Trip to Nasu, Day of Reckoning
Went to a small village in the north called Nasu-Something and I must say, the Japanese countryside give both Alaska and Maui runs for their money as far as natural beauty in concerned. Absolutely worth the drive and the complete opposite of Tokyo. The shoot was for some department store whose name I cannot pronounce, but apparently they’re the best and the pay was good. We shot at an old British church that looked a bit like a castle. Needless to say, gorgeous as well.
The downside to this, however, was that the shoot lasted 14 hours. Yes, that’s not a typo, that’s a 1 followed by a 4. I’d never been so exhausted in my life. Luckily, the client took the whole crew out to dinner afterwards at a relatively nice restaurant, and I had what was called a ‘Hamburger Steak’. Interestingly, it is neither hamburger nor steak, but something that bears semblance to meatloaf, but without onions or oats… Very strange indeed
Pictures below
Today on my way to a job I had to transfer at Shinjuku, the station considered to be the busiest in the world. It truly horrifying. I was so bothered by the experience that I jotted something down about it immediately afterward, but upon current relflection it seems a bit self-indulgent (and by this blog’s standards, thats saying something) so I’ll keep it to myself, but truly my friends, dehumanizing.
July 10, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Oh, I miss riding the JR lines
especially the yurikamome to odaiba.
Its so shiny! Plus, if you haven’t gone to odaiba yet, I suggest it. There’s a giant ferris wheel, etc.
DC metro is gross and empty, and recently had a horrific accident. And this morning I sat at a station for a half hour >>
I don’t remember Shinjuku being so bad, but maybe I just didn’t notice? I only remember being extrenely irritated with how many exits the Ginza station had, and how many pastry shops were there. And that there was the craziest woman I have ever seen (living?) there. It was alarming, actually, how violent she was and how everyone ignored her.
I also miss the voice overs, telling you to stand behind the yellow line, etc. Pretty soon I started having dreams with those phrases in my head.
Oooh department store! O|O|? Seibu? Usually they have huge ads hanging outside the stores featuring foreigners.