Category: Tokyo Boy

It’s the year of the monkey, as you can see from this outside display at Parco in Ikebukuro. Shot taken with the A5403CA mobile phone.

We start the new year in pink. Shot taken yesterday at very-busy Seibu (except for this shop). It’s what the cool pre-teen girls are wearing. Shot taken with the A5403CA mobile phone.

This will be my final post of 2003. It’s been a good year, with loads of new acquaintances, good memories, and interesting creative output. Here’s to an even better 2004!

These are the fukubukuro that will be on sale at Franc Franc on January 2. The fukubukuro, or suprise bags, are a big deal here, and every store sells out of them at the beginning of the year. I personally think it’s a lame deal, as you don’t know what you’re going to get, so…

The inside of the ramen shop near Ebisu station that I went to a few days ago. I called it Kyujukyu, but the actual reading of the kanji used is Tsukumo. The specialty is a cheese ramen, but even the regular shouyu ramen is quite tasty. It had a slight fish flavor, but not as…

A game designer explains the process of game making. There were bits with various designers, including Shigeru Miyamoto, father of Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda…

Electronic baseball through the ages. The coolest was getting to play a baseball game on the infamous Nintendo Virtual Boy.

Some more pics from the LEVEL X exhibit. DIG DUG being played on a giant screen.

Robert tries a round of PAC-MAN.

A view of part of the exhibit. You can play the game that is being projected on the giant screen.