Hello,
I'll start with the depressive/tragedic news. On sunday, we went to Akihabara, "electric town", where one can purchase everything (and I mean everything) in the fields of electronics, manga, anime, games etc.
Anyhow, we had walked around for maybe an hour or so, entering a lot of stores (many of which go up for 5-6 floors or more), and when we exited one store, we noticed there were a lot of people, and a lot of cops, ambulances, firetrucks and maybe 5-6 helicopters in the sky. We figured that something huge had happened, but we didn't know what. And there were a lot of cops. Then, we noticed a large pool of blood on the street. We first thought 'jumper', from one of the many tall buildings, but there were too much going on for that. A bit later we noticed another pool of blood, this time on the street in a crossing. Then Japan's version of CIA arrived to the scene, all dressed in black in their suede cars, and we realised that it was a murder that had happened.
We turned on the TV on our cellphones (yep, got TV on our cellphones, and it's free) and it was on the news on maybe three channels, sending live from the scene (at this time, a freakish amount of reporters had arrived), but we couldn't understand so much except that they said something about 5 people and 7 people. We realised that it probably meant 5 dead, 7 injured.
We were somewhat wrong though, we later found out that some lunatic had gone berserk and started running over people, to then start stabbing people. A total of 7 people died, and 10 were injured. And we were on the same block, maybe 100 meters from the scene, except a couple of floors up. It feels weird to have been so close to something like that It's not really something you think will happen.
Well, enough about that, we are still having fun here in the biggest city in the world, except that it's been raining a bit the latest days, especially today. It's been pouring down actually, and it started just as we were about to see Tokyos imperial palace. Well, if it's better tomorrow, we'll see it then.
Other things of interest we've seen are the gardens around meiji-jingu, and more Harajuku-people. Oh, and of course the Sony Building. That was actually really cool, and we got to see a lot of new products, and even one that hasn't been released yet: a brand-new concept of loudspeakers. Well, at least I think it's a new concept, because I've never seen anything like it. It is to be released next month to the price of 10 000 US dollars. It looks like a two-meter tall tube made of transparent glass, very stylish. It emits sound in 360 degrees, and therefore can't really be used for surroundsound in movies for example. This is only used for music, and it has really, really good sound. Smooth bass and everything. If it wasn't for the pricetag I'd buy one immediately.
Another rather interesting experience was sleeping a night in the famous capsule hotels. We went there on sunday, and I must say, I really liked it (Jonas too). It consisted of a 9 floor building, with the reception on the second floor and capsules on floor 3-8 (8 is for women only). the ninth floor had somewhat of a spa, which was a nice surprise. You even got a razor, toothbrush, towels and linens. The spa consisted of a sauna, shower and even a small onsen ( kind of like a hot tub). That was really nice, and when we went to sleep we noticed that the capsules were a lot bigger than we had imagined, something like 1m x 1,5m x 2m. So you could easily sit inside of them. Each capsule had a TV, radio, alarmclock and thankfully a lamp.
Anyhow, since it only costs 3000 Yen (18 euros), we highly recommend them (even though the beds were a bit too hard).
Well, enough writing, time for pictures. Won't add as many as the last post, but a select few at least. Enjoy!
We encountered this lady on the street, so we asked if we could take a picture, and we could!
Some more Harajuku-girls, I especially dig the girl above with bright, red eyes.
The iris-garden near Meiji-jingu.
Meiji-jingu itself.
The moat that surrounds the Imperial Palace (famous from the movie about migrating ducks that aired on christmas that we all enjoyed).
A dog wearing rainprotective gear. Perfectly normal in Tokyo.
And lastly, the dinner we're having tonight. Very healthy (well, the sushi-maki is).
See you again soon, please comment and good night!
9 kommentarer:
Hujedanemig. Bra att ni mår bra!
Ojoj, jag visste att jag borde lånat ut min ninjatröja, då skulle inget kunna skada er. Ta det lugnt med galna japaner.
Seriöst, ända sen igår (mitt på dagen typ) när jag hörde om det där i Tokyo har jag kollat den här bloggen typ varje timme (förutom när jag sov, men det var det första jag kollade när jag vaknade!) för att se att ni var okej :P jag var hos Jonathan när vi läste det,och han sa att ni bodde typ där. Sen stod det att männen som hade avlidit var mellan 19 o 74 år, så klart man blev lite orolig :P Men vad skönt att allt är bra med er :)
Skönt att höra att ni mår bra! Fortsätt med inläggen och ta massor med bilder och videos om ni kan, jag kollar varje dag :)
Hej, hörde av mamma vad som hade hänt tidigare idag, usch vad rädd jag blev! Men vad skönt att ni är okej!!! Nog e d juh helt otroligt egentligen att ni skulle befinna er där!!!
Mycket roliga och fina bilder!!! E så kul å se, blir verkligen sugen på att åka dit jag med!! Kanske d blir det och Thailand då, vad säger du Jonas? Kramar till er och ta hand om er!!
Ja som ni redan vet blev jag och syrran en aning nervösa när vi hörde nyheterna på radion. Otroligt typiskt att ni hade era mobiler avstängda just då - då blev vi ju ännu mer oroliga. Men, vi fick ju tag på er till slut så då kunde vi lugna ner oss igen. =)
Ni har sett ankdammen!!!!! Roligt!
Jättefina bilder ni lagt upp igen. Det känns nästan som man är med er där på resan. =)
Det där med tuberna lät ju inte alls så klaustrofobiskt som jag tänkte mig, det lät ju riktigt kul!
Mamma och Pappa hälsar Toffe!
Kram
Jo jag härde om det igår jag med. Trodde också att det hade hänt er något.
Skönt att ni klarade er.
Hej!
Tack for alla trevliga ord, trevligt att lasa :p
Och for att svara pa nagra;
Oscar: Ja, den kanske vi borde ha lanat, skulle ha vart behovligt. Men det faktum att du har den skyddar oss anda hit sa ;p
Petra & Jonathan: Ja, vi bor t.o.m. nara dar, ett distrikt darifron typ, tar kanske 1 timme att ga (nara i Tokyo). Hur som helst, imorrn far vi nog bort fran den har staden for att fara till staden som refereras 'the most down-to-earth-city in Japan', namligen Osaka. Vi blir nog bara dar en dag eller tva den har gangen dock. Sa da ar det lugnare sa att ni slipper oroa er :-)
Alex: Visst var det kul med ankdammen?! Tyckte det var skitkul :-D Jag har inte kollat din sida idag, men jag hoppas att du har lagt upp nagot :p ha det bra och halsa alla hemma!
Tack igen och vi hors!
Ja,jäkligt läskigt va det! Så störd människa! Visste ni att detta hände på ettårsdagen av Japans största skolmassaker..?
Otroligt intressant och rolig blogg ni har!! Jättekul att läsa och titta på bilderna! Häftigt att ni nu testat pupp-stadiet (i tuberna..). Läser med spänning vidare om eran fjärilsfärd..
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