皆さん、（みなさん・Mina-san) Apologies for the late release, but more armadillo trouble. They just don’t seem to quit. We’d like to thank our tech team in NY for all the hard work put in on making sure this lesson was released. Thank you tech guy! You are the best!
よろしくおねがいします！

What about giving us a map of Tokyo to show where these places are in relation to each other. Arigato goziamusu. gambatte

Anon-san, great suggestion. Thank you and keep them coming.
You’re not from Iceland by any chance are you?

Yamanote
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/info/map_a4ol.pdf
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/transporttrain/l/bljryamanote.htm
Harajuku
http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/access/ac006shibuya/map.html

Peterさん and ちぐささん、

As always, a good show! (^-^)b

Hmm…原宿(はらじゅく) as the fashion capital of the world? I think the folks in Milan, and, oh…hmm…maybe …New York City might question that.

Re: 表参道(おもてさんどう). This is a fun street. However, it used to be more charming before they tore down those old buildings to make room for Omotesando Hills. And they used to have that Italian Café, Perbacco (I’m sure I’m butchering the spelling ), which had several Italian waiters, until Vivre lost their lease. Still, it’s a nice street.

And 竹下通り (たけしたどおり) is indeed intersting. But you should warn listeners about just how crowded it gets on the weekend. You better not be in a rush to get anywhere.

Let’s see, Shibuya, Harajuku, what’s next? Yoyogi? Don’t tell me you’re going to do each station. Who will do the investigative work for Shin-Okubo? Perhaps since you went up 表参道 a bit, you could keep going up to 青山 (あおやま). In addition to the shops, you could talk about Kua’Aina and Blue Note Tokyo.

Daniel

hi Chigusa and Peter,

great show!

Berlin has trains running in circles too. The S41 and S42…
http://www.s-bahn-berlin.de/pdf/s_bahn_netz_2805_2006.pdf
During FIFA worldcup they operate 24/7… if you need a place to stay … (i dont recommend it though )

またね
Marvin

Harajuku reminds me of London’s Carnaby Street in the 1960s. I guess to many subscribers, that would be ancient history.

Konnichiwa Minasan,

Almost two weeks since I’ve been here… Whoaaaaa!!! More great lessons… I just logged in to download the lessons and be back home soon to check everything… I’m more than 10 lessons behind…

Mata wa, Domo Arigatou!

R-san,

I think you may be talking about the tag. This one was tagged a bit late, so feel free to redownload the mp3 and it should include all of the info. Sorry for the inconvenience!

JP-san,

We missed you! Hope you’re doing well

Sindy-san, welcome! Great to have you. Yes, we’re actually working on implementing a lot of new things, it just that we’re always short on time. We’ll be more on top of that in the future.

Daniel-san, thanks for the great posts as always!! Lots of good information in there. Please keep those great posts coming. Just posted on your homepage.

マービンさん、thanks for the info! Great stuff, will be very useful for world cup goers this year. Keep the great posts coming.

Bob-san, not sure, but we could start working on some.
We’ll investigate for you.

Michael-san, thanks for the tip. I’m going to search for some pictures.

R-san, how is it working now?

JP-san, there you are! We missed you.

Peter-san, yes, would be nice to see a little presevation at the least. In Akasaka, there is nothing before 1975. Except maybe the Temples and the Diet.

Japanese Student, thanks for the post and the advice.
1. - we’re working on, things should be better and only get better.
2. - depending on the members present this is something we’re working on.
3. - another item for the to do list.

Thanks for the post.

Sébastien-san, こんにちは！
On the top floor of Laforet, there is a hall called Laforet Museum Harajuku where they have different exhibitions not and then. They seem to have done a Hello Kitty exhibition in 2004 to commemorate Hello Kitty’s 30th anniversary (Kitty’s 30th birthday? wow ), so that must be when you visited Laforet

Sebastien-san,
Are you the same Sebastien with The French Podcast? OK, I imagine there is more than one “Sebastien” in the world.

thank you so much Sakura !!! Indeed, I went there in 2004 ! That’s it ! The bad news is that was only a temporary exhibition…

I disagree with Japanese Student. I think it is helpful to anyone going to Japan to listen to how Japanese speak English. There’s a suggestion in Japanese Student’s comments that nobody on the program can speak the other’s language properly, and that’s not true. Also, it is instructive to listen to how an American has difficulty with certain sounds in Japanese, such as the r/l sound, as in ‘kare’ which has no equivalent in English. I know I have the same difficulty, and by listening to both Peter and Sakura pronounce the word, I am made aware of where I need to be pay more attention. Peter, don’t get me wrong - I think your Japanese is better than you let on.

I really love this podcast, You folks are doing a terrific job. I wish you had been around before I spent 5 months in Tokyo in 2004. But I’ll be back sooner or later and meanwhile, I really enjoy the way you teach the language.

I agree with Michael san and Daniel san!

And well, Sebastien is right, what about Paris? My beautiful Paris…I can spend the whole day, just walking in the streets watching the architecture of old buildings…

But well, I can also spend hours and hours watching the same tree

Harajuku has a wonderful antique/collectibles flea market at the Togo Jinja temple. It’s held twice a month and is right next to Takeshita Dori, 5 minutes from the train station.
There’s also a gigantic flea market in Yoyogi Park. I believe that one is held twice a month too.
If you have any money left over, you can spend it at the 4 story high 99-yen store located near the beginning of Takeshita Dori.

Wayne

Great lesson and very informative. It sounds like I won’t be spending much time in Harajuku other than to browse. Still, it would be interesting to see it.

Chigusa-san - thanks for bringing your experiences and knowledge to our community. I am sure we all appreciate it.

Peter-san, will we ever hear Kazunori-san again or is he too busy partying these days? I hope he will come back sometime.

Mata ashita ne!

ネイト

A picture of Peter on the way to lunch.

http://flickr.com/photos/threemilesdwn/118026462/in/set-72057594090781051/

Late reply.
Thanks to Peter San and Nathan San, the recording’s better now.

Arigato, Ja ne, R.

hi, i am really interested also in harajuku, may i join this harajuku talk,,,,