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Aug 25 2004 6 Comments

W for wonder

The sense of wonder I still feel when I find myself in Shinjuku or Shibuya at night. The crowds, lights, sights, and sounds never cease to amaze me.

The film Blade Runner is often used as a way of describing Tokyo, and perhaps as far as Shinjuku and Shibuya are concerned, there is an element of truth there. I mean, just look.

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And whether you want sushi, singing, sex, or salvation, the chances are if you try hard enough you’ll find what you are looking are. Although sex is probably the easiest option to take.

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  1. Toni says

    8/25/2004 at 9:13 am

    I miss Japan.

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  2. taro says

    8/25/2004 at 1:52 pm

    Syd Meade the film’s “visual futurist” aka set designer has said to me that the Tokyo’s Kabukicho was his inspiration for Blade Runner’s look. He said he was looking for LA gone bad feel and Kabukicho, Shinjuku area was “perfect.”
    He spent some time “studying” Kabukicho (since he’s gay, Shinjuku 4-chome was “perfect too).
    By mistake, I got to interpret for Syd Meade at a Asahi Shimbun conference on the “Future of Tokyo” back in beginning days of the Bubble, 1985.

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  3. Ana says

    8/26/2004 at 12:19 pm

    Do you take your own pics? Cause they rock!
    And those night shots remind me of the time we went to “Rapungi”… That was FUN!

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  4. TheDCD says

    8/27/2004 at 3:23 am

    Damn it, I really want to go to Japan.

    Lost In Translation is what hooked me altogether. I’ll have to plunk down some cash for a trip next year.

    Lee, um, is there a place I can crash out there for cheap?

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  5. テッド says

    8/27/2004 at 12:30 pm

    Lost in Translation…love that movie.

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  6. Lee says

    8/27/2004 at 3:30 pm

    Yeah DCD, there are are plenty of inexpensive hotels to be found!

    Nah, only kidding. If you make it over here I’ll dig out a futon for you to sleep on.

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