| 12:55pm | Mirai-tan 04 |  | | | Being sad about not having enough moola to get herself a Tamaki DD in Mira-tan 03, Mirai-chan starts thinking about a part time job. Part time job is "Arubauto" [アルバイト] and I recommend absolutely everybody to go through the experience of having a part time job. My particular arubaito... |
| 12:52pm | Cosplay | | | | Going to be a toughie trying to beat Final Fantasy Cloud cosplay by veteran cosplayer Kaname. Luckily however, Kaname is not going to be a participant of the Anime Festival Asia Regional Cosplay Championship 2009 - he will instead be a judge of the finalists. The Cosplay Championship is taking place... |
| 3:23am | Nadesico | | | | On the way back to the office from lunch. Spotted this on the way backto the office. Nadesico gets the pachinko treatment.Did any of you watch the series?[yt=g_BxHEvuA2M]パチ コ化されるアニメが くて、いつかやって たいです。皆さんパ ンコされますか？ |
| 1:21am | Train Groping in Japan | | | | As a countermeasure against molestation of women on the trains, we have women-only carriages in Tokyo. But when I was in Sapporo the other week, I spotted carriages that were specifically marked "Women and children only." The word to describe a person or the action of molestation is "Chikan"... |
| 11:43pm | Recycling in Japan | | | | Currently throwing out the recyclables which are cardboard, plasticbottles, glass bottles, cans and other clear plastic. We need to keepthis stuff around the house for a week though as collection is onlyonce a week.Recycling is not enforced by law as far as I know but if you try tothrow everything out... |
| 1:02pm | Nishimata Aoi | | | | I love purin because its puri puri and tastes lovely. But now it tastes even better because its been given the Moefication treatment by illustrator Nishimata Aoi sensei. There are two sets of this Moe Purin available - one that comes with a mouse pad at 3200 yen and one without at 2300 yen - available... |
| 2:52am | Japanese Viking Meals | | | | When I first came to Japan and saw the term "Viking Lunch," all I could think of is some warrior with a metal hat that had horns. In Japanese, "Viking" means "Eat all you want buffet."Today we try out an Indian viking place we haven't been to yet at Togoshi Ginza. Eat as much as you want naan and drink... |
| 1:45am | 20090910 Giveaway Round 2 | | | | Congrats to the 19 gladiators (out of 673-ish who participated) who proceed to battle it out in round two - they guessed correctly that Saber was holding a total of 28GB. Now to proceed to win the figma Kagamiku from Kid Nemo, all you have to do is answer the following. Nanoha is now holding 5 SD cards... |
| 12:36am | Figure Store | | | | A run through the latest sample arrivals. As for the title of this post? Well its related to what you can see when you go to edit your profile ^^; A couple of huge figures in this months batch. The first huge figure is 1/4 scale Freeing Kagami. Removable top reveals a slip and removable shorts reveal... | | |
| 1:22pm | Mirai Fanart | | | | Some lovely Mirai fanart by member Anin Tofu. Original post at his blog. If you want to post fanart of the Suenaga sisters then you can do so at figure.fm and tag it "suenaga_fanart." Even if you have posted it previously on DC then feel free to post again as it will take me a while to get... |
| 9:29am | Take out sushi | | | | For folks who don't have time to eat sushi at a restaurant, one canalways go for take out instead.The word for "Take out" in Japanese is "Mochi-kaeri" [持ち帰り]. Sometimesyou may be asked "Ten-nai de Omeshi-agari desuka?" [店内でお召し上がり すか？]which... |
| 8:12am | Japanese Foot Spa | | | | When you don't have time to take a complete dip in a hot spring, you can always go for the foot spa also known as Ashiyu [足湯]. This Ashiyu spotted in Hokkaido on our recent trip. Folks in the Tokyo/Yokohama area can get some foot spa at Manyo Club - write up of their facilities in the Onsen photo... |
| 1:37am | Olympus E-P1 | | | | Looks like Olympus heard I was going to get the Lumix GF1 but preferred that I use their PEN E-P1 free sample instead. Wonder if Panasonic will perform a counter attack and give me a free GF1 too ^^; |
| 12:48am | Tokyo Bike Parking | | | | While many folks leave their bicycles here n there (usually bunched upoutside train stations), the proper place to park ones bicycle is in aparking lot like this. One has to pay however to use the lots but notmuch - maybe just over 1000 yen per month. Folks can also stop offtheir bike for a few hours... |
| 9:15am | AmiAmi Offices | | | | Amiami is the biggest figure retailer in Japan in terms of sales. Recently went to visit their offices to discuss this n that and this is how it went. The first photo is of their mascot character Amiko who walks around the corridors of their headquarters. Rewinding back in time a few hours - arrival... |
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