Awesome, give me a shout. I'll be able to get some time away from the baby/mother with this much advanced notice.
I do plan to go back to the UK sometime around March April but i should be back in town by then :D
Im not sure tickets are on sale yet, but i can get them nearer the time - might be a good bore outing?
Wanna pick up some of those March games for cheaper and ship them when you come back? ;) RGG4/Hokuto Musou/Basara 3?
Can I come to Boreball? :-*
can I come to Boreball
:lolcan I come to Boreball
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Anyway, this should be a lot of fun.
Any interest in Hitachino? Some of my friends go there to brew their own on occasion. I've been meaning to check it out. It's out in the boonies though. It's not a pub, but they apparently ply you with beer constantly so it's a fun day out even if you're not into brewing.
Any interest in Hitachino? Some of my friends go there to brew their own on occasion. I've been meaning to check it out. It's out in the boonies though. It's not a pub, but they apparently ply you with beer constantly so it's a fun day out even if you're not into brewing.
Let me know if you get out to Kansai.
I thought this thread would be about Gundam Unicorn.
Distant has been talking about this trip and hyping it up for so long now, that even I'm getting excited about it! :hyper
We've both been all over the world, but there's just something about Tokyo that clicks with us.
Distant has been talking about this trip and hyping it up for so long now, that even I'm getting excited about it! :hyper
My wife and I have been dying to go back ever since we got home from our honeymoon. Everyone has a certain city that they love. Some of our friends have a thing for London, some Paris, some Syndey, some Venice. We've both been all over the world, but there's just something about Tokyo that clicks with us.
We're both up for Hitachino, but how long would it take to get there? There's a JR train from Akihabara to Tsukuba in Ibaraki prefecture and you can take a JR line from Ueno to Mito, but I don't know how to get to Naka (where the brewery is) from there.
I checked out their site, you can brew on site, but the beer takes three weeks to ferment and they won't ship out of Japan. This would work if you Bore dudes want to brew (45 bottles at 600 yen each bottle) and Em and I just help out with the process, which would still be a lot of fun. They have an on-site bar and there's a brewpub in Mito.
http://beerinjapan.com/bij/780/kiuchi-brewery-ibaraki/
I'm looking forward to hanging out with you and your wife when you come here, maybe play some Bonds of the Battlefield in the arcade, some Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus on PSP.
I heard a Gundam store opened up in Ikebukuro a month or so ago...I'll try to find some more details and let you know if it's worth going.
wtf ichi
Doesn't that just entail drawing a heart-shape in ketchup on your om-rice at the table?
I saw a couple maids walking around the main drag in Akihabara back in 2006, they looked absolutely disgusted. I felt kinda bad for them.
As for Akihabara itself, last time we were there I spent two hours the first morning we got there buying games (and taking pictures of each other in some Evangelion character cut-outs outside a pachinko parlor), and then an hour the last night we were there buying everything I didn't buy the first time around but knew I'd regret not getting. I figured forcing my wife to wander through nerd central with me for a couple hours was enough tortue for her, and frankly, I didn't need to spend any more time there. I'll probably do something similar this trip, but if they close down Chuo-dori on Sundays for the cosplayers again, we'll wander down to check it out.
I saw a couple maids walking around the main drag in Akihabara back in 2006, they looked absolutely disgusted. I felt kinda bad for them.
As for Akihabara itself, last time we were there I spent two hours the first morning we got there buying games (and taking pictures of each other in some Evangelion character cut-outs outside a pachinko parlor), and then an hour the last night we were there buying everything I didn't buy the first time around but knew I'd regret not getting. I figured forcing my wife to wander through nerd central with me for a couple hours was enough tortue for her, and frankly, I didn't need to spend any more time there. I'll probably do something similar this trip, but if they close down Chuo-dori on Sundays for the cosplayers again, we'll wander down to check it out.
I wouldn't bother going if you're just looking for games, but if you want an alternative to Akihabara, check out Nakano Broadway. It has a lot of little shops selling otaku stuff, a lot of which is priced better than the shops in Aki.
For me, spending two or three hours in Akihabara is enough too. Actually right up until I left Japan, the main reason I'd go there is to look for import -American- games. :lol
I figured forcing my wife to wander through nerd central with me for a couple hours was enough tortue for her, and frankly, I didn't need to spend any more time there. I'll probably do something similar this trip, but if they close down Chuo-dori on Sundays for the cosplayers again, we'll wander down to check it out.Yeah, the wife really didn't enjoy the tour and she doesn't want to go to Akihabara for quite a while. :lol Speaking of which, Chuo-dori has banned pedestrian paradise for the foreseeable future and they're cracking down on people in costumes and any public performances. So Akihabara pretty much sucks now. Listen to Lyte, just hit up Nakano Broadway.
A Bandai Namco spokesperson has revealed that the huge 18-meter statue will be once again erected in the city of Shizuoka this July — specifically, the east exit of Japan Rail Higashi-Shizuoka Station.
Why Shizuoka? The Production Factory for Bandai's Gundam plastic models are located in Shizuoka. This is a homecoming of sorts. A really, really big homecoming.
Originally, the statue went up in Tokyo's Odaiba last July for the 35th Anniversary of Gundam and was taken done in September. The statue was visited by over 4 million.
I forgot about this! :lol
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IS2O7MUJtQ[/youtube]
The 1/1 scale Gundam statue RETURNS.QuoteA Bandai Namco spokesperson has revealed that the huge 18-meter statue will be once again erected in the city of Shizuoka this July — specifically, the east exit of Japan Rail Higashi-Shizuoka Station.
Why Shizuoka? The Production Factory for Bandai's Gundam plastic models are located in Shizuoka. This is a homecoming of sorts. A really, really big homecoming.
Originally, the statue went up in Tokyo's Odaiba last July for the 35th Anniversary of Gundam and was taken done in September. The statue was visited by over 4 million.
Courtesy of Kotaku.
I actually had the chance to see this in person, it really is very impressive when you see it close-up.
The article doesn't mention whether this is another temporary thing or if this is where the statue is going to end up permanently.