Japan Outlet Mall
29-03-2009
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image ID#25367 Took some time out to visit an outlet mall in Machida called Grandberry Mall. Have only been to one outlet mall on my previous visit to Los Angeles and was my first time to visit one in Japan. Zooming ahead in time in late afternoon to have some yummy Cold Stone Creamery made by a rather yummy young lady who asked her comrades to sing for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypJkq63Ihrs image ID#25368 Zooming back in time - making our way by car to Machida. About a 40 min drive - took the Tomei highway. image ID#25369 Arrival at Grandberry. The mall was located on a hill which had a nice view of the surrounding mountains - forgot to take a pic. Some folks singing at the entrance. image ID#25370 Reminds me of a shopping district in Santa Monica(?) LA. image ID#25371 This chap was doing a robot dance for a few hours. image ID#25372 Very peaceful sunny Sunday afternoon. image ID#25373 I don't think I've seen so many dogs in one place - there were dogs everywhere! image ID#25374 The mall was filled with dogs of all shapes and sizes with all sorts of clothing and styling. image ID#25375 Folks traveling by train can get off at Minami Machida on the Denen Toshi line - you can get there directly from Shibuya. image ID#25376 A dog guards its masters belongings. image ID#25377 Some green curry for lunch - 2,300 yen for the both of us. image ID#25378 I remember there being a MontBell in Seattle as was pleasantly surprised to find one in the mall - will be getting our sporting stuff from there from now on. image ID#25379 Some cool time pieces. Been looking for a time piece that I can stick on my armor as I loose track of time without my wrist watch. image ID#25380 This is FrancFranc - a Zakka [雑貨] store that sells life style bits n pieces - necessities around the house and items to enrich ones life. One of my wife's dreams is to have her own Zakka store and we are currently considering location and the sort of items that she wants to sell. Will update you on this project ^^ image ID#25381 A lot of what FrancFranc have in stock has been imported from outside of Japan and this is what my wife wants to do too. Many Japanese folks love stuff thats been imported - just like Kaldi that I talked about the other day. image ID#25382 Some interesting room corner shelves that may make nice figure displays. Would look nice in glass with a light at the top. image ID#25383 And this is what that lovely young lady made for us - 600 yen. image ID#25384 Comme Ca Du Mode is one of the largest apparel chain stores in Japan who do a load of cool black stuff similar to what you may find in ZARA. I just tried to look for their official site and learned that the CEO of the Comme Ca Du Mode is against having an official website and up until this day they don't have a web presence. image ID#25385 Comme Ca Du Mode have of late also been doing a load of Zakka too. Here we see the different color variations of the popular Japanese transparent brolly. image ID#25386 Mirror cunningly disguised as a bar of chocolate. image ID#25387 Stocking up on some clothes from Comme Ca - thought I'd try black for a change again. image ID#25388 There is a store dedicated to dogs at the mall. Here we see some k9ers getting some grooming treatments. image ID#25389 This dog was so cute! image ID#25390 Dog t-shirts. image ID#25391 A buyer about to make a choice. image ID#25392 And here are the prices of the puppies - the girls in pink, boys in blue. The most expensive being the girl costing 378,000 yen (3862 USD). Our neighbors got a dog recently and told us of how they needed to take it for an operation costing something like 300,000 yen - which meant that their plans to get a new wide screen TV went out the window. Does buying/owning a dog in your neck of the woods cost an arm and a few toes? image ID#25393 Question for married men (or men with girlfriends) - do you walk into the bra shop with your partner? Question for ladies - do you prefer your man to wait outside or don't mind (or prefer) that he comes inside the store? image ID#25394 No figure stores though. Figures retail stores seem to be limited to places like Akihabara, Tachikawa, Nakano Broadway, Ikebukuro and online stores. image ID#25395 Filling up on some Vietnamese food before heading back home. image ID#25396 Chicken Pho. image ID#25397 Me likey this pic. Dinner for two at 3,000 yen. image ID#25398 Stopping off at Gap on the way. image ID#25399 In a move to get people out n about to spend their money, discounts are in effect for using the highways. What would usually cost us 700 yen today cost only 500 yen. There are other discounts including the 1,000 yen to use as much as you want in a day - meaning that you can drive from Tokyo to Osaka and it will only cost 1,000 yen which would have cost much more before. image ID#25400 This is where you go "Oh Sheeeeee-it" if you take the wrong turn. image ID#25401 The curved sound barrier thingys line a lot of the highway. image ID#25402 Stuck in traffic for a bit. image ID#25403 And our loot for the day. 3 black tops for me and a change of style with brown trousers n t-shirt. Wifey nabs cute training stuff from the Adidas store. That reminds me - many moons ago I was given a bootleg bag that had the Adidas logo with the word "Adidang" on it. 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image ID#25367 Took some time out to visit an outlet mall in Machida called Grandberry Mall. Have only been to one outlet mall on my previous visit to Los Angeles and was my first time to visit one in Japan. Zooming ahead in time in late afternoon to have some yummy Cold Stone Creamery made by a rather yummy young lady who asked her comrades to sing for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypJkq63Ihrs image ID#25368 Zooming back in time - making our way by car to Machida. About a 40 min drive - took the Tomei highway. image ID#25369 Arrival at Grandberry. The mall was located on a hill which had a nice view of the surrounding mountains - forgot to take a pic. Some folks singing at the entrance. image ID#25370 Reminds me of a shopping district in Santa Monica(?) LA. image ID#25371 This chap was doing a robot dance for a few hours. image ID#25372 Very peaceful sunny Sunday afternoon. image ID#25373 I don't think I've seen so many dogs in one place - there were dogs everywhere! image ID#25374 The mall was filled with dogs of all shapes and sizes with all sorts of clothing and styling. image ID#25375 Folks traveling by train can get off at Minami Machida on the Denen Toshi line - you can get there directly from Shibuya. image ID#25376 A dog guards its masters belongings. image ID#25377 Some green curry for lunch - 2,300 yen for the both of us. image ID#25378 I remember there being a MontBell in Seattle as was pleasantly surprised to find one in the mall - will be getting our sporting stuff from there from now on. image ID#25379 Some cool time pieces. Been looking for a time piece that I can stick on my armor as I loose track of time without my wrist watch. image ID#25380 This is FrancFranc - a Zakka [雑貨] store that sells life style bits n pieces - necessities around the house and items to enrich ones life. One of my wife's dreams is to have her own Zakka store and we are currently considering location and the sort of items that she wants to sell. Will update you on this project ^^ image ID#25381 A lot of what FrancFranc have in stock has been imported from outside of Japan and this is what my wife wants to do too. Many Japanese folks love stuff thats been imported - just like Kaldi that I talked about the other day. image ID#25382 Some interesting room corner shelves that may make nice figure displays. Would look nice in glass with a light at the top. image ID#25383 And this is what that lovely young lady made for us - 600 yen. image ID#25384 Comme Ca Du Mode is one of the largest apparel chain stores in Japan who do a load of cool black stuff similar to what you may find in ZARA. I just tried to look for their official site and learned that the CEO of the Comme Ca Du Mode is against having an official website and up until this day they don't have a web presence. image ID#25385 Comme Ca Du Mode have of late also been doing a load of Zakka too. Here we see the different color variations of the popular Japanese transparent brolly. image ID#25386 Mirror cunningly disguised as a bar of chocolate. image ID#25387 Stocking up on some clothes from Comme Ca - thought I'd try black for a change again. image ID#25388 There is a store dedicated to dogs at the mall. Here we see some k9ers getting some grooming treatments. image ID#25389 This dog was so cute! image ID#25390 Dog t-shirts. image ID#25391 A buyer about to make a choice. image ID#25392 And here are the prices of the puppies - the girls in pink, boys in blue. The most expensive being the girl costing 378,000 yen (3862 USD). Our neighbors got a dog recently and told us of how they needed to take it for an operation costing something like 300,000 yen - which meant that their plans to get a new wide screen TV went out the window. Does buying/owning a dog in your neck of the woods cost an arm and a few toes? image ID#25393 Question for married men (or men with girlfriends) - do you walk into the bra shop with your partner? Question for ladies - do you prefer your man to wait outside or don't mind (or prefer) that he comes inside the store? image ID#25394 No figure stores though. Figures retail stores seem to be limited to places like Akihabara, Tachikawa, Nakano Broadway, Ikebukuro and online stores. image ID#25395 Filling up on some Vietnamese food before heading back home. image ID#25396 Chicken Pho. image ID#25397 Me likey this pic. Dinner for two at 3,000 yen. image ID#25398 Stopping off at Gap on the way. image ID#25399 In a move to get people out n about to spend their money, discounts are in effect for using the highways. What would usually cost us 700 yen today cost only 500 yen. There are other discounts including the 1,000 yen to use as much as you want in a day - meaning that you can drive from Tokyo to Osaka and it will only cost 1,000 yen which would have cost much more before. image ID#25400 This is where you go "Oh Sheeeeee-it" if you take the wrong turn. image ID#25401 The curved sound barrier thingys line a lot of the highway. image ID#25402 Stuck in traffic for a bit. image ID#25403 And our loot for the day. 3 black tops for me and a change of style with brown trousers n t-shirt. Wifey nabs cute training stuff from the Adidas store. That reminds me - many moons ago I was given a bootleg bag that had the Adidas logo with the word "Adidang" on it. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bugger is up to in his other networks.
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