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Jethro: I think phil. Makati is a nice city too. I think the city, economically along with there tourist attractions, are benefitely doing good of representing for south east asia. The city looks very beautiful (uhmm.. except......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

my little town has grown up: so strange to see the quaint little town I grew up in, start to turn all metro. Japanese,sushi bar, korean, wow. I remeber when we went to Petes candy shop after school or hung......

in response to: Kimchi? Sushi? Slush Puppy? Fill\'er Up! by GGP

japanman: [[img:28700]] ...

in response to: Kaws by Metro

Linda Steinmetz: found this site while looking for info on P.S. 113 - the one on Moffat Street. I Grew up on Moffat Street, same block as the school, We had one of the houses with backyards......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

MrBrenzo: Hutchinson Kansas is a boring place, if you are a boring person. I lived in Hutch until I was 15 and remember it fondly. the state fair only happens once a year, but it was......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

dboy: Just to nit-pick ... By a fraction, Tokyo Midtown is the highest tower in central Tokyo and 4th highest in Japan. I was lucky enough to work there when it was finished last year, the......

in response to: Tokyo Architecture by Chris Jongkind

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

SF: Hate to change the subject on the negativity of Hutchinson...at least is in the US!! I was born in Hutchinson KS at the hospital that used to go by the name Grace Hospital, it was 1964.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Clive: Awesome! An excellent slice of life...I'd love to go and teach English in Tokyo someday; hopefully I'll have enough funds amassed to do so within the next year or two. The lamp in front of......

in response to: Tabemasu / Nomimasu by serlingrod

chiamattt: [[img:24913]] this is what the route of my walk looked like. I started at about 2pm and finished at about 5pm. The read boxed area is a high police-bus presence area as its the area that......

in response to: 07-12-01 by chiamattt

Jeanne: The article and postings bring back so many memories that I had forgotton. I lived on St. Johns place, and then in 225 Eastern Parkway in the 60's. I don't think that I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

chiamattt: do you travel between the US and Japan a lot?...

in response to: Harajuku by serlingrod

Peter: er, japanese. lol. i knew that. just said "korean" out of habit, i guess!...

in response to: Osaka Part Four by chiamattt

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

chiamattt: Peter, I think he's the dude who tells cement trucks and other construction related vehicles where and when to come and go. Also, these are Japanese slices-of-life shots, but thanks for the love!...

in response to: Osaka Part Four by chiamattt

testeez: Loving these photos. Is the guy in the first picture shaving? The one of the man (and dog) pulling the cart caught my interest. Do you see lots of stuff like that in such......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

serlingrod: my guess, sythero, is that foreigners purchase electronics from these stores to get their taxes returned when they leave. tokyo much like japan is a very homogenous place, but i did see alot of westerners......

in response to: Akihabara Electric Town by serlingrod

Tony T: Chris, thanks for posting the Freedom Square pict. I grew up a block away on Evergreen and Willoughby. I'm 42 now and live in Japan, but I still enjoy looking at old photos of where......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: japan is a great nation. ...

in response to: A Stabbing in Akasaka by serlingrod

Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Kitty: I am a military brat who was born in Japan. My early years were spent in public bath houses, and not the type you hear about in San Fransisco. This is where you soak in......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

jeeff: jp haze: note "virtually", but maybe that was overstating it a bit. the tokyo metropolitan region (including yokohama) covers 83.5% of the kanto plain. i've seen the edge of suburban sprawl toward the......

in response to: tokyo skyline by jeeff

serlingrod: they still love michael jackson as well. he's HUGE! him and mickey mouse. basically anything that embodies the spirit of U.S. pop culture. One man I met there said to me....."USA.....NUMBER ONE!.....JAPAN.....NUMBER TWO!!!" Another said....."Best state....HAWAII!"...

in response to: Shimokitazawa by serlingrod

jack: it probably is, unless it's mcdowels from coming to america, but i marvel at how society has changed there in japan, as a child i remember when they were bombing tokyo, i sometimes wonder if......

in response to: Shimokitazawa by serlingrod

colavitos ghost: japan is straight crazy....

in response to: Shibuya by serlingrod

SULLIVAN: The Prospect Park zoo had elephants, polar bears, monkeys, lions, tigers, and a pony track where kids could get a ride in a poney wagon. In addition, there were row boats & peddle boats on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

jeeff: it may be different in south africa, but in canada i can't see why any "do-gooder" would want to join the hell's angels. why not another group? i hate to see criminal organizations......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Kelly M: I am Bill C's ex wife and I also worked at the plant and met Bill there and subsequently got married. It is such a shame to see the plant gone, I have wonderful memories......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

New Face in Bushwick: Need more than Starbucks. Northeast cafe is the only one that I can relax and enjoy the meal at. Italian, Japanese restaurants would be wonderful.. Investors and developers out there - business......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: anything urban, art on a stick. this sign has new screws. so, what's the story. do you know whose work this is? it's all very enjoyable. it reminds me of that picture from japan. The Great Wave by......

in response to: Signage Daydream by GGP

EvilGentleman: I must agree with some of this quite heavily. To repeat a comment I posted on VampireFreaks, my opinion about the human race, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, subculture, style of dress, or social "class"......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: The fact that someone would have the gall to name something in this area after the Algonquins, who are the traditional enemy of the Mohawks, is quite distressing. The Adironadacks are the homeland of the......

in response to: Adirondack Signage by GGP

EvilGentleman: Since the Ring of Fire surrounds the Pacific Ocean, could it not be said that the western cordillera region (of which the Coast/Cascades and Rockies are both part of) is in fact a part of......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: I wonder if Jeff has any shots of Japan's famous sidewalk beer vending machines. chiamattt, do they have them in Korea as well? joey, it looks like you are sporting a moustache, but I cannot tell......

in response to: Self Reflection by joey

chiamattt: I have only ever seen one cigarette vending machine in Korea. In Japan there are more cigarette vending machines than pieces of litter on the street. It's paradise!...

in response to: Self Reflection by joey

WilWil: This has got to be one of the best descriptions of everyday life in japan as you can possibly get. I wish there are more articles such as these in citynoise....

in response to: Practical Japanese by Chris Jongkind

steve: England and the US have much in common. One thing being they want the world to know there are "dangerous regimes" out there intent on obtaining nukes : The Uk and the US most definetely......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

mark: tai chi by itself is just exercises and yoga as well. There is a trend really since the 60's to accept things like these without examining the roots and implications spiritually. So Christians belief it......

in response to: God Is Good by Peter

Alie: Wow. This is amazing. That's not exactly what Japan felt like to me, but I it's nice to see a new side. The less, chaotic side....

in response to: Tokyo After Twelve by Selig

EvilGentleman: chiamatt, your points are valid, but if Canada can pass laws that state that tobacco companies cannot sponsor sporting events or family-oriented events where children are present, so as to protect children from being influenced......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

groovehouse: [[img:11168]] Bamboo Graffiti - Hermann Park, Japanese Gardens, Houston, Tx....

in response to: Bamboo Graffiti: Akaka Falls State Park by barry

jeeff: elicar - how about the reservations up north where people continue to be stuck without clean drinking water and reliable infrastructure? how about the saskatoon police (to name only one notorious department)? the amount......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Try babelfishing "I love you." from English to Japanese to English to Korean to English to Italian to French to German to English to French to Portuguese to French to Italian to French to Greek......

in response to: Babelfishing by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I noticed that non-Latin alphabet characters seem to cause problems with the formatting for the main posts, but since I have seen them in the comments area without too much trouble, I hope this will......

in response to: Babelfishing by EvilGentleman

cuantar: I've lived in Japan for the past year, and my initial response to this article is, "right on." I love it here. I'm returning to the States in a week to finish up some business,......

in response to: Practical Japanese by Chris Jongkind

ea: hehe! in japanese, putting "O" in front of a word signifies an honorific tense......

in response to: O\'Sushi by EvilGentleman

chiamattt: jeeff: population density is so high in Japan and Korea that Health Care costs, such as routine checks and ambulance rides are quite cheap compared to what they cost in the U.S and Canada. Could......

in response to: A Very Expensive Locksmith by groovehouse

jeeff: in japan i was told that you have to pay for your own ambulance ride after the fact....

in response to: A Very Expensive Locksmith by groovehouse

Carltan: i think asian(especially japanese) people are funny and i like your pictures...first one is not as good as the rest...

in response to: Another Saturday by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I see a definite Japanese influence in his work. Thanks. I'll keep my eyes peeled for any of his stuff....

in response to: Faces and TSK by EvilGentleman

Elicar: That's very pretty! I have a dwarf Japanese maple that I planted two springs ago and I couldn't wait for it to grow to its full glory of about 5 feet! Of course, I may......

in response to: Coming soon to a branch-tip near you... by drea

GGP: hanami: the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the cherry blossom season, from the first buds to the brilliant blossoms to the petals falling like pink snow. (from a postcard i got......

in response to: Cherry Blossoms in Brooklyn, Pt. 2 by sine

jeeff: chiamattt - no. i tried to hang around a few other days, but i didn't catch anyone. usually i just left and continued on to work. obviously it's hard to loiter around......

in response to: Plastic Eggs by jeeff

chiamattt: so yeah....where are those japan wall pics. ...

in response to: Alcatraz Island by Audrey

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Great links. It's the opposite of 101 unuseless Japanese inventions....

in response to: A Few Minutes After Work by chiamattt

Irish Mike: I'm an Irishman born and bred. I lived in the USA for five years in the eighties and for ten in England. I later lived in Japan and Korea and now call China home. So......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

RonO: I worked at this plant from 1980-1984 when we were working 3 shifts and building 300,000 cars a year. At that time GM was manufacturing the X body car which was highly in demand because......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

jeeff: [[http://www.onsmithcomics.com/html/extras/japan_images/075.jpg]] [[http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~klyve/travel/japan/manonsign.jpg]] those are both better examples. no way can i translate them tho. ps. both those sites have other good photos of japan....

in response to: Tidy by elaine

jeeff: hm i propose an int'l comparison of the wording of those signs. canada's are different, but i don't have a photo. however, i ##do## have japan: [[img:9808]] ...

in response to: Tidy by elaine

EvilGentleman: I just found my answer at some commercial website here: [[http://commerces.arrondissement.com/Mercier_Hochelaga_Maisonneuve/commerce.asp?id=114&sortcode=8.3]] [[img:9760]] Decorative articles - zen - feng shui - Chinese/Japanese pottery - jewellry - body piercing - books - incense - and "bonsai naturals?" ...

in response to: St. Patrick\'s Fire by EvilGentleman

Elicar: I don't know whose piece is it, but here is where I took the picture from: [[img:9751]] A Japanese restaurant at the BCE Place. (Why am I always at the BCE?) ...

in response to: Medussa by Elicar

jeeff: i had a toilet like that last one (but not overflowing or filthy) in my apartment in japan. i liked it once my knees got used to it. very hygienic....

in response to: Chinese Toilets by stinkyben

jeeff: i went hiking in the mountains around nikko, tochigi prefecture, japan, and my girlfriend's mother wore a bell hanging from the zipper clasp on her backpack. it sent out a fairly loud ding as......

in response to: Bear Cub in Tree by EvilGentleman

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: Thank you, GGP. I have better shots that were taken during an overnight sleepover for the women, but I will have to ask my wife for permission to publish them, since she took the other......

in response to: Shaping the Last Igloo Piece by EvilGentleman

jeeff: yeah, kudos. this is such a unique photo. it's not well known that japan has its own igloo tradition. in akita there's a 'kamakura' festival. kamakura are little snow houses. it used......

in response to: Shaping the Last Igloo Piece by EvilGentleman

jack: a friend of mine once lived in manila, during the japanese invasion. he was a young boy of 12 and was a runner for the resistence and eventually got caught and beaten but survived....

in response to: Sunsets, Anyone? Part 3 by Elicar

jeeff: i agree with everything you say. it frustrates me to no end the way westerners are convinced that japan is "weird". my mom visited me while i lived there and she absolutely loved......

in response to: Practical Japanese by Chris Jongkind

Guy McLaren: I dont know about that, I was reading the owners of the land wanted an extortionate rent and some japanese fellas have offered to buy it, What ever happened with the dome, I lost touch......

in response to: The Eye by Steelisreal

sanpakuman: suv driver, interesting observation . . . though think you're referring to "sanpaku," which as defined by http://www.macrobiotic.org/Sanpaku.htm is: "Sanpaku is a Japanese term that literally means “three areas empty”. It refers to two sides of......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Buzz Hargrove: First of all, I agreed with the Motorist. That Cyclist was picking up garbage off the street. That is a union job she's doing. Leave the garbage picking to the CUPE Local......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mack-Limelight: Ya someone should ID the driver, like they did in the Japanese Subway Dog Poop girl story....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Samantha: One of the things I sometimes stay up all night doing is collage - recently i have covered every book and container on my desk in collage - the reason I am saying this of......

in response to: st clement\'s from the hip by elaine

jack: wo, thats my uncle joe. we have been looking for him for 32 years. he has a cleaning business. he cleans windshields on cars as they are stopped for red lights. ......

in response to: Coming and Going by Peter

jack: im amazed at how the japanese are able to copy the worlds great structures and recreate it in their city. shinjuku could be new york city. sunset on tokyo tower could be paris......

in response to: Tokyo Architecture by Chris Jongkind

ram51@japan.com: greetings from the home county of the ORIGINAL BRAND ! by ram51 ...

in response to: Jaeger 1998 by Marc

ram51@japan.com: i know this corner...i,ve been there in the mid-eighties...nice photo...thanks for the memory shift regards ram51...

in response to: Untitled by fede

jeeff: wow, beautiful! i never quite figured out how to catch those lights. you sure did. i would love to see more of japan....

in response to: Tokyo Neon by Chris Jongkind

ram51@japan.com: Mss Catherine Penfold_Waxman...Please for your kind attention...what is your definition of BUSTED! to somebody who lives in old europe ? ...

in response to: Ballet_Mecanique by ram51@japan.com

ram51@japan.com: hello ian i hope you forgive me...that i made a collage of one of your nicely done photos...to be honest sometimes i,m workin so fast that i forget about where and when i collect image sources......

in response to: Ballet_Mecanique by ram51@japan.com

ram51@japan.com: thanks peter..a brilliant study !...

in response to: The Sandwich Eater (with video) by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: On beauty and decay: I was sent a poem from a book by Toyohiko Kagawa, called Songs From The Slums. He grew up and worked around the Kobe slums of Japan and was thrown in......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

elaine: well put. i am told the japanese have a word for beauty in decay. it is a lovely photo...

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

ram51@japan.com: yep... good shot ! ...

in response to: Western Sunset After the Storm by joey

anon (p54BCF8D1.dip.t-dialin.net): my time is yours happy new year folks... ram51@japan.com ...

in response to: Results/Hypothesis? by Peter

ram51@japan.com: the answer... : [[img:7247]]...

in response to: Urban Tedium... by Jamie

ram51@japan.com: hm... regards ram51...

in response to: Urban Tedium... by Jamie

ram51@japan.com: beautiful...sum of em Edward Hopper (american painter) type of frequenzy...keep on goin...thanks ram51...

in response to: Dec 30 2005 Toronto by hool

ram51@japan.com: grat...i love the pictures...keep on goin... ram51 http://www.citynoise.org/article/2567...

in response to: Commute at Dusk by Laura

ram51@japan.com: nice impressions thanks... my tyny man out of snow on a phone booth 24th of Dec. 2005 [[img:7239]]...

in response to: More Post Christmas Snow by Jamie

ram51@japan.com: i met daze personally in NYC Lower East Side in the very early 80s...nice guy...very charming...thanks for the rough photo peter... ram51...

in response to: Daze by Peter

ram51@japan.com: thanks peter for having the time to read this very spontaneous entry... ram51...

in response to: DAzeD_AGaiN by ram51@japan.com

ram51@japan.com: grat photos...very impressive...i,m gonna rethink my viewpoint of manchester...keep on runnin man.... thanks ram51...

in response to: Manchester Lights A by Myke

ram51@japan.com: Dear Jack... Thank you for your kind attention... They above issue is meant as a lyrical issue...combining random pictures with random scriptures...for my opinion all scriptures are type of lyrical expressions...first of all the vedas. Quoran. Holy Bible and......

in response to: DAzeD_AGaiN by ram51@japan.com

ram51@japan.com: future,s next step ...

in response to: Abandoned 5-Inch Floppy Disks by Peter