02. 04. '10

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Angry Godzilla does not run around Tokyo bitting off skyscrapers. Everything else you heard about Japan is probably true. It looks exactly as I imagined. That never happened before. Well, maybe it is because I read too much manga and watched too much anime.

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Pictures of Japan

Shibuya crossing. One of the busiest in Tokyo, popular meeting spot.
Tokyo, Shinjuku
Tokyo, Ueno
Tokyo, Akihabara
Tokyo, Shibuya, pachinko parlour. (Pachinko is like a hazard version of pinball.)
Tokyo, last tram line.
Café at Yokohama.
Osaka, neons of Dotombori;
the famous „Running Man“ included.
Osaka, Tsuruhashi. Korean Town.
Nagasaki
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