Japan's 5th Apple Store opens at Tenjin, Fukuoka City on December 3, 2005.



01thenightbefore.m4v - 1.3 MB
After the day's work and a year-end drinking bout  in  Kitakyushu  City,  some 40 miles away,
I finally got back to Tenjin, Fukuoka around midnight.
Only a few enthusiasts were already there;
I might as well come first thing tomorrow, that is, just to get the T-shirt.



02onehourbefore.m4v - 2.3 MB
Day broke a bit before 7, and the queue grew fast.
Incidentally the antonym to "tail end" was of course: Front Row.
Meantime, the tenant upstairs, the Starbucks served us
a cup of demi-tasse Christmas special.  Correction: a half.



03jobsspotting.m4v - 2.5 MB
Talk of the devil ... or is it perhaps one of his numerous Kagemushas?



04thecountdown.m4v - 6.9 MB
And the Final Countdown ... (where the hell is Joey?)



05spottingII.m4v - less than 1 MB
He shortly left, as the second batch of customers poured in.



06fullcircle.m4v - 3.7 MB
This is insde.  Thinking the store will always be on my way home from work,
I called it a day and headed home by bus.