Working out how much change I can dump into the top up machine. Always fun when you have too much even though most places accept card now or even just Google Pay. Don't know if the latter charges a fee too though. Shame the top-up machines only take so much change and no 1 or 10 yen coins so my wallet didn't get much lighter... Was a quiet...
Been capturing morning time lapses and this morning's sunrise turned out good... Until a fly appeared at one point somehow outside the window. Otherwise clear skies, a fairly warm day. Bought this Suntory Tennensui brand of water marketed with Suzume and Shinkai's other movies. They changed the bottle so that it's easier to...
Not such an early start today since I'm just walking around Tokyo to tour some more Shinkai movie spots; mix of Weathering with You/Tenki no Ko and Your Name. People sure finish their breakfast quickly, a lot of business people in suits. View feels pointless when you're doing that. You might as well just be surrounded by paintings imo....
After putting in a a lot of hardwork, Fuuka Miyazawa had just given up her dreams because her manager could no longer see potential in her. Not ready to face everyone back home despite their attempts at a welcome home party, she sees an ad for Okinawa and decides to take a detour their instead. After meeting a fortune teller who suggested...
New promo art was revealed starring the heroine Suzume makes it into the morning newspapers such as Asahi. A premiere release date has been revealed for the movie as 11th November 2022. Toho also tweets some special footage from the movie due on April 10th 8pm JST on their official YouTube channel. Speculation on Twitter suggests the...
26 year old Yoshida just got rejected and on his way home spots a highschool girl sitting all alone by a lamp post. He soon learns Sayu Ogiwara had ran away from her home in Hokkaido and she's been sleeping around for 6 months. Angry that she had to live in such a way, Yoshida decides to let her stay with him in return for doing chores as it...
In a world of magic, Hitomi Tsukishiro is from a family of mages in Nagasaki. She hated magic and blames it for losing her sense of colour leaving her in a world of monotonous grey. One night, her grandmother Kohaku Tsukishiro suddenly sends her 60 years to the past by using time magic she had saved up over the years to meet her younger...
Rin Shima is a regular off-season camper who enjoys the quiet time alone. While camping out at one of the popular five lakes around Mount Fuji, Lake Motosu one day she comes across cheery but also klutsy, overly naive Nadeshiko Kagamihara who just moved into the area nearby. Nadeshiko had just happened to sleep through the day...
It's been 15 years since Makoto Shinkai made his debut in the Anime industry and it seems Japan Post will be releasing a 15th anniversary limited edition stamp set later this month for 4900 Yen (£34). Will only be available between August 14th - November 23rd 2017. The set will consist of 10 sticker type 62 Yen stamps, each featuring a...
If you're an Anime fan that follow the news then I'm sure you've no doubt heard of Makoto Shinkai and his recent run away success with Kimi no Na wa, Your Name as it's shot over the 2 billion Yen record, beating even Ghibli movies and even Harry Potter at the Japanese box offices. In Your Name, Taki and Mitsuha (two highschool students as...