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Akihabara
Akihabara, Tokyo. This is where Japanese Pop Culture lives and thrives. Gadgets, PC parts, anime, manga, figures, dolls, doujin and more can be discovered here and if you dig deep enough you will...
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Haruhi Suzumiya
Photos taken at today's Wonfes 2010 Summer - Haruhi figures at the Good Smile Company booth. What tickles your fancy the most amoung this bunch? Me love the Mikuru Figma. Om nom nom.All Wonder Festival...
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Nadeko Sengoku
Nadeko Sengoku and some of the other characters from Bakemonogatari - brought to us by Good Smile Company. The first time I saw this Nadeko figure was when we filmed Culture:Japan back in June - but...
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K-ON! Nendoroid Puchi
K-ON! Goodies at the Good Smile Company booth snapped today at the Wonder Festival 2010 Summer. The key-chains are from the "Nendoroid Plus" series - need now!The Nendoroid Puchi set is adorable too....
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Black Rock Shooter Stop Motion
Black Rock Shooter Stop Motion brought to you by the folks who worked on Nightmare Before Christmas and comrade Eric Calderon who you may remember from my Takashi Okazaki post - tis a small world!Have...
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Miku Hatsune
Update! Pre-order info should now be available at one of the following trusted online dealers:- http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english http://toylet.net http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/ http://hlj.com...
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WF2010 : Good Smile Company
More goodies from the Good Smile Company booth where I ended up spending most of my time filming for Culture:Japan ^^;Got to the hall at about 08:30. Press passes are useless at this time as they can...
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Wonfes 2010 Summer
More stuff from the Wonfes 2010 Summer. While Good Smile had a ton of new releases out on display, many of the other makers hardly had anything worth picking up and many of them just had stuff which...
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Black Rock Shooter
Black Rock Shooter goodness from the wonfes starting with these lovely 3D live action girlies - Dead Master and Black Rock Shooter. Dead Master looked particularly awesome!Nendoroid Puchi Black Rock...
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Black Gold Saw
Another character from Black Rock Shooter - Black Gold Saw. This scale figure was on display at the Wonfes last Sunday.And here is the Figma version of Black Gold Saw. Will let you know pre-order...
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Tsumugi Kotobuki Figure
Just gorgeous - Tsumugi Kotobuki figure by Max Factory snapped at the Wonfes last Sunday. Want. The blue sign says "Kanshu-chu" [監修中] (Supervision) which means that the prototype design is in the...
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Black Rock Shooter Blu-ray
Pre-order details for the Black Rock Shooter Blu-ray+DVD set are up at Good Smile! And yep you guessed it - it will come with these adorable BRS girls double pack - Black Rock Shooter and Dead...
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Haruhi Figures
You saw both of these at the Wonfes last weekend and now they are up for pre-order - Figma Mikuru Asahina and Nendoroid Yuki Nagato.Mikuru is due out this October and will retail for 2,800 yen >...
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Makuhari Messe
Makuhari Messe is one of the biggest convention centers in Japan. Located in the East of Tokyo near Tokyo Disney Land, events like the Tokyo Game Show and Auto Salon are held here. Up until the...
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Tokyo Sushi
Sushi for dindins with the members of vividblaze. Can you name all the sushi in these photos? デイナーは好きな寿司と好きなグループvividblazeと一緒。
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Asakusa
Located in the North East of Tokyo is Asakusa - an area that has been a bustling town since the Edo period. Despite being pretty much flattened in the huge earthquake of 1923 and then again in the 1945...
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Retro Japan
I've always been interested in the Showa period which lasted from 1926 through 1989. Probably the biggest era of change for Japan. Had the pleasure of visiting a toy store in Asakusa called Kusou Zakka...
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Kiddy Land
Kiddy Land - started off as a small book shop in Harajuku Omotesando during 1950 and grew over time to be the largest chain of toy and novelty goods stores in Japan. When I first visited Tokyo, friends...
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Japan Fireworks
Summer in Japan - the season to be out n about enjoying the fireworks that take place across the country during July and August. A firework event is called Hanabi Taikai [花火大会]. Went to see the...
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Tokyo Fast Food
According to NationMaster, America has the most amount of McDonald's restaurants (12,804) with Japan ranking second at 3,598 restaurants. The first McDonalds opened in Japan during 1971 in a small...
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