Tokyo is still enjoyable! -4-

My friend was studying Chinese on TV, when he saw an ad of the Chinese movie "Ocean Heaven". But the nearest movie theater where it could be seen was in Ginza, Tokyo. So, we came to Tokyo again on Sunday.

Ginza is renowned as the place where the land price is the highest in Japan. There was a Doutor in this area too, but as you can see the outside look was as chic as this. And an iced coffee cost as much as 4.8 dollars. Usually it's 2.5 dollars in the other areas. 

You can see very popular movies like Harry Potter series everywhere in Japan, but very minor movies are available in very populated areas like Tokyo. This movie theater's name was "Cine Switch". You can come here from Akihabara by taking advantage of the Hibiya Line.  

 The Japanese title of the movie we saw was "海洋天堂", but it was translated as "Ocean Heaven". It was about a father and his autistic son, and because it was so emotionally gripping that some audience was weeping endlessly. It was more than worth the price. 

And after seeing the movie we came to Akihabara. I was looking for a shop where they sell the OS "Windows 7" cheaply and we dropped by a Sofmap. This was an ad of "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun" dvds. You can see the word "ソフマップ" or Sofmap on her right chest.  The 7th floor of the Sofmap sells Otaku goods mainly. 

 And I saw these Gundam figurines today on the same aisle where I saw this the other day. I was a bit surprised when I heard Gundam was popular among many Chinese too. 

 This is the Ramen shop where we had lunch. Its name was "九州じゃんがら" or Kyushu Jangara. You can see the location of Kyushu by clicking this. 

Does it look yummy? I always wonder how many of you could imagine the taste. Hope you can visit Japan someday. 

 It was about 33 degrees Celsius (92 F), so we had coffee after walking around in Akihabara. This cafe is an "Excelsior Cafe", and it's the more expensive version of Doutor. 

I'm glad the summer regained the heat it's supposed to have. It's going to be as hot as today next whole week.

4 months until K-ON movie!

Some of the people who follow this blog would know that a K-ON! movie is going to be released in December. I had known that too, and the K-ON coffee I bought a little while ago was a part of the movie campaigning. I'm lucky to live in Japan as I can see it soon after it's premiered.

In Japan new movies often come out on Saturday. I suppose it's because people would feel like going out at the beginning of weekends. The Haruhi movie was released on Saturday too. This is the brochure I got at a nearby movie theater.

And these are the other side of the brochure and the ticket. The limited versions of the ticket were already sold out, so this one is not special. But you can click this and look at the other versions as well. Can't wait for the winter but I don't want this summer to end...

Tsujiri (都路里）

I'm Japanese and both of my parents are Japanese of course. I really like foreign countries and visited some in the past, and I appreciated good sides of those countries. But as I'm Japanese I tend to think no country is better than Japan.

My friend likes Japanese sweets, and in order to have a good one we came to Tokyo station. It is vast like Shinjuku station, so if you have something to do here you should know beforehand where exactly your destination is. 

The shop is called "Tsujiri" or 都路里. It was on the 10the floor of the Daimaru Building. Kyoto is known for its Japanese beauty, and this shop originated from the city.  

As it's on the 10the floor, you can command a good view from your seat. It was forecast it was going to be rainy on the whole day, but it turned out to be sunny in the afternoon.  

 There was this tiny Japanese garden in the corner. You'd see how high the floor is. 

And the one I ordered was "Shiratama Anmitsu". Shiratama is the white balls in the bowl, and they're made from rice powder. There were green ones too, and they had the taste of green tea. And the brown stuff on the surface was Azuki, which is beans sweetened with sugar. 

In my opinion, Japanese sweets are as delicious as cakes. There were many other choices as well, and you can click this link to see them.

MOS BURGER 2

I haven't had chances to go to special places since I went to Akihabara two weeks ago. I think whichever country you live in, you wouldn't experience something very unique if you're leading an ordinary life. I tend to have meals at unique restaurants to show to people, but I ended up having lunch at a MOS BURGER again.

As I told before, MOS BURGER has been making efforts to serve you with very fresh burgers, so it takes more time before you're served than Mcdonald's. It was a bit controversial whether MOS served food free of radioactive materials, because it uses locally harvested vegetables.   

 Clockwise from left: Naan Tacos, Kaisen Kakiage Burger, and Black Pepper Chicken. 

I thought this burger would seem interesting to you as it used rice instead of bread. The thing in between was vegetable and fried seafood such as scallop. The "Kaisen Kakiage" would be translated as "fried seafood". 

And since I was so hungry that I ordered a chili hot dog as well. I started to sweat even though the room was cool enough. We had many very hot days last year like over 35 degrees Celsius (95 F), but it has gotten slightly over 30 degrees (86 F) this month. So, we haven't been so concerned about shortage of electricity, which TEPCO said would be an issue when the nuclear power plant in Fukushima exploded in March.