Blog Profile / Culture Japan
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| Filed Under: | Local Interest / Japan | |
| Posts on Regator: | 793 | |
| Posts / Week: | 7.1 | |
| Archived Since: | April 8, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
La Cittadella Kawasaki
La Cittadella [? ??????] - a slice of Italy in the heart of Kawasaki. Stylised to look like a small town in Italy, La Cittadella contains a cinema complex, concert hall, shops and a load of restaurants - especially Italian ones. La Cittadella is also home to the annual Hallowen parade too.
Today wifey and I go for walkies around the area. Show More Summary
Dark Magician Girl
You is being familiar with Yu-Gi-Oh! If so then you will probably be familair with this little lady - Dark Magician Girl which has been given the Cu-Poche treatment by Kotobukiya.
I managed to nab one from the Kotobukiya offices before...Show More Summary
Attack on Titan
Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) [?????] - one of the most awesome anime series I've seen so far that I simply must babble about! Its a story about man eating giants who have been kept separate from humans for many moons by tall walls - until those walls are destroyed. Show More Summary
Kaiyodo Office Tour
One of my agenda items during my visit to Kansai this week was to meetup with Shuichi Miyawaki [????] - the boss of Kaiyodo which is one of the longest standing hobby makers in Japan who produce the Revoltech series and also own theShow More Summary
Volks
Had the pleasure of being invited by the Managing Director of Volks (pictured here to my right) to Kyoto a while ago but only just managed to make the trip this week > Volks is one of the major players in the Japanese hobby world. They...Show More Summary
Flumpool
Spent time with the pop rock band flumpool on one of their previous tours - if you watched Season 1 of my other TV show Japan Mode then the following photos will seem familiar.
Flumpool is an immensely popular band in Japan - their music and posters are all over the place. Show More Summary
Akihabara Shops 7
Its that time again where we go for a photo walk around my most fave place on Earth - Akihabara ^o^
Today we visit places such as Hobby Tengoku, Sega Game center, Toranoana, Animate, Don Quijote, Melon Books (newly opened 2??), Sofmap, Kotobukiya, Yodobashi, Culture Zone Akihabara, other small stores and the Yanagimori Shrine. Show More Summary
Amairo Clock
So you got Moekana and have pre-ordered Moekanji but you want your Japanese learning to be even more fun? I've got just the thing! I've just released Amairo Clock [?????] (AmairoClock) for iOS which features the cuties from the eroge Amairo Islenauts. Show More Summary
Mitaka
Mitaka [??] - an area located in the West of Tokyo which is home to Kichijoji, the Ghibli Museum and a load of anime studios.
92% of all Japanese anime production studios are located within Tokyo and a large % of that is located in West Tokyo in the Mitaka and immediate surrounding area along the Chuo-line. Show More Summary
Mirai Suenaga Doll
A month ago, I wrote an article on how to mass produce your own products. The post was rather popular and was picked up on many sites and social networks around the world - could have been because I posted it on April the 1st and folks...Show More Summary
Golden Week Japan
Golden Week refers to a series of public holidays on April 29 (Showa Day), May 3 (Constitution Memorial Day), May 4 (Greenery Day), and May 5 (Children's Day). Many companies close down completely to give their employees a full weekShow More Summary
Roppongi Photowalk
Today we go on a photowalk around the Roppongi [???] area in Tokyo. Folks who have been to Roppongi will have noticed large numbers of foreigners in the area which is mainly due to the many foreign embassies and foreign capital companies in the area. Show More Summary
Culture Japan Convention
Up until now I've hosted an event called Culture Japan Night around the world where like minded comrades gather together to not only make new comrades but to also share and enjoy events that revolve around our passions. Time passes so...Show More Summary
Asuka Shikinami Langley Kotobukiya
Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 was one of your fave flicks? If so then you may be interested in this smexy figure of Asuka Shikinami Langley [????????????] due out in next month by Kotobukiya. Today we take a pre-release preview of her -Show More Summary
Dollpa 29 Part 2
Continuing on from part 1 the other day, today we take a look at the dealer tables at the doll event Dollpa that took place at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo last weekend.
As usual they had just about everything that you can buy for your little...Show More Summary
Kiniro Mosaic
Kiniro Mosaic [????????] is an upcoming anime series based on the manga of the same name. The anime will be directed by Tensho [??] with animation production by Studio Gokumi [Studio??] (A-Channel, Saki Zenkoku-hen). It's scheduled to...Show More Summary
Pacific Rim Japan
Saw the trailer for Pacific Rim when we went to see Iron Man 3 the other day and it immediately went on the "must see" list.
Synopsis from the official site as follows.
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. Show More Summary
Worlds Biggest Evangelion Fan
Could Tolwyn from Austria be the worlds biggest Evangelion fan? Check out Tolwyn's huuuge Eva collection posted over at Figure.fm. If you got a huge collection of something or other, post it on figure.fm and I'll pick it up and introduce it to the folks around the world ^o^
There is a poll embedded in this article.
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Dollpa 29
The huge doll event hosted by Volks called "Dollpa" (Also known as Dolls Party) took place in Tokyo last weekend where a load of parents got together to adopt new daughters or bring their current ones to gather with other parents. Dollpa also have a load of dealer booths selling clothing and accessories for the little ones too. Show More Summary
A Week in Tokyo 86
The series that I abandoned for so long "A Week in Tokyo" is back > I tried to keep you updated regularly through my Instagram but I'm really not too happy with the square photos. Even if I dont add any filters, the Instagram app compresses photos taken on the mobile and makes them look pretty crap. Show More Summary