Osaka and Kumamoto
Dancing comp neat ATC hall where the Madoka exhibition was held.Was heading to Mitsuboshi seimenjou for noukou ramen in Osaka when I came across this new hakata ramen place nearby.Not bad. I've stopped...
View ArticleDay 12 : Last night in Kumamoto?
I think the shop is pronounced denden. 伝でん。View from hotel.Went to izakaya for some basashi aka horse meat.The group of bars I used to go to now charge a 10% 'tax' and 200円 per song. Plus their DAM is...
View ArticleSambomaster: Mada Mada! Owaranai Miracle no Yokan Tour 2014 at Fukuoka Drum...
Next door is the live event for BiS, an indie idol group.I went super early so I could line up near the front for goods.The BiS goods line.Lining up according to numbers. I was no. 118. ☺Its a crime...
View ArticleDays 15 and 16 : Goodbye Kyushu
Ichiryu next to Nakasu. Double charsiumen. Yum.I had looked up a reasonably priced bar before I came. Umfortunately it was no longer there and the blog was last updated early last year.Eveything in...
View ArticleJapan Day 17 : Temmabashi
Wanted to catch up with Yukimi when I was in Osaka for the Madoka exhibition but the timing was off so I had to rescheduleone more trip to Osaka, specifically to Temmabashi cause she's working there...
View ArticleJmovie review : Saikin, imouto no yousu ga chouto okashindaga.
Went to Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa to watch this 15+ movie. Never saw the anime caused it looked so generic. Anyways, Mitsuki's mom remarries and she gets your generic anime hero as a brother.The plot in...
View ArticleJapan 2014 days 18-20 : Back in Tokyo
I was thinking of going to Odaiba just for Tanaka Shoten and hesitating over how the cost of travel will push the price to 2000円 when I decided to check the website.Lo and behold there's a Tanaka Soba...
View ArticleJapan days 21 and 22
Legend of Galactic Heroes!!!!!!! Only 8 volumes? I remember reading there were two manga adaptations, a shoujo still one and a regular one.Naked Abe Hiroshi.Loddoss! Ah, the memories.Went to Wald 9...
View ArticleThe Next Generation Patlabor chapter 2
Mano Erina as Ling Xiaoyu card. This is staying in my wallet forever. : )One of those carry those things and go washoi processions in Asakusabashi.Anyway, went to Piccadilly Shinjuku to watch chapter 2...
View ArticleJapan Days 24 & 25 : X-Men DOFP and Ultra SF4 1.01!
First off, thank you Bryan Singer for erasing X3. I wish Nolan would do that for TDKR and Lucasfilm could wipe Eps 1-3 storyline wise. The only thing I want to see from the X-Men movies is for them to...
View ArticleGoodby Coco Ichi tejikomi chicken katsu
The hand made chicken katsu from Coco Ichi was only availabe until the end of May. It was so much better than regular katsu curry that it should be a regular menu staple just like hot and spicy should...
View ArticleBerserk merchandise : Young Guts figure and Behelits!
This is THE figure find for me so far this trip.Found it at book off opposite Yodobashi Akiba.It didn't have a box but by the five god hands, it looks absolutely magnificant and cost only 4500...
View ArticleJmovie review : Bokutachi no kazoku
So I was looking around for other Japanese movies to watch. There's the Fujiwara Tatsuya movie Monsterz but ikemen thrillers aren't usually good. There's Wood Chuck starring the dude from Minna! Esper...
View ArticleMano Erina concert 2014 Again~ Live House de moetsukiyou! at Zepp Diver City
OMFG. Mano Erina concert with live band and on top of that 3 acoustic performances. I am still on a freaking high.Let's start from the beginning. Went to her 2nd last show last year, thought I would...
View ArticleLooking at the Mano Erina at Zepp Diver City 2014 songlist
Songlist taken from upfront life and and pictures stolen from barks.jp. No matter how much I think back to the concert, I can't hear the great performances until they release the dvd. :(1. Seishun no...
View ArticleLeftover pictures and remaining Japan 2014 loot Part 1
Went to Hakata Ramen Barikote south of Nakano Station. Barikote means very thick soup in Hakataben and its got 3.64 stars on tabelog which is very high. It takes about 15 minutes walk from the South...
View ArticleJmovie review: Like father, Like Son / Soshite chichi ni naru
I have been waiting for this movie for a long time after Koreeda Hirokazu's overly long Going My Home. Like Father, Like Son is a movie about two families whose children were switched at birth...
View ArticleMozu season 1 eps 3-10
Miharu-Rush's subs are up to episode 8 so spoilers for episode 9+10 will be white-outed. I went into Mozu with high hopes and its been mixed for me but one thing's for certain, Mozu season 1 has been...
View ArticleRest of Japan loot 2014 Part 2
Final Fantasy tactics! My favourite FF game ever.Found this at a retro game shop in Nipponbashi.Luckily not as expensive as the Grandia 1 guide book though its still rare.Ah, Gamearts. Wtf is my...
View ArticleYamikin Ushijima-kun Seasons 1 and 2
Can't believe I watched two seasons of Ushijima-kun in two days! I started watching Sunday night and overslept because it became a case of just watch one episode over and over. Yamikin Ushijima-kun is...
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