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Danny Choo

Asakusa

Located in the North East of Tokyo is Asakusa - an area that has been a bustling town since the Edo period. Despite being pretty much flattened in the huge earthquake of 1923 and then again in the 1945 bombings, Asakusa went through a speedy recovery. Today, Asakusa is a ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 9:15 AM

Tokyo Sushi

Sushi for dindins with the members of vividblaze. Can you name all the sushi in these photos? デイナーは好きな寿司と好きなグループvividblazeと一緒。

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 2:42 PM

Makuhari Messe

Makuhari Messe is one of the biggest convention centers in Japan. Located in the west of Tokyo near Tokyo Disney Land, events like the Tokyo Game Show and Auto Salon are held here. Up until the escalator accident that happened in Summer 2008, the Wonder Festival took place at Tokyo ...

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 7:00 AM

Haruhi Figures

You saw both of these at the Wonfes last weekend and now they are up for pre-order - Figma Mikuru Asahina and Nendoroid Yuki Nagato.Mikuru is due out this October and will retail for 2,800 yen > details at Good Smile. Yuki is due out this November and will retail ...

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 4:20 AM

Black Rock Shooter Blu-ray

Pre-order details for the Black Rock Shooter Blu-ray+DVD set are up at Good Smile! And yep you guessed it - it will come with these adorable BRS girls double pack - Black Rock Shooter and Dead Master.The Blu-ray and DVD will be out this December and retail for 4,200 yen. ...

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 4:09 AM

Black Gold Saw

Another character from Black Rock Shooter - Black Gold Saw. This scale figure was on display at the Wonfes last Sunday.And here is the Figma version of Black Gold Saw. Will let you know pre-order details when they are available.Which of the BRS girls from the other world tickle your ...

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 2:37 AM

Black Rock Shooter

Black Rock Shooter goodness from the wonfes starting with these lovely 3D live action girlies - Dead Master and Black Rock Shooter. Dead Master looked particularly awesome!Nendoroid Puchi Black Rock Shooter - sweet!Nendoroid Puchi Dead master - want!Dead Master nendoroid - adorable. Or Hnngggggg as they say on the Internets.The ...

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 2:28 AM

Miku Hatsune

Has to be the cutest Miku Hatsune figure I've clapped my mince pies on - based on illustration by Taka Tony. Will be released by Max Factory. Pre-order info soon.And a few more Miku Hatsune goodies for the rest of this post. All Wonder Festival 2010 Summer posts being tagged ...

Posted on July 26, 2010 at 1:45 AM

Black Rock Shooter Stop Motion

Black Rock Shooter Stop Motion brought to you by the folks who worked on Nightmare Before Christmas and comrade Eric Calderon who you may remember from my Takashi Okazaki post - tis a small world!Have already taken a peek at the stop motion flick on Aki-sans iPhone and can tell ...

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 4:38 PM

K-ON! Nendoroid Puchi

K-ON! Goodies at the Good Smile Company booth snapped today at the Wonder Festival 2010 Summer. The key-chains are from the "Nendoroid Plus" series - need now!The Nendoroid Puchi set is adorable too. My fave K-ON! girl used to be Mio but me is liking Yui a lot more now. ...

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 4:08 PM

Mugi!

Mugiiiiii!!!!!

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 1:27 AM

Bakemonogatari

Bake!

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 1:24 AM

Haruhi

More to come desu

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 1:19 AM

GSC Booth

More to come!

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 1:18 AM

Wonfes 2010 Summer

More to come

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 1:09 AM

Akihabara

Akihabara, Tokyo. This is where Japanese Pop Culture lives and thrives. Gadgets, PC parts, anime, manga, figures, dolls, doujin and more can be discovered here and if you dig deep enough you will discover gems like Leonardo. I always discover new stuff here each time I visit and now that ...

Posted on July 23, 2010 at 3:00 PM

Japan Breast Pudding

You've seen the Niigata version and here is the Akihabara version - "Oppai Purin" (Breast Pudding) being offered to you by a cutesome blushing maid. Comes with some caramel sauce for those of you who like to eat yer wobblies while they are slippery. Also comes with a spoon for ...

Posted on July 23, 2010 at 1:40 PM

Leonardo Akihabara

Was out filming in Akihabara for a new TV show that I'm presenting on that I'll talk about in another post - another program in addition to Culture:Japan. Spent most of the day wondering around looking for gems and we found a big gem of a shop called Leonardo. Leonardo ...

Posted on July 23, 2010 at 8:14 AM

Mr Donuts

Grabbing some donuts from the place that does my fave afternoon snack - Mr Donuts.Mr Donuts always have goodies to give out in exchange for the points that you collect. This time round its these Mr Donuts Licca-chan girls dressed up in Mr Donuts uniform from the 70's, 80's and ...

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 3:39 AM

Black Rock Curry

Attention all Black Rock Shooter fans - you've added some BRS cosplay to your wardrobe and you are already buying or pre-ordering the figures and occasionally doing some BRS illustrations too. Now you can eat BRS thanks to Black Rock Curry which will be sold at this Sundays Wonder Festival. ...

Posted on July 20, 2010 at 2:32 PM