JR Nakano

New club Nene, in Nakano, might be the most magical Xmas

December 24, 2013Nakano, Public space, Uncannyactually female, JR Nakano, looking for, makes you wonder, new-club nene, north side, right next to KFC, so much femininity, Xmas magictokyo moe One comment

So much femininity makes you wonder if they are actually female at “new-club nene.” If you’re looking for some Xmas magic, it might be here, on the north side of JR Nakano, right next to KFC.

Marui Nakano opens tomorrow!

January 27, 2011food, JR & Tokyo Metro, Nakano, Public spacebasement, construction, department, food, JR Nakano, line, Marui, only, south, station, store, super-clean, workerstokyo moe One comment

Marui Nakano is re-opening in its new building tomorrow, January 28. I admit I am pretty excited for this burst of renewal on the south side of the JR Nakano station.

They are advertising a Tokyo Hands. I hope they’ll also have Le Petit Mec, their great French bakery, or the Italian gelato store (both at Marui’s Shinjuku San Chome store). Will there be a food court in the basement?

I took this photo a few weeks ago, and marveled at the pride of the construction workers who line up their super-clean equipment in front of Nakano’s only department store.

Bunny is crying because she’s pregnant with a baby bicycle!

January 26, 2011fetish, JR & Tokyo Metro, Public space, Uncannybaby, bicycle, bunny, cry, JR Nakano, Moe, mortal, pregnant, Seibu Shinjuku, station, stick, stuck, transparent, ward, wombtokyo moe One comment

This sign at the JR Nakano station really had me wondering what has happened to my beloved ward. This station, far more than the Seibu Shinjuku or Marunouchi lines, is the heartbeat that animates our local lives.

Poor Bunny is at once crying and carrying a big stick, while this bicycle is stuck in her transparent womb.

If Bunny can be violated, what could happen to us mere mortals? Should I be concerned about my safety, too?

JR Characters (1 of 3)

January 25, 2010JR & Tokyo Metro, Public space, Uncannybutterfly, candy, feather, hat, JR Nakano, lady, lady bug, pattern, pleasure, polite, quilt, sequin, sparkly, station, wing, wrappertokyo moe View all 2 comments

JR Nakano station is always a people-watching pleasure. Less self-conscious than Harajuku and less desperate than Shibuya, Nakano’s station attracts the hip, the funky, and the downright strange. This is the first in a 3 part series of JR characters.

I love how nonchalant is this lady wearing a sparkly pink top, fluorescent blue skirt, several handbags, and a hat that will not stop. Japanese are so polite that no one stared, and I was the only one who immediately pulled out my camera.

The hat is a marvelous creation. Perched on top of the main quilted, multi-patterned hat, which nearly obscures her (?) face, there is a blue sequin mini-hat, pink butterfly wings, many feathers, a stuffed lady bug, and an over-sized candy inside a rolled up wrapper.

What other objects do you think would go with this hat?

Kids’ anti-drug manga in Nakano

January 17, 2009JR & Tokyo Metro, Nakano, Public spaceanti-drug, artists, ideas, JR Nakano, manga, middle school, school kids, underpass, viewerstokyo moe One comment

In the exhibit cases of the JR Nakano station underpass, this week features middle school kids’ manga of anti-drug messages. Some of the kids are pretty talented at drawing, and the local exhibit is better than most on an artistic level. Somehow, though, I am not convinced that these images will encourage kids to avoid forbidden temptations. Maybe it will give the artists and viewers some new ideas.