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Name: Jamie // ジェイミー
誕生日：1980年8月5日
Birthday: 08/05/1980
しし座・B型・身長：185ｃｍ
Leo, Blood-type B+,185cm tall
出身：アメリカの西海岸
Hometown: WA/CA/AZ, USA

今場所：東京
Current location: Tokyo, Japan
今仕事：漫画アシスタント:月刊雑誌ジャンプSQで「新テニスの王子様」
コラムニスト：朝日ウイークリー(毎月最後の日曜日のみ)で「Walking Tokyo」
女優：「ASAHI　POP’N　PRESS」　週間番組：毎週土曜日連載ナビゲーターとして出演
「先読みJUMP BANG!」許斐先生のアシスタントとし出演
他：モデルなど
Occupation: Manga artist: "New Prince of Tennis" serialized in monthly manga magazine JUMP SQ
Columnist: Asahi Weekly "Walking Tokyo" column on the last Sunday of every month
Acting: Weekly program "Asahi Pop'n Press" main cast
"Saki Yomi Jump Bang!" appeared as Konomi-sensei's assistant
Various
Other: Various other work + interviews
将来夢：漫画家・写真家・女優・世界の平和の張本人
Future job: Mangaka, Photographer, Actress, Supporter of world peace.

東京に住んでいるアメリカ人です☆
Hi, my name is Jamie. I'm originally from America, but now I live in Tokyo, Japan. I work as a manga assistant for Prince of Tennis right now, as well as write a column for Asahi Weekly, host a TV show, and various other projects!☆

よろしくネ ♪ ジェイミーと呼んでください ☆ アメリカ人ですが2004年9月から日本に住んでいます。芸術が大好きです！未来に漫画家になりたいんですにゃ！

Please call me Jamie, or Hi-chan is okay if you feel like it. ^^ Yoroshiku! ☆ I'm American through and through, but in Sept'04 I moved to Tokyo, Japan, in order to pursue my dreams. I love Tokyo, and I look forward to spending a long and fun life here! =^_^=

This blog is mainly in english, but also will have some japanese here and there. Most of the entries here are going to be about my daily life in Tokyo, whether that is seeing friends, attending an event, taking a vacation, or whatever else may come up. I post a lot of photos, as is probably apparent, and I love comments! ^^ For lj users: please feel free to friend me and always feel free to comment, whether you know me or not!
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9th-Nov-2009 06:29 pm
You know how you hear about all of those random strange vending machines in Japan? Well, this one sells canned soups.

Canned ramen, oden, curry, chicken soup.... all sorts of strange things!!













It's in Akihabara, by the way... Think you can find it? It's kind of hiding in plain sight ^_~

I wouldn't have even known about it myself if it wasn't for my friend Patrick, from Otaku2.com! He introduced it to us when he guest starred on Pop'n Press! I HIGHLY recommend his book, too!! The Otaku Encyclopedia!! It's full of nearly everything that an Otaku would want to know! I really loved it!! (I'll do a really good review of it eventually!)
Comments 
9th-Nov-2009 10:17 am (UTC)
[info]theidolhands
Man that's such a cool idea! I knew about hot coffee and tea, but not this. :D

I wish we had stuff like that in the states, but I'm told the lawsuits would come from people who didn't handle the product properly.
9th-Nov-2009 10:19 am (UTC)
[info]theidolhands
It looks like it even has it's own goofie mascot, complete with plushies. XD

Are those for purchase too?
9th-Nov-2009 10:20 am (UTC) - A bunch of questions that I just thought of. xD
[info]theidolhands
Can you get at the noodles or are they in little bits?

Is it a regular-sized tab or larger? Does the top come off?
9th-Nov-2009 10:31 am (UTC) - Re: A bunch of questions that I just thought of. xD
[info]hinoai
I don't know about the mascot... you'd have to go and find out, I guess!

And the noodles are normal-sized, at least the ones that I had were!
9th-Nov-2009 10:51 am (UTC) - Thank you for answering!
[info]theidolhands
Did you slurp them through the can's hole?
9th-Nov-2009 11:23 am (UTC) - I founds teh answer!
[info]theidolhands
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nothankyou/3701930534/sizes/m/

It DOES come with a little fork and the top DOES pop off. Yes? ^^

Thank you for introducing me to this knowledge!

Edited at 2009-11-09 11:23 am (UTC)
9th-Nov-2009 10:19 am (UTC)
[info]ciara0918
orz canned O_O
9th-Nov-2009 11:49 am (UTC)
[info]koji
Haha, for when you just can't wait to have a cup of soup!

Cold oden? Hum.... sounds.... not tasty T^T
9th-Nov-2009 11:58 am (UTC)
[info]valkyriesailor
I saw about this in connection with some Densha Otoko promo. Or was it some Johnny's variety with a report about otakus? Don't remember anymore. Only that the guys liked these canned stuff. XD
9th-Nov-2009 01:22 pm (UTC)
[info]calliopem_erato
This gives canned soup a whole new meaning. It's like Japan has a vending machine for almost anything.
9th-Nov-2009 01:53 pm (UTC)
[info]kira_shadow
"tsumetai" oden sounds gross...lol
but yeah I've seen that machine before XD
doesn't taste SO bad tho XD
9th-Nov-2009 03:32 pm (UTC)
[info]akibare
The fairly simple (in comparison) vending machine in the basement of my high school (in Japan) had canned soup, this was in the 80s. The only kind we had was corn soup, but I do love me some corn soup (better yet if it's corn and fish soup, but that I have to get at my local coffeehouse).

I too always wondered why there wasn't canned soup in the US.

On the other hand, thinking about it now I can't recall seeing many hot drinks of ANY kind in vending locally to me in IL. There's a few of those "dispense coffee into a paper cup" machines (which Japan also has, and the ones in Japan suck just as much!) but that's about it. Not sure why that is. When it comes to drinks, they're all cold.

We do have one big vending machine that sells personal hygiene items (toothpaste, soap, underwear, razors) and school supplies (pencils, paper, notebooks, and even cheap calculators) in the main university social hall, I'm endlessly sort of amazed at that one. But it's a big generic machine with huge slots for items, seems to be stocked by the main student store.

I certainly miss Japan 7/11. Just get two rice balls, the newspaper, and a can of coffee (or better take those other items and then go to a coffeehouse outside seating) and I'm good for the morning.

White Hen is just not... the same :D

9th-Nov-2009 03:44 pm (UTC)
[info]bryan_79
like this.
9th-Nov-2009 03:58 pm (UTC)
[info]shadownitewolf
Jeez those vending machines are huge! Those look like fun to get food out of XD
Man glad they have something to entertain themselves over there xD
9th-Nov-2009 05:15 pm (UTC)
[info]quentin_watson
Ok, I gotta ask. Is it really true panties are sold in vending machines? I've been to Japan twice now and have never witnessed such a thing, but have heard/read it multiple times!
10th-Nov-2009 01:57 am (UTC)
[info]hinoai
I've never seen new panties in person, though I've seen pics. I did see used panties once though, which is actually illegal.
9th-Nov-2009 06:05 pm (UTC)
[info]yurasama_love
Wow, that's crazy cool!
Japan is so weird.
9th-Nov-2009 11:59 pm (UTC)
[info]diabla_traviesa
Me wants!!!

I love everything that comes in a can!
10th-Nov-2009 04:02 am (UTC)
[info]yumekutteikt
Hehe, actually the canned soup is pretty convenient when you're out and gets hungry but no time to eat; I used to buy Pocca's hot corn potage soup from those vending machines in busy morning when I was in university!^^
11th-Nov-2009 06:22 am (UTC)
[info]ebon_gray
The book sound great! Thank you for the suggestion.

Wow soup? And so colorful!
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