Storytelling Time…
By hotdude | June 14, 2008
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This is a video made by myself. Hope everyone out there will enjoy every bit of it. 
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Packing Sardines Into… Trains??
By cooldude | June 1, 2008
Recently found this video clip on Youtube. I’ve heard that the Japan subway trains are always packed during morning rush hours, but this is ridiculous!
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Oishii Japanese Big Breakfast!
By hotdude | May 31, 2008
After an eye-opening ’expedition’ in the Tsukiji Market, we were all famished. Our stomachs immediately took over and led us to the nearby rows of eateries. These were what we saw…
Topics: Oishii sushi | 5 Comments »
Tsukiji Market - Other Shops NOT Selling Fish…
By cooldude | May 27, 2008
If you think the Tsukiji market is all about fishes, you’re absolutely WRONG. There are many other shops selling stuffs like knives, boots, souvenirs and T-shirts, have a look for yourself!
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Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishieee…
By cooldude | May 24, 2008
From the title of the blog post, it’s not hard to guess that I’m going to blog about Tsukiji Fish Market! The Tsukiji Fish Market trip was supposed to be on our second day of Tokyo tour, but we found out that it was closed on that day from a time schedule found in our hostel. So we had to push it to the third day of our trip. Actually wanted to go there early to see the tuna auction, but we figured that the cab fee would be pretty ex, so we dropped the idea.
We woke up at 0530am, washed up and took the subway to Tsukijishijo station. Once we were there, we were trying to figure out which direction to go when Cute Dude said: “Aiya, just follow the basket lah…” Clever kid! We just need to follow any aunties carrying a shopping basket and we’ll be able to reach our destination! So we secretly crept behind an unknowing woman with a basket and followed her to the fish market…
Here we are at the infamous Tsukiji fish market! (Shhhh…. hope the woman in front didn’t notice that we are following her…)
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What would you do if you are surrounded by 100 people?
By hotdude | May 3, 2008
This is a really funny video. Hope you’d a great laugh after watching it! 
Topics: japanese prank show | 1 Comment »
Nikko Trip: Part 4 (The Legendary Lake Chuzenji and the “Pseudo Mount Fuji”)
By hotdude | May 1, 2008
Lake Chuzenji is a beautiful lake created 20,000 years by the lava flow from the extinct volcano Mount Nantai. It’s water is drained through the nearby Kegon Falls. With Mount Hangetsu as the backdrop, Lake Chuzenji forms a stunning scenery and is an attraction not to be missed.
After viewing the gorgeous Kegon Falls, it started to drizzle. We hasten our steps toward the nearby town to look for a hiding place.
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Nikko Trip: Part 3 (Kegon Falls ~ Japan’s famous waterfall!)
By hotdude | April 27, 2008
At 97 m high, Kegon Falls one of Japan’s three highest waterfalls and is located in the Nikko National Park. As such, the 3 dudes decided to witness this majestic monument.
After visiting the grand Toshogu Shrine, we decided to make our way to the Nikko National Park. We initially wanted to take a bus and we waited at the bus stop for almost 20 minutes but none arrived. In the end, we hailed a cab. The taxi cabby said that the trip from Toshogu Shrine to the Nikko National Park would cost 6000 yen and the 3 dudes were dumbfounded. (6000 yen = US$57.50 = S$78.21 as of April 2008) Even Cool dude who was the best at bargaining couldn’t persuade the cabby to give us a better rate.
The journey from Toshogu Shrine to the Nikko National Park took around 50 minutes. It was freezing cold when we stepped out of the taxi and it was the first time for me to witness beautiful heaps of white snow.
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See what I’ve bought from Tokyo…
By cooldude | April 24, 2008
Hi all, I’ve bought these 2 super cool books from Tokyu Hands in Shibuya. It shows you how to make domino effects using common household products Watch the videos below and tell me what you think?
Topics: Cool Japan Domino Effect | 7 Comments »
Nikko Trip: Part 2 (Magnificant Toshogu Shrine!)
By cooldude | April 23, 2008
After 2 hrs of train ride from Tokyo, we finally reached Nikko! But the temperature was much lower than in Tokyo (at least 10 degrees celcius lower!). We were certainly caught unexpected and had to bare with the gruesome chilliness. But our spirits remained high!
Although you can’t see from our face, we’re actually shivering from the cold, brrrr….
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Nikko Trip: Part 1 (Nikko here we come!)
By hotdude | April 20, 2008
Nikko vs Hakone, a tough choice right? Nikko is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites where the mignificent Nikko Tosho-gu, Futarasan Shrine and Rinno-ji stand and Hakone is a great place to visit the beautiful ice-capped Mount Fuji and Lake Ashi. And the winner is… Nikko!
Well, the cute dude insisted going to Nikko as there is more room to show off his photography skill in Nikko as Nikko merges tradition with mother nature. Cool dude and I had no strong objection (since he’s our main camera dude =p).
We had to drag ourselves from our cosy beds at 5:00am in the morning to catch the first train to Nikko. Before that, we had to answer to our growling stomachs. Off we go to the nearby 24/7 Seiyu supermart to purchase our japanese breakfast, the renowned Bento!
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Very useful resources for your Tokyo trip :-)
By cooldude | April 10, 2008
Before I went to Tokyo, I went to my local JNTO (Japan National Tourist Organization) branch to gather all the brochures I need for my Tokyo trip. There’s sure lots of them there, and it was a real hassle to carry them all back. However, you don’t have to do that anymore. I’ve found that the JNTO website also provides downloadable files which introduces the popular destinations in Japan (I only found out after our trip, *SLAP on my head…)
Below is the download link for the toyko walks brochure, I’ve used them for all our trips in Tokyo, really handy :-)
“Toyko Walks” pdf - http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/rtg/pdf/pg-305.pdf
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The “3 Dudes’ Secret Tokyo Itinerary”
By cooldude | April 9, 2008
Stuck with planning your itinerary for Tokyo? You are in luck! I’m going to reveal to you our highly treasured “3 Dudes’ Secret Tokyo Itinerary”. You’ll be able to find out the exact places that we’ve been to and the rough time estimate we’ve allocated for each location.
Sooo…, if you like to be where the 3 dudes have been, see what the 3 dudes have seen, eat what the 3 dudes have eaten (yuck, so unhygenic…), go and download the itinerary at:
http://3dudesintokyo.com/secret_tokyo_itinerary.doc, or
http://3dudesintokyo.com/secret_tokyo_itinerary.pdf
Have Fun Planning!!