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Chorus Line load-in at the Akasaka ACT Theater, Tokyo.
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Chorus Line load-in at Akasaka ACT Theatre, Tokyo.
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Ryan and Carleigh get ready to break open the sake barrel at the Chorus Line opening night gala. This is a tradition.
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Joey and Kim enjoy shabu-shabu. This restaurant is owned by one of the most famous kabuki actors in Japan.
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Part of our wonderful Japanese team in Tokyo - Shoko and Takky.
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The Akasaka ACT Theater in Tokyo.
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About to open the house for the audience for the 3rd performance at the Akasaka ACT Theater. Notice the vertical Japanese subtitle screens on either side of the stage.
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This is a class of students from an English language school called ECC. We met them at a nearby pub after they'd just seen the show. We spoke to them for an hour, allowing them to practice their English. They loved it, and so did we! A very rewarding
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These are my two new friends from the English language school ECC. They were extremely friendly and loved speaking with us Americans. They were pretty good at English, and they even taught me a little bit of Japanese as well!
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This is Sally from the English language school, ECC. She was a joy to talk with for a while!
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Just had to take a picture of this sign, in Ometosando Hills mall.
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Ometosando Hills, a shopping mall in the Harajuku area of Tokyo. This mall was built in 2005 by famous architect Tadeo Ando. It is extremely sleek and modern in its design and features very high-end shops on multiple vertical levels. Tokyo's very first
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This "Harajuku-girl" beckons people into a shop along Takeshita-dori in Harajuku, a district in Tokyo known for its shopping and dining, and as a hangout for the youth culture that enjoys dressing up as goths, lolitas, and in costumes.
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Every single one of these canisters contains a t-shirt for sale. The red LED codes you see correspond to codes on display shirts that hang on racks nearby. You see a shirt on the rack you like? Get the code from the tag and find it in a canister. Ther
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Every single one of these canisters contains a t-shirt for sale. The red LED codes you see correspond to codes on display shirts that hang on racks nearby. You see a shirt on the rack you like? Get the code from the tag and find it in a canister. Ther
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This is the Don Quijote store in Roppongi. Also known as "Donki." It's a chain with many outlets across Japan. They sell all manner of things -- food, beverage, toys, pet food, costumes, DVDs (all of which looked to be bootlegged), electronics, hermit
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I saw this sign posted along the sidewalk just a few blocks after I had at least 2 women (one with a child) ask me if i'd like a "massage" and at least 4 men ask me if i'd like to be admitted into a "gentleman's club." I declined all offers and noticed t
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Asimo!
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Schoolchildren interact with Paro. He is a "pet" robot, demonstrated at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo. He responds to human touch and voice, shows love and affection, and remembers names. Research has shown t
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This is Asimo, Honda's advanced robot. He can see, speak, walk, run, dance, climb stairs, and more. Demonstrated at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo.
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This microwave automatically plays a video clip the same length as your food's cooking time. On demonstration at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Toyko.
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Remember Harry Potter's Cloak of Invisibility? Well this is the real thing. By looking at it through the scope pictured, it appears to camouflage with its surroundings. This cloak is part of an exhibit of "Device Art" on demonstration at Miraikan, the
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Here is a shot through the scope at the camouflage cloak. Pretty amazing!
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This is the Geo-Cosmos, an organic LED (OLED) globe on demonstration at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Toyko. It constantly displays the Earth as it really is - using images from satellites in nearly real-time. Durin
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The organic LED (OLED) Geo-Cosmos is the symbolic piece on demonstration at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Toyko. It is super hi-res with over 10 million pixels, depicting the Earth from space.
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Close-up of the Geo-Cosmos, a giant OLED globe depicting the Earth from space. On demonstration at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Toyko.
