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: Black face manga!

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In one of the books i use for english lessions is this non-PC drawing of a man from new orleans... ya japan and its social ignorance!

UFO CATCHER GET! - GIANT NYANPIRE

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OK, so i really didnt get to win this, but i wish i could! This was in the game center only for display. I think i would def pay for one of these, its just sooooo cute!

FOOD SPOT: Green Tea rool cake & Citrus yogurt drink

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We headed out to akhihabara after checking out hakusan station about a possible house we were going to rent out. My BF needed to get new screen cover for his iphone, but before heading to yodabashi camera we went to an old school coffee shop Renoir and ordered the green tea roll cake which had little sweet beans in the center, the yougurt drink was good, but a little too expensive for the size.

DRINK SPOT: Sweet Chocoalte Bear Beer

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I went down the super long shotengai in Asagaya and found a liquor shop that carries a lot of beers from around the world. One beer i picked up was because it had a cute bear on it. Its chocolate, and ive had chocoalte beer before but it was bitter beer. This beer is a sweet chocolate, so i thought i would love it, but i really didnt care for it. BEER FAIL!

FOOD SPOT: Thai lunch

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My BF and I went and grabbed a quick lunch in Ogikubo at a nice Thai resturant. Their lunch set is about 800-900yen and is excellent! It comes with a great spicy lime soup, spicy sausage salad, Green curry rice and a yogurt fruit dessert.

UFO CATCHER GET! - K-ON!! Tea set

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Onward with my UFO fever and my otaku-ness for K-ON!! i won this tea set from the Ogikubo Game center in 5 tries at 100yen each. Its super cute... too bad i dont drink tea, but i will use the cup.

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