Uchimizu
15-04-2009
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image ID#15725 Uchimizu refers to the action of sprinkling water on the streets in the summer and has been a tradition in Japan for many many moons. The water keeps the dust low and cools off the immediate area. You can read up more on this tradition somewhere here. The Uchimizukko Daishugo event has made this tradition more interesting by getting legions of maids to do the watering. Video included after the jump. The pink maid in this pic wearing glasses was my fave out of the lot. BTW, just added this image to the Wallpaper pool. image ID#15726 12.30 infront of Akiba station. Organizers are prepping for the event. image ID#15727 Holy water used to cool off the streets. image ID#15728 Maids getting ready for action. image ID#15729 More maids. image ID#15730 Was interviewed by a few TV crews but forgot which channels ^^; image ID#15731 These are called Oke which are filed with water. image ID#15732 There is a bridge above the event space but is glassed off to prevent people jumping I guess. image ID#15733 More maids get ready for the event. image ID#15734 And Some more. image ID#15735 All these maids are from different cafes. Never been to a maid cafe before so couldn't tell you who's who. Below is a list of some of the cafes who participated in the event (in Japanese). アキバ一丁目劇場、＠ほぉ〜むcafe、お〜ぶ、Cafe Cute M、キューティーリラックス、QUEEN DOLCE、Cos-Cha、JAMアキハバラ、SweetTrip、ハニーシープ、ぴなふぉあ、MistyHeaven、メイキュア、メイドステーション、メイフット、Merry Heart、モエシャン、癒あmaiden、ユナティコストレーガ、LittleBSD、LittlePSX、ロイヤルミルク image ID#15736 You can see the event area from the bridge but photos from here are crap. image ID#15737 Gah, its the pnk maid (in the middle). I didnt notice how nice she was until I looked at the photos. I could hardly see through the helmet (I only see green ^^;) image ID#15738 Brownie points to whoever can name all the maid costume/cafes. image ID#15739 This event has to be the biggest maid only event. The girls are waiting on the bridge to head down an escalator. image ID#15740 And at the bottom of the escalator awaits full of salivating men pointing their...camera. image ID#15741 The maids reach the bottom of the escalator and pose for the lads. image ID#15742 I like the one in beige. Reminds me of a figure. image ID#15743 This is Rio Hatsune who was this years image girl for the event. image ID#15744 Traditional style maids. image ID#15745 Macho maids? image ID#15746 Yum. image ID#15747 Yum Yum. I like the two to the left of this pic. image ID#15748 All the girls have assembled at the event ground and grab an Oke full of water. image ID#15749 The water throwing/sprinking takes place a few time throughout the event. Can anybody tell me which cafe that pink maid works at?! image ID#15750 T'was very windy and the girls had a tough time keeping their skirts down. There were many gusts of wind where upon the girls would squeek "kyaaa!". The lads around me all went "ahhhhh, kawaiii!!" image ID#15751 Folks from the audience who wanted to participate could do so too. But its boring watching them throw water... image ID#15752 Which is why I kept my eye on this lot. image ID#15753 Was packed so didnt get to move around and only got pics form this spot. image ID#15754 Pink maid with glasses! I see many lousy contact lens ads on TV which make people feel stupid for wearing glasses. I personally think girls in glasses look great. image ID#15755 A shot of the lads. image ID#15756 Standing behind the maids is a bad thing. You cant see whats going on and you cant even take pictures of their backs because some woman comes and screams at you. image ID#15757 Helping promote some maid cafe. image ID#15758 People who attended the event may have noticed that the organizers seemed to have set up equipment to measure something. What they were doing is measuring the temperature, wind and height of water being thrown. After water has been thrown and if there was a breeze (which there was), then the temperature should temporarily cool down. I think the heat being generated by the excited men alone prevented any type of temperature cooling. image ID#15759 Image girl Rio. image ID#15760 Forgot to put this in earlier. image ID#15761 This post is mixed with photos that I took on my Xacti, Canon IXY 900 and also photos taken by my good man Tokyo Hunter who runs a figure blog - check out his post for more coverage. And more coverage below. Tokyo Hunter IT Media Jabro Akibatic Suicider Ascii Akibaos Akiba Kenkyu Akiba Map Video below. The first few seconds is blank. The video stops from time to time which is when I'm taking photos. 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.
image ID#15725 Uchimizu refers to the action of sprinkling water on the streets in the summer and has been a tradition in Japan for many many moons. The water keeps the dust low and cools off the immediate area. You can read up more on this tradition somewhere here. The Uchimizukko Daishugo event has made this tradition more interesting by getting legions of maids to do the watering. Video included after the jump. The pink maid in this pic wearing glasses was my fave out of the lot. BTW, just added this image to the Wallpaper pool. image ID#15726 12.30 infront of Akiba station. Organizers are prepping for the event. image ID#15727 Holy water used to cool off the streets. image ID#15728 Maids getting ready for action. image ID#15729 More maids. image ID#15730 Was interviewed by a few TV crews but forgot which channels ^^; image ID#15731 These are called Oke which are filed with water. image ID#15732 There is a bridge above the event space but is glassed off to prevent people jumping I guess. image ID#15733 More maids get ready for the event. image ID#15734 And Some more. image ID#15735 All these maids are from different cafes. Never been to a maid cafe before so couldn't tell you who's who. Below is a list of some of the cafes who participated in the event (in Japanese). アキバ一丁目劇場、＠ほぉ〜むcafe、お〜ぶ、Cafe Cute M、キューティーリラックス、QUEEN DOLCE、Cos-Cha、JAMアキハバラ、SweetTrip、ハニーシープ、ぴなふぉあ、MistyHeaven、メイキュア、メイドステーション、メイフット、Merry Heart、モエシャン、癒あmaiden、ユナティコストレーガ、LittleBSD、LittlePSX、ロイヤルミルク image ID#15736 You can see the event area from the bridge but photos from here are crap. image ID#15737 Gah, its the pnk maid (in the middle). I didnt notice how nice she was until I looked at the photos. I could hardly see through the helmet (I only see green ^^;) image ID#15738 Brownie points to whoever can name all the maid costume/cafes. image ID#15739 This event has to be the biggest maid only event. The girls are waiting on the bridge to head down an escalator. image ID#15740 And at the bottom of the escalator awaits full of salivating men pointing their...camera. image ID#15741 The maids reach the bottom of the escalator and pose for the lads. image ID#15742 I like the one in beige. Reminds me of a figure. image ID#15743 This is Rio Hatsune who was this years image girl for the event. image ID#15744 Traditional style maids. image ID#15745 Macho maids? image ID#15746 Yum. image ID#15747 Yum Yum. I like the two to the left of this pic. image ID#15748 All the girls have assembled at the event ground and grab an Oke full of water. image ID#15749 The water throwing/sprinking takes place a few time throughout the event. Can anybody tell me which cafe that pink maid works at?! image ID#15750 T'was very windy and the girls had a tough time keeping their skirts down. There were many gusts of wind where upon the girls would squeek "kyaaa!". The lads around me all went "ahhhhh, kawaiii!!" image ID#15751 Folks from the audience who wanted to participate could do so too. But its boring watching them throw water... image ID#15752 Which is why I kept my eye on this lot. image ID#15753 Was packed so didnt get to move around and only got pics form this spot. image ID#15754 Pink maid with glasses! I see many lousy contact lens ads on TV which make people feel stupid for wearing glasses. I personally think girls in glasses look great. image ID#15755 A shot of the lads. image ID#15756 Standing behind the maids is a bad thing. You cant see whats going on and you cant even take pictures of their backs because some woman comes and screams at you. image ID#15757 Helping promote some maid cafe. image ID#15758 People who attended the event may have noticed that the organizers seemed to have set up equipment to measure something. What they were doing is measuring the temperature, wind and height of water being thrown. After water has been thrown and if there was a breeze (which there was), then the temperature should temporarily cool down. I think the heat being generated by the excited men alone prevented any type of temperature cooling. image ID#15759 Image girl Rio. image ID#15760 Forgot to put this in earlier. image ID#15761 This post is mixed with photos that I took on my Xacti, Canon IXY 900 and also photos taken by my good man Tokyo Hunter who runs a figure blog - check out his post for more coverage. And more coverage below. Tokyo Hunter IT Media Jabro Akibatic Suicider Ascii Akibaos Akiba Kenkyu Akiba Map Video below. The first few seconds is blank. The video stops from time to time which is when I'm taking photos. 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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