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Shopping in Japan
#1
I'm probably elected to go to Japan next month.

Can anybody recommend a reliable and big photo equipment store either in Tokyo or Shin-Yokohama ?

Concrete recommendations are welcome - I will not have the time to browse through the "electronics districts".



Thx!
#2
.....shop till you drop but try not to be there during or just after the next earthquake - [url="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/fukushima-dai-ichi-no-4-an-earthquake-before-spent-fuel-rods-are-moved-to-safe-storage-would-be-the-end.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29"]fukushima[/url]- or if you prefer to listen to radio news - [url="http://www.fairewinds.com/content/radio-ecoshock-worst-problems-world"]F2[/url].... and maybe steer clear of those hot particles laying around....not to worry or anything.....
#3
[quote name='soLong' timestamp='1334397416' post='17502']

.....shop till you drop but try not to be there during or just after the next earthquake - [url="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/fukushima-dai-ichi-no-4-an-earthquake-before-spent-fuel-rods-are-moved-to-safe-storage-would-be-the-end.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29"]fukushima[/url]- or if you prefer to listen to radio news - [url="http://www.fairewinds.com/content/radio-ecoshock-worst-problems-world"]F2[/url].... and maybe steer clear of those hot particles laying around....not to worry or anything.....

[/quote]



If this is an effort to be funny, it is not successful![Image: sad.gif]
#4
[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1334398187' post='17503']

If this is an effort to be funny, it is not successful![Image: sad.gif]

[/quote]

.....no sorry, this was not to be funny, not from me anyway - i've been watching this since 11th march '11 - as with all the nonsense we humans do, it's interesting.....and sad.....and we should all be paying attention -



.....just take a look back thru some of fairewinds reports
#5
[quote name='soLong' timestamp='1334397416' post='17502']

.....shop till you drop but try not to be there during or just after the next earthquake - [url="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/fukushima-dai-ichi-no-4-an-earthquake-before-spent-fuel-rods-are-moved-to-safe-storage-would-be-the-end.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29"]fukushima[/url]- or if you prefer to listen to radio news - [url="http://www.fairewinds.com/content/radio-ecoshock-worst-problems-world"]F2[/url].... and maybe steer clear of those hot particles laying around....not to worry or anything.....

[/quote]



Just to mention ...



[url="http://www.probeinternational.org/Ramsar.pdf"]http://www.probeinte....org/Ramsar.pdf[/url]

Those 30.000+ citizens are generally healthy and the area is no wasteland either.

But then it is probably prohibited to mention this "anomaly".



And I hope that you're not in the airline industry ...

[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/380274.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.u...alth/380274.stm[/url]

Better don't consider to take an intercontinental flight across the polar regions if you're scared.



Did you know that the worldwide coal-based energy plants blast 10.000 tons of Uranium and 25.000 tons of Thorium into the air because the elements are simply part of the geology. Coal mining kills 6000 workers per year, BTW.



And to put all this further into perspective - there are 3000 fatalities in traffic accidents ... per day (or roughly a million per year).



Radiation will be fatal at some stage but it is debatable whether the world would be a safer place without nuclear energy. Living in an industrialized world is simply not free of costs.
#6
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1334396383' post='17501']

I'm probably elected to go to Japan next month.

Can anybody recommend a reliable and big photo equipment store either in Tokyo or Shin-Yokohama ?

Concrete recommendations are welcome - I will not have the time to browse through the "electronics districts".



Thx!

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I have a somewhat distant friend in Tokyo area who has mentioned Yodobashi quite a bit. Looks like they have a store near Yokohama station. Shin-Yokohama appears to be a few stops away.



I don't think any trip to Tokyo-area is complete without a visit to Akihabara anyway (the electronic district), and they have a store there too.
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#7
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1334400746' post='17505']

Just to mention ...



[url="http://www.probeinternational.org/Ramsar.pdf"]http://www.probeinte....org/Ramsar.pdf[/url]

Those 30.000+ citizens are generally healthy and the area is no wasteland either.

But then it is probably prohibited to mention this "anomaly".



And I hope that you're not in the airline industry ...

[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/380274.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.u...alth/380274.stm[/url]

Better don't consider to take an intercontinental flight across the polar regions if you're scared.



Did you know that the worldwide coal-based energy plants blast 10.000 tons of Uranium and 25.000 tons of Thorium into the air because the elements are simply part of the geology. Coal mining kills 6000 workers per year, BTW.



And to put all this further into perspective - there are 3000 fatalities in traffic accidents ... per day (or roughly a million per year).



Radiation will be fatal at some stage but it is debatable whether the world would be a safer place without nuclear energy. Living in an industrialized world is simply not free of costs.

[/quote]



Well, regarding the airline industry, I'm not that sure the radiation exposure risk is conclusive. That BBC article talk about several studies without citing any references. On the other hand, I found this recent paper on this exact matter:



[url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22395103"]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22395103[/url]



According to their conclusion there is no real evidence.
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#8
How in the world did we get from "shopping in Japan" to "the safety of the airline industry" and the world in general? Beats me[Image: huh.gif]
#9
Someone commented on the recent state of Japan due to last year disaster.



[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1334484963' post='17517']

How in the world did we get from "shopping in Japan" to "the safety of the airline industry" and the world in general? Beats me[Image: huh.gif]

[/quote]
#10
Try Yodobashi Camera near the Shinjuku subway station in Tokyo.

Prices are disappointing but they have a lot of stuff on display for testing.

You can also visit the Sony building in Gynza
  


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