Fun in the Rising Sun

Conichiwa my dear friends!
Throughout the coming month I will be blogging my way around the weird and wonderful "Land of the Rising Sun", Japan; home of Sushi, Soba, Wasabi, Karate, Judo, Sumo, Honda, Toshiba, Yamaha, the Japanese Spitz, Manga, Geishas, Kamikazi and Hari-Kiri - the list goes on. Oh, and incidentally the birthplace of my friend Hiromasa Sebata, but he's not famous.
Anyway, keep up to date with my adventures right here at "AVY IN JAPAN".
Banzaaaaaaaaaaiiiii!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Yokohama


Introducing Yokohama, a new port city south of Tokyo that brought international trade to Japan's shores in a big way. First a couple of facts - Yokohama is known for having Japan's tallest sky scraper:

and, furthermore, it has Japan's only China Town:


Anway, now that we got all the boring stuff out of the way, more interestingly, i witnessed an event that has probably never happened in Japan before; namely a Japanese person breaking a rule. In the image below, pay attention to the "No Cycling" sign in the foreground, and notice the cyclist who just passed it in the background; yes, you saw it in Yokohama first; that bloody criminal!

2 comments:

  1. Oh G!
    A Japanese committing a crime!!!
    Now it becomes Sao Paulo, hahahahahahah!!!

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  2. I think the sign actually says "Blue bikes not allowed". Phew - Japan is now back to its 100% crime free record.

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