Monthly Archives: June 2006

Trip to Japan

Alright, it’s confirmed. I’ll be in Japan from the 6th to 16th with Pear. Going to collect the plane tickets from the travel agency later. Wai~~ I barely managed to gather just enough money (I hope). Probably going to have … Continue reading

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Japan: Day One

We just arrived in Tokyo today. The plane ride took 7 hours and the train from Narita to Ikebukuro took over an hour. It was already dinner time by the time we checked into the hotel. Met up with BahamutSphere … Continue reading

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Summer Days Event

My short report on today’s Summer Days event in Akihabara. We arrived at Akihabara Station at about 9.30am. The tickets for the event were given out at 10am, but there was already a queue of around 50 people by the … Continue reading

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Japan: Day Two – Akihabara

I navigated the shops of Akihabara today without a map! *tears of joy mixed with self-pity* Some new maid cafes popping up all over the place and a new Yamagiwa building is apparently under construction (or maybe it has been … Continue reading

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Japan: Day Three – Akihabara Part II

Spent another day wandering around Akihabara. It’s amazing how you can waste so much time just looking through the stores…

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Longest Receipt Ever

Here’s a receipt from Toranoana. Total of 13,968 yen. Most of those are not my books.

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Japan: Day Four – Ikebukuro & Shinjuku

Wandered around East Ikebukuro in the morning and Shinjuku in the afternoon today. Finally got to visit the Kinokuniya main branch. Although our hotel is located in Ikebukuro, it is on the opposite side of the train station from the … Continue reading

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Japan: Day Five – Yasukuni Shrine

We visited the infamous Yasukuni Shrine today. You know, the place that gets into the papers everytime a Japanese prime minister visits it. See pictures. Well, it might seem like a weird place for a Chinese guy to visit, but … Continue reading

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Fate/stay night Episode 23

Well, since I am in Tokyo, it won’t be right for me to miss Fate/stay night, which just finished airing about a minute ago. Anyway, to sum up episode 23… Rin dies.That is all.

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Japan: Day Six – Hakone

I was in Hakone (more specifically Hakone Yumoto) yesterday and didn’t get internet access… Hakone has only two things: hotels with onsen and mountains. Just take a look at the pictures. And for no particular reason, above is a picture … Continue reading

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Japan: Day Seven – Nakano Broadway

The sign “Chuo Line (Limited Express)” points straight. The sign “Chuo Line (Rapid)” points right. Looking around, not a route map to be seen… I am at Shinjuku station, the busiest train station in the world and I am on … Continue reading

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Save money, Buy secondhand

Besides going to Bandai Museum today, I also revisited a few secondhand stores around Akihabara and Ikebukuro today and found some really good deals.

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