Travels

The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a series of gaming conventions held in three different locations every year and one of the biggest in North America (right after E3). The biggest of the three, PAX Prime, is held in Seattle, with PAX Prime 2013 held last long weekend (Friday Aug 31 to Monday Sept 2nd). I have previously attended plenty of anime cons, but this would be my first PAX and video game convention. Got a 4-day pass from a friend but was only able to attend 3 of the days since I had work on Friday (Monday was Labour …

Just came back from Uncanny Dreams in Seattle, my very first doll convention since I became a Dollfie Dream owner. Was a bit smaller than I expected (having only attended anime cons before), but was still pretty interesting. There were only three Dollfie Dream owners there, and I’m pretty sure I was the only guy doll owner there too… orz 4,865 total views, 2 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set Went to Tenshi no Sato (aka Angel’s Den) in Kyoto for my last traveling day in Japan. For those who don’t know, Tenshi no Sato is the Super Dollfie/Dollfie Dream haven (reservation required). Took a bunch of pics there with my new DDH-07 dollfie (see next blog post), then we wandered around Kyoto Station a bit. 4,069 total views, 1 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set Fujiko F Fujio Museum, the land of Doraemon and other works done by Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko. 2,998 total views, 1 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set Nipponbashi, the other otaku haven! (also known historically as Den Den town) 3,989 total views, 2 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set Boating and going up and down the mountains of Hakone during the rain, then and another ramen museum! 1,865 total views, 2 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set Ramen Museum, 1/1 scale RX78-2 Gundam (again!), and omnomnoms, featuring Robin! 1,920 total views, 1 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set Moar Akihabara store wandering and neko-cafe ^_^ 2,621 total views, 2 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set This is the second week now. Break from Akihabara, lets visit some other places. This time around, we visit the Sensoji temple in Asakusa \o/ 2,558 total views, 2 views today

See Flickr for the complete photo set This is the second week now. Break from Akihabara, lets visit some other places. 4,231 total views, 1 views today