting a few weeks back and took this pic of SAU member 'Gojira's car... the R32 is at the back (no I didn't have a go at drifting).

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Japanese holiday 'Obon' fireworks on the Yodo river in Osaka. About 2 million people were along the river and surronding areas to watch that night. Taken about 3 weeks ago.

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Just some random 'Engrish' written on a CD box...

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Speaking of 'Engrish' check these out... Alloy wheel center caps:

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If you've been to Japan and you don't know Ka-ru Ojisan, you should be sent to bed without dinner! :lol:

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The Skyline ready to get loaded into a shipping container...

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Random Umeda (Osaka) streetscapes...

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At first I thought C-West had gone under, but they're just refurbishing their Nishinomiya Service Garage.

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If you ever wondered what a SuperAutobacs garage looks like, well here it is... with my Silvia getting the front coilovers changed and big camber dialled in (and white AVS VS-6 wheels put back on)...

... went out into the parking lot while waiting and saw this:

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My missus got a new laptop:

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I noticed that Japanese laptops have 'Characters' floating around the screen... you have to look after them. This one is called 'Para-chan' an it's a baby seal (boy).

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Here he's asking: "Have you been using the Schedule function?"

Thats all for now :P

Thanks mate :rofl:

Some more:

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Some pics of Sakura (cherry blossoms) I took earlier in the year around April or so. They only bloom like this (in this area - the blooming starts from Kyushu then moves north up throughuot Japan) for a week or two then look just like normal trees for the rest of the year...

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... another streetscape.

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You see? Ricey car mods DO exist in Japan! It's a Mitsubishi Legnum.

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This is Itami Airport, Osakas northern Domestic terminal. Actually, it was Osakas old International terminal before Kansai International was built 10 years or so ago.

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Some driving shots, going down Route 43 (night) and Hanshin Kousoku Wangan-sen (Hanshin Bayside Expressway). It's not always that empty, but between speed camera locations you can average 150 - 180km/h (damn speed limiter!) if it's quiet.

wtf kind of parking is that in the last sakura picture?

It a really old corner house, maybe 60+ years old, and thats the only space for a car on the 'block'... I say block but the whole house would be on a pad of say 8m x 10m

lovely photos justin. i am sure you will miss japan quite badly. is your wife coming with you to aus?

i know i will miss your pics, but i will take plenty of my own in january when i go back.

I noticed that Japanese laptops have 'Characters' floating around the screen... you have to look after them. This one is called 'Para-chan' an it's a baby seal (boy).

OMG. Its Clippy's Japanese cousin ;)

I love this little insights in to peoples lives/world. In some ways these more mundane things are the most interesting.

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