On the 13th, actress Kazuko Kato updated her blog to report that she’d watched “Mr. Nelson, Have You Ever Killed Anyone?” at a Shinjuku movie theater’s first showing of the day. She revealed that even the earliest screening was nearly sold out, and that she was stunned by how expensive the parking turned out to be. On 5ch, commenters pored over the entry and exit times to calculate the exact parking duration and cost, while others chimed in with remarks like “she should’ve taken the train or a taxi” or “shopping at a department store would’ve gotten her free parking” — opinions were split over the state of parking in central Tokyo.
9/13 (Sun) 15:47
Actress Kazuko Kato updated her blog on the 13th, reporting that she’d watched the movie “Mr. Nelson, Have You Ever Killed Anyone?” (directed by Shinya Tsukamoto) at a movie theater in Shinjuku.
“Watched it in Shinjuku! I aimed for the first showing of the day, but it was almost completely sold out — everyone was crowding toward the same floor!!” she revealed, describing the early-morning screening.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
Oh, that person.
Bye then.
No one's gonna notice.
Re: #30
Maybe the first 30 minutes are free?
She should go to Takashimaya in Tachikawa —
spend about 4,000 yen there and parking's free.
If she'd gone to the TOHO at LaLaport, parking would probably be way cheaper.
To a rich person,
that's basically our 10 yen.
Must be nice being a celebrity.
Park → walk to the theater → buy ticket → grab a drink, hit the bathroom
watch the movie → walk back to the car
Even being generous with the estimate, that's only about an hour and a half.
First time I've ever seen that name in my life. Quit making self-promotion threads for comedians.
She's the one from Morisanchu (a comedy trio).
She's Sonomanma Higashi's ex-wife.
She's the veteran actress from 'Burari Tochū Gesha no Tabi' (a TV travel show about impromptu stopovers).
Build more public parking lots already —
I'd actually be willing to pay for those.
We're already squeezing you on property tax, but we'll try even harder!
The math doesn't add up.
Isn't that 2 hours 33 minutes?
She should just go to a mall in Saitama or Chiba that has a movie theater in it.
Apparently 'Mr. Nelson' (the movie) is only showing in a handful of theaters.
At least 50,000 yen? Probably even more these days.
Kato Kazuko
Murotani Tsunezō
Can't think of any others
Are there actually a lot of these?
Mammoth Nishi
Grappler Baki
Sonomanma Higashi
Ikkodo
Kiyohiko
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Sell the gift certificate at a discount ticket shop
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Park for basically free
Sounds like a hassle.
Poor people really think of everything, huh.
Then why does it have such a wildly outsized population?
People never stop flooding in.
Well, if you don't get it, you don't need to spend your whole life trying to.
There used to be one, though.
Content-wise, Okinawa's the most packed with material.
Re: #90
It's always been that way.
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
Parking lots attached to movie theaters in central Tokyo tend to have high base rates — even when the first 30 minutes are free, many charge a few hundred yen for every 10-15 minutes after that, so once you factor in the time spent moving to and from the theater and buying drinks, the total can easily run higher than expected. Commenters pointed out that she apparently didn’t know about the trick of getting free parking by spending a set amount at a department store, but plenty of others argued that parking rates in central Tokyo are simply absurd to begin with, so opinions were divided. It’s worth noting that the figure “entered at 9:05, exited at 11:38, 2 hours 3 minutes” comes from commenters’ own calculations — some pointed out the math seems off — and the exact total parking fee was never stated in the blog post itself.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Actress Kazuko Kato Stunned by Parking Fee After 2-Hour Movie Trip in Shinjuku: ‘I Was Shocked’ — How Many Times the Ticket Price?!.”
