Episode 56 - Yuri-Pole Position
Monday, February 4th, 2008Another short video post. This time, lets ride the Yurikamome 8-bit style! Enjoy!
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Episode 54 - Another Zen Moment
Friday, February 1st, 2008
See, the great thing about only having work now is that I have time to do stuff like this. This video is from the Osaka Aquarium, one of the largest in the world according to their website. In this clip, we get a good view of the main tank for a few moments while I rested amidst the gaggles of children.
Episode 47 - Tokyo Game Show
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Short video clip from the Tokyo Game Show. I only had my cell phone on me that day so I was only able to get some small video. No narration or commentary, just some sights from the show. Hope you enjoy!
Episode 38 - Deer of Miyajima
Monday, September 17th, 2007
Man and beast collide… well not really. But we did get to hang out with some deer. Enjoy the sites of us interacting with some deer on the island of Miyajima during our vacation in this quick 3 minute video, complete with mellow music for your deer-viewing enjoyment.
Notice he goes right for the star in that photo!
Episode 35 - Yakiimo Truck
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007One of my most favorite characters in this neighborhood is the Yaki Imo delivery truck. Yaki means grilled and Imo means potato. In this case, this guy sells grilled sweet potatoes. But his method of cruising through the neighborhood should not be taken likely. This man is a pro, even if the recording skips just a little bit.
Unfortunately, we haven’t seen Mr. Yaki Imo in a while so we’re not quite sure if we will ever get to eat one. But if he comes back, rest assured I will be the first one on my block waiting for that sweet delicious treat. Enjoy!
Oh, and here are the lyrics to the song. Let’s all sing along.
焼き芋〜〜、焼き芋〜〜〜、石焼〜〜〜〜〜〜き芋〜〜〜、焼き芋〜〜〜
yakimo~~, yakiimo~~~, ishi ya~~~~kiimo~~~~~, yakiimo~~~~
roasted potato, roasted potato, stone roasted potato, roasted potato
Episode 34 - Tanabata Festival In Asakusa
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
This is a short slideshow of some sights and sounds captured in Asakusa during the Tanabata festival. The history and meaning behind the Tanabata festival is quite romantic and really quite interesting. Check out some more info here on Wikipedia.
Enjoy the mellow music and shades of blue as I walk you through Asakusa to Ueno taking in the sights and sounds of the festival. This is a larger frame size file but the download should be very short, only about 4MB or so. Make sure you download and view it. Viewing it here on the website will not let it display in its full size.
If you like this format, please let me know. I would love to get some feedback on it. This type of video podcast is very fun to put together and doesn’t take much time. I’m using what I’ve learned from Stuart Isset’s piece I featured back in April.
Episode 28 - Playing Initial D
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Video killed the podcast star. Well, I’m certainly no star, so I guess I have nothing to worry about.
Today’s episode comes in video form. This little gem has been on my hard drive for over 2 months! Finally time to get it out as I rev up for some more audio goodness. In this episode, you can watch me play Sega Initial-D, my favorite arcade game at the moment. Why is it my favorite? Well because I have a little Initial-D IC card license that allows me to save my progress. So it’s much more satisfying to know that my 100円 coins are going to a pointless accomplishment that can be tracked, rather than just a pointless activity.
Caution, this is poorly edited and for video game nerds only. Editing my camera phone footage doesn’t exactly jive with Final Cut Pro at the moment. But do check out the vibration effect from the camera phone. It’s like you’re really there playing the game with me! (^_^)
Episode 22 - The Battle Boat
Saturday, May 26th, 2007
A short only-in-japan video episode segment to take you over the weekend hump. I’ve often walked by the Sumida River and have seen this very strange-looking boat sailing up and down the river. I stealthily hunted it down and have finally published here for the world to see.
Alternate video link (Google Video)
Episode 20 - Riding the Yurikamome
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Original photo here (used via CC license)
In this video episode, come along with me and ride the Yurikamome most of the way to Shinbashi. Loosely edited, but you will get to see many of the strange buildings with unique architecture along the way, including the Fuji Television building. The “red” dot is my camera light, not a UFO. Enjoy!
Episode 15 - Biking Through Tokyo
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Yeeeesssssssss. Here it is. The episode you’ve all been waiting for, “Biking Through Tokyo”. I hope I didn’t talk it up too much prior to this. I edited this over the weekend. The footage had been sitting on my drive for about 2 weeks, just dying to be put to good use.
I had to be a little creative with the editing since alot of it was bumping. It’s alot like drinking too much coffee the way it runs now. Please don’t eat anything while watching this. Hopefully you will enjoy some of the sights of Tokyo as I did on that day. Oh, and instead of shownotes, here are delicious time-code notes where I’ve marked points of interest that I don’t mention in audio.
Show Notes
- 0:00 - Fancy-schmancy intro as always
- 1:00 - The dreaded Nissan’s Business Japanese makes a guest appearance
- 1:06 - Note the super-secure bike lock
- 1:37 - じてんしゃ is Japanese for Bicycle (pronounced “ji-tenn-sha”)
- 1:47 - That is a highway on/off ramp
- 2:18-2:25 - If you look closely, you can almost see the kitty-cat sticker on the bell. LOL
- 2:58 - Ferrari
- 3:40 - Notice how many different types of sidewalks there are yet??
- 3:47 - I pedal through people in Asakusa-bashi w/o touching my feet on the ground - You have no idea how hard it was to navigate that with one hand and film at the same time. ^_^
- 4:22 - The Asahi Beer building
Special thanks to Gustav Young from Oddioblender for letting me use the track “Frantic Footsteps” for this video. Please check out the site for more great glitchy nerdcore music. I listen to this album constantly!
Alternative video link (Google Video)
