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Great shots guys... I can really see the 'sameness' in the photos to my own experiences... which is good because I don't get Japan-sick as much.

I took a bunch of photos friday night which painted a nice story/timeline so I thought I would share as it is yet another side of Japan;

I went out to dinner on friday with a bunch of work mates (and one of their English coaches) as it was my last day in that office ( I had just moved there for 2 weeks work). They wanted me to try this style of Japanese food, I cant remember the name, someone here will know. Anyways it was more fun to prepare then to actually eat, but it was all a laugh and we all drank a fair bit. For some reason that escapes me now, after 3 hours worth of beer I thought a small, followed by a larger bottle of Sake was a good idea.

It get a little blurry in my memory from there on in but my camera tells me the night continued on to a karaoke bar (I never sing, but apparently last night I did), family-mart for supplies and then back to my apartment to drink more. Judging by the cans and bottles everywhere in the morning, I'd say it was a late one. This is all well and good but I wasnt thanking myself at 7am when I had to get up to be relocated back to Aichi.

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Kyoto, one of my favourite Japanese cities.

Photos include Kyoto station, Kiyomizudera temple, Ohara (mountain town with Onsen guesthouse we stayed at), Kinkakuji Golden temple, Sanjusangendo temple and more

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Good pics.

Why do the japanese always do the V-sign, when you point a camera at them?

Thats easy mate, they do it because it's the victory sign used by 'Cammy' from Street Fighter II was just so cool they had to do it... but I think it's more like their comic book heroes or whatever do it after disposing of an enemy, and as kids they copied it whenever the camera came out and it just stuck forever after.

On the other hand I had one student of mine say that they do it for something to do, as opposed to just sitting there like a dumbass... :blink:

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The 'V' sign = the peace symbol. It's been in (over)use in japan for decades.

It was universally used (ie: worldwide) in the 60s. Japan just never stopped doing it.

I'd say the majority of young japanese think of it as the 'camera gesture' - and its original meaning has gone by the wayside

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The 'V' sign = the peace symbol.  It's been in (over)use in japan for decades. 

It was universally used (ie: worldwide) in the 60s.  Japan just never stopped doing it.

I'd say the majority of young japanese think of it as the 'camera gesture' - and its original meaning has gone by the wayside

Just following on from my sarcastic post (wink - wink mate) I was gonna say that Japanese do the 'V' sign because they're trying to be a 'Kani' (crab)... but never mind :O

:P girls girls

anyways

They wanted me to try this style of Japanese food, I cant remember the name, someone here will know

it looks like some form of お好み焼き okonomiyaki .

monja is even more fun to prepare.

shit everyones posting up all these photos .. maybe i should post some pictures up of my 2 years of beeing here ... ?

my pics are over at performance forums now (photography section) for anyone remotely interested.

Exellent pics.

Off topic didn`t you used to live on an island outside mainland and not in Kobe?

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As you may or may not know, Autumn is a big deal in Japan with the red leaves being very special to the locals. Last night i went to a park in Toyota which highlights these and it was really quite amazing.

No trip to the park is complete without stopping at a hawker stand for some octopus balls :D

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Finally I got around to going to RockyAuto (rockyauto.co.jp), with much thanks to one of my colleagues for offering to drive. I was like a kid in a candy store, unfortunately the cars and parts were all in very close proximity to each other which made complete inspection and good photos impossible, but it was great none the less. Finally I have had a chance to crawl over and sit in a geniuine 432, and a very nice quality RB25DE 240Z with updated trim that I can only aspire to acheive. I also had a chance to have a look around the garage which was very interesting as well.

RB's and classic Datsun's, what could be better.

My arm really had to be twisted to attend a mountain park where the guys where doing a magazine photo shoot as well as some on-road DVD filming for an upcoming magazine. Great day all in all.

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F***ing exellent pics.

Do they try to use original parts or mostly just the shells and put a sr or rb new suspension etc?

So what are you getting Z or gtr?

They use mostly orginal parts, which i was surprised, even still have drums and uni's on the rear.

I never thought I could say that my Z back in Australia will be engineered beyond most of these cars.

All these cars are for sale too, although they range from Y2,000,000~Y7,500,000.

are they genuine z432's???

ill need new pants if they are

drunkenmaster, i think i love you :) awesome pictures, keep the zed pics comin

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