Urayasu, Japan

... before openning the rest of the park at the advertised time. The local response to this crowd management scenario is odd for Japan - mass running. As soon as someone passes through the turnstyle, the proper etiquette is to run as fast as you can for ...

November 7, 2008   I'm beat! Today was our first day in the park doing our job. We were called at 6:45 (in the morning!!!) for rehearsals. Our rehearsal consists of walking out to the location, taking a couple of pictures with the cameraman and ...

Friday, December 12, 2008   Today was an odd day! I arrived at the train station and there were hundreds of people on the platform! The train that was scheduled to leave at 6:34 was "delayed." There were so many people! I heard the announcements ...

November 3, 2008   Hi There!   Last night I met Toshi for dinner. We went to the Japanese Coco's. Now, put out of your mind anything that you think of when you hear "Coco's." It is owned by the same company but their menu is totally different ...