Neil Duckett

It’s hard to imagine Aki Hoshino could ever look bad but with a stocking on your head even the best looking girls look pretty ordinary.

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But i can’t do a post on Aki Hoshino without showing a picture of her at her beautiful best. For plenty of great pictures of Aki Hoshino you can check out the gallery over at Kineda

It is just a coincidence the last 2 posts have been on Bikini Models, a busy weekend which finished too quick with too much rain yesterday meant i didn’t get out and about and see the next stop on the JR Yamanote Line this weekend.

Having said that, i do have a soft spot for Aki-chan and she’s officially on the list of people i want to meet while i’m living in Japan, and i’d also be lying if i said this is the last time she’d feature on this site.

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Upcoming Japanese Bikini Model Hirano Aya has either done something very smart (publicity wise) or very stupid indeed for the photo shoot for her upcoming 2009 calendar.

And now how it should be worn.

First seen on Tokyo Mango

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A little over a week ago i was sent a book from a guy that’s been keeping up to date with my travels around the 29 stops of the JR Yamanote Line. He asked whether i’d heard of the book “Footloose In Tokyo” a 1976 publication following the authors travels around the “Best Bargain In Japan” as the Yamanote Line is referred to.

I hadn’t heard of the book before but did think it would be useful and well worth a read. The guy that mentioned it was kind enough to send me a copy and i’ve started reading it. The best thing about the book so far is the authors opening remarks about not needing to read it in any particular order, so not unlike my travels where i move around the line in alphabetical order i can do so with the book too.

So far i’ve read the chapter on Komagome which i found quite interesting. I’ll use the book in the future to read up on each stop prior to my arrival, i’ll be keen to compare and see how much it has or hasn’t changed.

There’s a lot more to do and see on the JR Yamanote Line than just sleep.

When time permits i’ll go back and read the chapters on the stations i’ve visited so far, which have been Akihabara, Ebisu, Gotanda, Harajuku, Hamamatsucho, Ikebukuro and Kanda in that order … next stop is Meguro where i know they have a parasite museum as a point of interest.

I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, Shibuya is the place to be. Whilst on my way to meet Billy for a few beers i ran in to Tila Tequila and she was nice enough to stop for a photo.

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I’ve never been to a Maid Cafe in Japan and probably never will, not my cup of tea … no pun intended … but if the girls look like this then i could probably be persuaded otherwise.

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