It was time to start the main tour of my trip. Last time I explored Western Japan I had made base in Nagoya but this time, the two “top 3 scenic spots of Japan” had Kyoto in the centre so I decided to stay there this time. I thought having a Green train pass would make life easier moving around with luggage but when I boarded a group of people were...
I was going to walk Rainbow Bridge today since I've never done it. So after a pancake breakfast at the restaurant my hotel collabed with, it was off to Shimbashi for the monorail to the suggested starting point, Shibaura-Futo Station. While about to get on the automated Yurikamome I spotted their station stamp. Been on the lookout for...
Just before leaving for Japan I saw they had an SE popup shop open in Ikebukuro’s Parco (main building at the station) with figures of Crono and Marle from one of my favourite JRPGs Chrono Trigger so headed there to see them in the flesh. Passed by Anime themed Casetify phone cases along the way which is an HK brand. Adapt to the local market...
After an early morning breakfast at 7 to avoid the rest of the hotel crowds I went for a walk. It was rush hour, plenty of people in suits off to work but most of central Akiba isn’t awake until 11 which meant, no maids around. Pretty good time to take the Osmo Pocket I bought to record my own walking tour video. The Chinese camera from DJI is...
Took a different airline to Narita this time so I ended up at a part of the airport I wasn’t so familiar with. Was quite a walk reaching the usual immigration queue. Not sure if it’s because of the cheap Yen and over-tourism but it took almost an hour when I arrived in the afternoon at 16:59. SIM card machine was still there but this time I...
Wakana Kinme has been diligently running her own laundry store in Atami for the past 2 years but doesn't remember anything else beyond that. As she provides her cleaning service and goes out of the way for the locals, she meets all sorts of people and important items that are delicate to clean. Thought it'd be an interesting...
Import Japanese goods are pretty much everywhere in Hong Kong. Japan's only a 4.5 hour flight away after all unlike UK which can be 14 - 19 hours so it only makes sense for the city to import from there. This includes mainstream Japanese pop culture/otaku Anime store merchandise localised in Traditional Chinese such as One Piece...
Tsukiko Sagi is a famous mascot designer who designed the popular Maromi. One night after encountering a creepy old lady, she is assaulted. She claims it was a young boy with a bat but no one believes her. Now the hunt is on for Shonen Bat as there is a series of assaults happening. Was about to give up on Satoshi Kon's stories but after Tokyo...
The "Fourth" Holy Grail War is about to begin and it's happening in America, Snowfield. However, unlike the traditional way whenever it occurred in its origin of Japan, the participating Servants were reduced from seven to six. The Mages Association that oversee the event, sense something amiss and discover someone was trying to...
Silver-tongued Gene Starwind is a bounty hunter who also runs a repair shop Starwind and Hawkings with his younger brother Jim. When he takes in a job from runaway "Ice" Hilda, they find themselves travelling space on the "Outlaw Star" while protecting a mysterious bio-android girl named "Melfina" and discovering her past. As they...