Kashiwazaki Sena

My first garage kit is Sena from Haganai.

Senjyogahara Hitagi

My second GK is finished, Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari.

Anime Boston 2015 LiSA Concert Awesomeness!!

One of the greatest nights, so much fun.

Vice Commander Asuna

My third and most difficut GK, my favorite, Asuna.

Home Made LiSA Statue

My first sculpted in clay and cast in resin statue.

Platinum #57: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoninge

Fun RPG from the last generation.

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Last Day in Hiroshima

As predicted, I stopped blogging and taking pictures and posting to any SNS. Too much work.

Fukuoka was nice.
On the last day, I was headed for the train when some people stopped me for an interview. Not really a crazy occurrence. They caught me mid bit of some curry pan. They asked basic questions and offered to take me out for a meal for their TV show.

Being reluctant to doing pretty much anything always, I try to follow a piece of advice, it origin forgotten.

Always say yes.

So, I hoped into the van with the 2 male hosts, who barely speak English, a female translator, she was nice, a camera dude, a mic guy, and others.

There was much talk of food.

They took to a tonkatsu place and told me i was going to do a food challenge.

It was huge. It was 11am. I already ate stuff. And I only had thirty minutes.

They said it weighed 3kg. I barely ate 2.5 the other night, so I was doubtful.

I ate about half. They dropped me at the station. It was interesting. Hopefully they send the DVD.

Went to rabbit Island, Okunoshima, near Hiroshima. It was great.

Went to Miyajima too. Was beautiful, but hot.

The last day here, I stayed at a net cafe for 12 hours and watched anime. It was great.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Day 4 Relax in Fukuoka

Slept in, thank god. Maybe I won't need an afternoon nap. Went to Dazaifu Tenmangu.

Day 3

Number Shot day 2. Way too hot. Stayed for opening acts. Then went to aquarium. Changed hotels. Cheaper and nicer. Slept. Went out to eat. Too much junk. O well.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Day 2 Number Shot Day 1

Woke up early. Bed was so soft, didn't want to leave. What was the last bed I slept in? Kyoto last year?

11:08
It's hot. Waiting for LiSA. Wanna go home.

2:27
LiSA was awesome, her hair was super cute. Setlist:
Rising Hope
Psychedelic Drive
Rally Go Round
LDP
Catch the Moment

Aggressive fans, held my ground in the crowd. Hot bodies.

Going back to hotel. So hot, maybe nap. Need food.

2:55
Actually, food now. Ramen again. Sechuan (Szechuan?) style.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Summer 2017 Day 1

Welcome to my stream of consciousness...

11:00
Going to try blogging my two week trip, which means this will last about 2 days...

Off to Fukuoka, via Skymark.
First time at Haneda Airport. Seems small and cozy, not busy, at least in the domestic terminal.
Security was easy, keep shoes, belt, hat on. Seems you could bring water across to, of you take it out. Early of course, thanks to my paranoia. Also feel i shouldn't have checked my bag. Again, paranoia.
Looks like this airline doesn't use jetways. That's a first.

Ate a matcha and white choco bagel. Some diet.

11:30 edit
Actually had to take a bus to the plane.
One walkway, 3 seats on each side. Actually has plenty of legroom. Fingers crossed for cute girl or empty seat next to me.

11:35 edit
Cute girl in the window seat, middle seat is empty. That's a win-win.

11:40 edit
Boarding again. Of course the whole plane couldn't fit on one bus. Baka. But looks like i passed round 2.

1:22 edit
14:00 means 2pm right? Landing soon, so... early? That's good, might be early to hotel though. Maybe time for a real meal (the plane KitKat didn't do much for my hunger).

1:39 edit
Landed, kinda bumpy.
It's actually fun driving around the airport, GTAV vibes.

1:42 edit
I take it back. Why is there traffic inside an airport?

10pm edit
Crashed hard after got to hotel. Then out to Canal City for some ramen. Stopped at Taito arcade. Walking dead was fun, Initial D is awesome, but expensive. Pay even when you win, wtf. Judo kids everywhere btw.
Won a Remu keychain at the UFO machine. Couldn't get towel, I have a feeling I'll be back.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Day 30 Fin

Leaving.

Day 29

Nakano Broadway and Akihabara for one last shopping and eating trip. Bought some magazines featuring LiSA. Dinner at Mai;lish.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Day 28 Christmas

Akihabara 2 maid cafes, maidreamin and @home again. @home is better.

Day 27

Ueno-hirokoji and Akihabara.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Day 26 LiSA

Woke up at 7, left by 730. At Makuhari at 9. Huge line for 930 goods. Lucky nothing sold our and was even able to get LiSAnta that I missed in Gifu.

At (croquette sandwich?) with delicious vanilla (custard?) drink and ramen.

Got in the wrong line even though I asked, but it got me to the front of the rear standing. Pillar in the way, but no big deal, center stage is still visible.

Setlist
Shirushi
Rising hope
Gift gift
Risky
Empty mermaid?
Rally go round?
Egotistic shooter?

Day 25 Tokyo Skytree

Rest. Laundry. Tokyo Skytree at night.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Day 24 Ghibli museum, Nakano Broadway

Ghibli museum was cool. Was fascinated how they animated real life objects. The short was Koro's Big Day Out. Cool kits in the gift shop.

Nakano Broadway was on the way home. Spent too much money on keychain and tiny figures.

Friday, December 18, 2015

Day 23 Hobby Round 14, Joypolis,Gundam, Shabu Shabu

Tokyo Big Sight. Sweet ass building.
Cool figures. None I wanted to buy. Initial D arcade game in a car, super hard. Huge Gundam statue was cool, and I don't even like Gundam.

Boys night out. Shabu shabu. Tiny bar. Then cute girl bar.

Day 22 shinyurigaoka, yomiuri land, yaki niku

Went to amusement park that was illuminated. Ate sushi from conveyor belt. 1.5 hrs of yaki niku and booze. Awesome.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Day 21 nikko to tokyo

Saw some temple and shrine in nikko. Train to Asakusa for shopping, then Akiba for more shopping.

Day 20 hike around chuzenji

Day in nikko, saw kegon and ryuzu falls.

Day 19 off to nikko

Ueno park, Shinjuku, then we're off to Nikko.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Day 18 setagaya, shibuya

Went to Setagaya Boro-ichi (Fair) and ate a bunch. Then to Shibuya and Harajuku.
Met a friend in Harajuku.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Minor Annoying things about japan

1. Waiting for the pedestrian cross signal when there are no cars.
2. Bikes ride on the sidewalk or wherever is convenient for them.
3. Garbage is sorted into a tremendous amount of categories at your home. Public garbage cans are sparse.
4. All mail packages require you to be there to receive them. If you miss it you can schedule a time you're home for redelivery or pick them up at the post office.
5. All them damn coins, too many, similar sizes.

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Day 17 back to Tokyo

Finally back in Tokyo. Traveling around Japan was fun, easy with the JR Pass, but tiring. Need to be back at home base, aka the apartment in Asakusa.

Gotta start eating out at restaurants again, no more conbini food.