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Kimi no Na wa / Your name
Went to Toho cinema in Umeda to watch Kimi no na wa. First off, this anime like all Shinkai Makoto anime is stunning to look at. It's worth watching just for the art and animation alone. However, it is...
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Saijo and Osaka
Met up with bframe for some yakitori and exchanging of gifts. Hope he's enjoying the 4TB of goodness I passed him.The Yamanote Line is getting a new station. They haven't figured out a name yet.After...
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Yasube-e in Shinjuku and back to Nakano, Tokyo
For the first time, I am staying in Nakano which is on the west side of Tokyo. I am near blind drunk so please forgive my more than usual mistakes. One of the main reasons for staying in Nakano which...
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Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2016 Part 1
This is my second Hatsune Miku concert since the Kansai one two years ago.Going down escalator to exhibition session.All the Magical Mirai posters.What I wish my bedroom looked like.Afternoon of first...
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Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2016 Part 2
Such a colourful car.Wall for fans to draw on.Come back Miku dayo!I didn't try the PLaystation VR because there was a raffle and then you still had to queue up. I did try HTC Hive in Akihabara and it...
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Sweets Paradise X Berserk at Yokohama
Huge thanks to Awolcosmonaut on the Berserk Reddit for writing about this.It's being held in Yokohama until the 25th and then moves to Shijokawaramachi next month. You can find the information here:...
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Yamazaki 12 years
No time to blog but I just got the grand prize for this trip, two bottles of Yamazaki 12! Harari's mama got it for me for 7500 each from a contact. They are very hard to find and I've got an old friend...
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Tokyo Game Show 2016 Part 1
Very, very lucky to run into Nagoshi Toshihiro, general producer of Ryu ga Gotoku/Yakuza series. His personal assistant who took the picture was very hot.Ran into Momochi and Chocoblanka on the way...
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Tokyo Game Show 2016 Part 2
Waiting in line.The feeling of wow when walking in.Sega shop queue.Should have asked Yokoyama for a photo but I was in the queue.Poor Final Fantasy girl on right. No one was taking her picture.KoF...
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Last night in Tokyo
Went out for dinner with the Hotaru regulars. Glad Yuni-chan was able to join us in the end.It was Shimizu-Sam's farewell dinner and it just happened to coincide with my last day.I had just ever-ate at...
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TGS 2016 Part 3
2 hour wait for Berserk. As a die hard fan, I am definitely going to get it but I do not look forward to stupid musou button mash gameplay.Notice guy in robot frame in the background.Will be getting...
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Shin Gojira
Saw Shin Gojira at Wald 9 in Shinjuku. The movie was directed by Anno Hideaki of Evangelion fame.First off the movie starts off super talky as we are introduced to too many characters who talk too...
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Misc Japan 2016 trip 2 pictures
Abura chashuu from Ittou in Shin Koiwa. Omfg, me so hungry.Tamagata ramen in Yokohama. Not bad.Crappy generic tonkotsu from Higashi Koenji.Kokolo-Chan's moved to Fukuoka but luckily she was back in...
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Production I.G Store and One Piece Migiwara Store and Nakano summer festival
The shops are right in Marui (otherwise known as 0101) in Shibuya. Production I.G is of course the super talented house that animated Ghost in the Shell and Psycho Pass.I don't really care about One...
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Japan loot second raid of 2016
Sakuraba Nanami poster. It says I like judicial clerks. Yes the judicial clerk association of Japan hired Sakuraba Nanami for this.Thanks to bframe for getting the two posters for me. Maybe judicial...
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5 reason Kenja no Ai might be this year's best jdorama
1) KENJA NO AI IS A VISUAL FEAST FOR THE EYES.Jdoramas usually light everything up and look like a crappy soap opera. WOWOW and NHK shows usually have a grittier more movie like look. Ken no Ai reminds...
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A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
Ah, Iwai Shunji. A very talented director who made a good movie (Love Letter), a good first episode to a dorama (April Story), overrated movie that put me to sleep (All About Lily Chou) and an...
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Strange Freak Designs X Ryu ga Gotoku Majima Goro Hannya bracelet
I haven't watched anything for the past two weeks because of Persona 5. I'm pissed off at myself for not being to get the Ryu ga Gotoku ring at TGS. I should have pre-bought my ticket and lined up at...
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Koekoi eps 4-12
I really enjoyed the first half of Koekoi. It was your typical high school shoujo manga style dorama but the paperbag head brought made it different enough to be fresh and I was looking forward to what...
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Persona 5 review
Finally finished Persona 5 in 165 hours! I feel like a big weight has finally been lifted off my shoulders! Persona 5 is a dungeon crawling RPG about a group of high schoolers who can enter this...
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