Where to go?

Just came back from work, it’s 10:00pm now! This picture was taken in Akihabara station on my way back home. It took me a while to find out where is that MacDonald’s.

I just read a very interesting article from Magen’s Journal. Quote it here, enjoy!

YOU KNOW YOU’VE LIVED IN JAPAN WHEN…

- The thought of eating rice/ramen/miso soup with a fork/spoon is really weird.
- You have a craving for onigiri/sushi for lunch.
- A meal without rice somehow feels incomplete.
- Going to a public bath is one of the most relaxing things you can think of.
- Going to bed at 4 in the morning is pretty normal.
- You feel vaguely disappointed if the shop keeper doesn’t say "Irrasshaimase!" when you come in the shop.
- You give a slight bow to your gaijin friends when saying goodbye, sorry etc.
- You own at least three things with random Engrish on them.
- You own at least twelve things with a cute cartoon character on them.
- You find it difficult to talk about Japanese money in your native language.
- You apologise when someone gives you a present/passes you the soy sauce.
- You can sing at least one Japanese song in karaoke.
- Engrish almost starts making sense.
- You say "eeh…to.." when thinking, and start a sentence with "ano…."
- You talk about the weather all the time (mind you, this could also mean you’ve lived in England).
- You have mastered the art of saying "No no, my Japanese is still poor" every time you get a compliment on your Japanese.
- You start staring at gaijin on the street.
- When passing a gaijin who you don’t know on the street, you’ll both make eye contact, smile and nod your head (not applicable to Tokyo, where all the gaijin try as hard as possible to ignore each other).
- You take it for granted that you can buy anything you want easily from a 7-11 on the way back from the pub at 4 in the morning.
- You wouldn’t dream of mixing unburnable/recycable rubbish with your burnable rubbish.
- You own a clear plastic umbrella.
- You’ll use an umbrella if you feel even the slightest drop of rain.
- In a conversation in your native language, you refer to such things as baito, nomihoudai, keitai, kombini and baachan.
- You settle disputes/make decisions using "jan-ken-po."
- A night out means going to a bar, an izakaya or karaoke.
- You don’t even notice people wearing Michael Jackson-style cold masks/Engrish Tshirts/kimono.
- You have a spare packet of tissues in your pocket/handbag
- You don’t jaywalk.
- You hardly ever use the bell on your bike.
- You find it really awkward to refuse anything.