Filming Location: Yamada Taro Monogatari – Green Slope

Having one Arashi’s member acts in a dorama is very common. But having two of them as the lead actors in one dorama is a luxury! That’s why Yamada Taro Monogatari is precious. Aired on TBS in summer 2007, this dorama had Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro and Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya.

There are many scenes and places which we found memorable. Remember when those two climbed the Tokyo’s Stairways to Heaven in Atago Shrine?  This time, we’re gonna take you down the slope just like what Mimura-kun did when he was stalking Yamada-kun all the way home from school.

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Yamada-kun, Mimura-kun, matte kudasai!!

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Restaurants in Roppongi for Muslim

What do you do when you are hungry? You’ll look for food, right? But when the desired food is not there for some reasons, you’ll find alternatives. Anything will do, as long as your stomach is fed. Well, in some cases its ingredients and our budget constrain. That was basically what happened while we were starving in Roppongi.

To be honest, we came up with this post by accident. It’s all thanks to a restaurant that was closed during our visit. We looked for other alternatives, and  found out that there are quite a few of Halal food along this Tokyo’s high-class area .

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Filming Location: Saigo no Yakusoku – Hill of Promise

Back in 2010, Arashi stared together in Fuji TV ‘s drama SP titled “Saigo no Yakusoku”. Of course we had to visit their filming location for the “hill of promise” scene. The real one actually called Yuuhi no Oka (hill of sunset) which is located in Sakuragaoka Park, Tama, Tokyo. It’s pretty tricky to go to this location. After getting lost several times (as usual), here we are sharing the easiest way to get there.

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Sarapan di Tsukiji Fish Market

Sebagai kota pelabuhan, ga heran kalau Tokyo memiliki pasar ikan dan seafood terbesar di dunia bernama Tsukiji Fish Market. Kalau di Jakarta mungkin semacam Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa ya. Tidak hanya hasil tangkapan dari perairan Jepang, tangkapan dari nelayan Jepang di seluruh dunia pun mampir ke pasar ikan ini untuk dijual dengan total sekitar 700.000 ton persegi seafood dalam setahun! [1] Kok bisa sih segitu banyaknya? Ya karena terkait dengan pola konsumsi orang Jepang yang emang doyan makan ikan. Awalnya sih mereka makan ikan bukan cuma karena doyan, tapi emang sempat ada pelarangan makan daging selama beberapa abad di Era Kofun [2]. Selain untuk konsumsi, ikan juga menjadi salah satu bahan persembahan bagi dewa di kuil-kuil. Jadi wajar kan kalau Jepang punya pasar ikan terbesar di dunia. Untuk kualitas jangan ditanya, karena orang Jepang sering makan dalam bentuk mentah, maka hanya kualitas terbaik dan paling segar yang dijual di sini.

Peta Tsukiji Fish Market

Peta Tsukiji Fish Market

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Filming Location: Boulangerie Sudo

 

Tourists may not be familiar with the name of this place. We also didn’t know anything about it until we saw one of Himitsu no Arashi-chan episodes (TBS, aired 2011.04.28). Nino and Leader took the guest, Horikita Maki, to one bread shop in Setagaya.

Nino, Leader and Horikita Maki in front of Boulangerie Sudo

Nino, Leader Ohno, and Horikita Maki in front of Boulangerie Sudo

For the sake of variety show, they had a quiz where they guessed the price of the served breads. Nino won the first question so he was able to eat the first bread, one of the most popular ones. And his reaction upon eating it has led us to this bread shop.

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Berburu Oleh-oleh di Sunamachi Ginza Shopping Street

Sering kali saat kita pelesir ke luar negeri, ada saja teman atau saudara yang minta dicarikan suatu barang. Kami juga sempat dititipin beli sesuatu, salah satunya Yukata untuk anak kecil. Kalau nitip beli sambil dikasih tau tempat belinya sih ga masalah, nah ini nitip tanpa ngasih tau belinya di mana kan kami juga puyeng nyarinya.

Itinerary kami sudah sangat padat hingga pencarian barang cuma bisa kalau pas kebetulan lewat pusat pertokoan saja. Untung saja Sunamachi Ginza Shopping Street sudah masuk ke itinerary kami sejak awal, karena 90% barang titipan bisa kami temukan di sana. Menyambung postingan tentang tempat beli oleh-oleh murah di Jepang, kali ini kami akan bagi-bagi pengalaman berburu oleh-oleh di Sunamachi Ginza Shopping Street.

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Filming Location: Yume no Ohashi

To be honest, we found this filming location by chance. We just left Mizuno Hiroba Park and heading to Fuji TV when I realized the bridge we crossed on looks familiar. Then it hit me, this must be filming location for Anna-san no Omame when Riri and Kyutaro switched their body. And boy I was right! The scene was memorable and I love that particular episode so much. FYI, I’m fan of Becky. She is entertainment genius! The fact that she is fans of SMAP adds billion extra points.

Scene from Anna-san no Omame episode 6 which taken place on Yume no Ohashi

Scene from Anna-san no Omame episode 6 which taken place on Yume no Ohashi

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TV Asahi

Setelah Fuji TV dan Nihon Terebi (NTV), kini giliran TV Asahi yang bakal kami bahas. Stasiun TV yang menayangkan anime legendaris Doraemon ini terletak di Roppongi, salah satu daerah yang terkenal dengan kehidupan malamnya. Di stasiun TV ini pula akhirnya si aciear bertemu dengan her eternal idol: Kimura Takuya. Mau tau gimana kisahnya? Yuk ah baca terus postingan ini…. #nyebelin

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