K-ON! PV Outfit figures

K-ON! has been one of those series that one gets obsessed about. For me I heard about the series in passing but never checked it out. It wasn't until i won the PV Yui figure from a UFO catcher, posted my winnings on twitter and then had people chime in how awesome the show…

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Rilakkuma 7th anniversary Bento

We recently had a chance to play a new demo of Mafia II–an open-world action game set against the backdrop of organized crime families vying for power in the 1950s. At the beginning of the demo, we saw Vito Scaletta–the game’s lead character–inside of his home just as he receives…

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Evangelion Movie figure UFO GETO!

The gameplay mechanics for Rising were made known initially at E3 2010, and are based around a concept known as “zan-datsu”, literally “cut and take.” Matsumaya and Kimura explained in Konami’s press conference that the “take” part revolves around Raiden literally taking power from enemies, a concept shown in the…

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ONLY IN JAPAN: 1980's finess posters

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In Asagaya there is a TOA finess center where they are apparently stuck in the 1980's. This poster has had to have been there for almost 30 years?! Makes you wonder if the facilities equipment is just as old...hmmm

ENGRISH OF THE DAY: Sanity smells good!

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After eating at Burger King in Asagaya i wanted to wash my hands after getting them messy from eating a whopper. Inside i noticed this lovely little air freshener branded as SANITY... lulz

UFO CATCHER GET! - NYANPIRE mat

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UFO fever for me this summer for sure! I got off work and headed to the game center at my station and got this nyanpire bath mat in 4 tries. My friend asked me to win her won, but when i went back to the game center the next day htye changed the system of the claw. Originally is went very low which made it easier to win, but that day it was latered to not go very low, so you would have to play it much more to win it. I spent 1000yen and didnt get it and gave up. FAIL!

ONLY IN JAPAN: Random water pump

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Near Ogikubo station i was checking out some resturants and noticed this water pump behind one shop. I found it a bit odd. Wouldnt it be easier to just have a hose hooked up... anyways i found it interesting...

UFO CATCHER GET! - GLOOMY BEAR!!

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As i published in a previous post, i wont the Peter figure, but now i got the large Gloomy Bear figure!!! Again its from Revotech which make nice small but articulated high quality figures. I won this in only 2 tries with the 100 yen summer sale! チョウカワイイ!!!

FOOD SPOT: Snowmen in summer

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Baskin Robbins is having a special promo right now where you get two scoops of ice cream, one large one one smaller one and it looks like a snowman in the summer, cute right! I decided to choose orange sherbert with rocky road... odd combo but i like chocolate and orange flavor so i tried... and it was yummy! i suggest you try it next time!

FREE HELLO KITTY MUG_GAIT64

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