There is usually some event happening in Akihbara (AKA, Akiba) on Sundays. Not to mention pedestrian hours in the afternoon which makes it easier to walk around in the popular tourist spot with the roads sealed off from traffic. That's why I decided to reserve Sundays for walks i...
I grew up watching Choriki Ohrangers, a Tokusatsu (special effects) show from 1995 which is fairly much part of the ongoing Power Rangers franchise. I never managed to watch the entire show so just before my trip I just happen to come across the DVD set and ended up watching it a...
Originally I had planned to spend the last day of my JR Pass in Kanazawa but I was tired of seeing old districts and temples so I thought I’d spend the time returning to Shin-Takaoka and visit what I didn’t manage to cover, the coastal area of Himi. Instead of the first train ava...
Haven’t been much of an early morning start this journey round compared to previous trips where I would get up at 5am to get ready for the early train. It was almost 3 hours to get there from Ueno so I put in the effort this time for the 6:30 train. Took the Hakutaka bullet train...
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 aftern...
Naive 17 year old Nagomi Wahira is excited to start her new job at Oinky Doink Cafe, Akihabara. Before long, she discovers there was a darker side to the maid cafe business where rivals violently disputing their turf. As the piggy themed cafe struggle pay off the "sweets money" t...
Off to the Your Name, Tateishi Park today. Early morning so I could have more time to explore the place. Got up at half 5 to head to the station. The Azusa Limited Express is only available from Shinjuku so wanted to get there before rush hour. Despite being the first train of th...
It looks like the buyer of the complete set of Famicom games has changed his/her/their mind according to Akibablog (NSFW). Well, I guess they decided there were better assets they could invest their US$7300 in. Put it in a tax-free bank account for example and one could net quite a bit of interest anyway if Japan have those kind of...
So, there's so many limited edition PSPs being released with new games but, do you actually like the designs? If not, maybe these designs will be to your liking. There are already Itashas in Japan (i.e. cars decorated with fictional characters usually Anime girls) so why not "ItaPSPs"? According to Akibablog (NSFW), three are on...
Akibablog (NSFW) reports that just 10 days ago, a complete set of Japanese NES games went on display in the Madarake Complex, Akiba. The collection consisted of 1051 titles released between 1983 and 1994 such as Donkey Kong and Popeye, coming at an asking price of 650,000 Yen (US...