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Japan Trip 2013 - Tenshi no Sato and Kyoto Station

Japan Trip 2013 - Tenshi no Sato and Kyoto Station

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

Japan Trip 2013 - Fujiko F Fujio Museum

Japan Trip 2013 - Fujiko F Fujio Museum

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. Stopped by a random cafe for breakfast. It was vegetarian. Tasted surprisingly good though. Some train station pics Special Doraemon-themed shuttle directly to the museum

Japan Trip 2013 - Nipponbashi

Japan Trip 2013 - Nipponbashi

See Flickr for the complete photo set Nipponbashi, the other otaku haven! (also known historically as Den Den town) Every day starts off with a subway We decided to take a detour through the side covered mlls Welcome to Nipponbashi, aka DenDen town, aka the otaku hotspot of west Japan

Japan Trip 2013 - Hakone

Japan Trip 2013 - Hakone

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! Time to activate our JR passes! Stocking up on some snacks for the long train ride Watch out for chikans! First stop, the tourist booth

Japan Trip 2013 - Odaiba

Japan Trip 2013 - Odaiba

See Flickr for the complete photo set Ramen Museum, 1/1 scale RX78-2 Gundam (again!), and omnomnoms, featuring Robin! To Odaiba! Odaiba is modeled after famous architecture around the world… can you spot the references? A pirate restaurant O_o We didn’t go inside though, cause tasty ramen awaited

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P7

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P7

See Flickr for the complete photo set Moar Akihabara store wandering and neko-cafe ^_^ Start your day with some KAMEHAMEHAAA! Good morning Akiba Aparently there’s a Tamashi Nations Akiba Showroom in the station, so I took a few pics. Here’s a few samples: Grabbing some WcDonalds – their chicken burgers

Japan Trip 2013 - Asakusa

Japan Trip 2013 - Asakusa

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/ Can you guess what anime the below screenshot is from? ; 3 Lets start the day off with some

Japan Trip 2013 - Harajuku and Shinjuku

Japan Trip 2013 - Harajuku and Shinjuku

See Flickr for the complete photo set This is the second week now. Break from Akihabara, lets visit some other places. Starting with Harajuku, where you’ll find the latest fashion trends and girls in gothic lolita walking around the streets. Then moving on to wandering the streets of Shinjuku.

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P6

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P6

See Flickr for the complete photo set Just more stores in Akiba. And pizza, nomnomnom Liberty 12 Liberty 13, right next door Nyaruko-san W street ad Walking around White Canvas, the Touhou store The second floor had the actual games and CDs and some interesting dolls… D-Stage, another Touhou shop.

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P5

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P5

See Flickr for the complete photo set Meidocafe and, of course, moar Akihabara <3 Akihabaraaaa! (stupid truck) First stop, the popular chain maid cafe, @home cafe 4 floors of meido-action. We just went to the first floor See see no touch! I have to admit, better than the Gundam

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P4

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P4

See Flickr for the complete set More shopping in Akihabara, followed by a trip to the local izakaya for nomi-hodai (“all you can drink”) ; 3 Liberty 8 IOSYS store Liberty 7 Sofmap where I found my last Kagami figure http://myfigurecollection.net/item/91200 that I had been missing from

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P2/P3 + Roppongi

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P2/P3 + Roppongi

See Flickr for the complete photo sets Back to Akihabara for more shopping! Like in Akihabara P1, these are just a sample of pictures (see Flickr sets for the rest)… I spent a lot of my time cataloguing each store for my upcoming Akihabara Shopping Guide, so these aren’t

Japan Trip 2013 - Nakano Broadway

Japan Trip 2013 - Nakano Broadway

See Flickr for the complete photo sets Nakano Broadway is a shopping mall right outside the Nakano station and at the end of another long covered mall. It is an otaku shopping heaven as it is also the birthplace of Mandarake, the famous chain of second hand anime goods (“second

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P1

Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara P1

So last year right after finishing university, my friends and I decided to go to Japan for our graduation trip. It was a blast and not only did we visit many new places, but it was also when I started down the road of figure collecting journey. This summer, just

Akihabara Shopping Map 2013

Akihabara Shopping Map 2013

NOTE: This is partially outdated, will post an updated map later. While planning out my Japan trip Akihabara shopping spree, I spend some a lot of time researching all the figure/doll/gunpla stores and mapping them out. I figure this might be useful for others in the future. Here’