{"id":178,"date":"2008-10-21T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikanya.meidokon.net\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2008-10-21T00:01:02","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T14:01:02","slug":"osaka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikanya.meidokon.net\/?page_id=178","title":{"rendered":"Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Osaka<\/h2>\n

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Osaka station has two stations next to it – ‘Tsukamoto’ and ‘Tenma’. Surely not a coincidence?<\/span><\/p>\n

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This giant shopping arcade runs north-south for over a kilometre in Tenma. <\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the Osaka branch of the Yoyogi animation academy. They have a whole bunch of neat fliers out the front. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Osaka at sunset, as shot from one of the bridges that connects the north and south areas. <\/span><\/p>\n

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It may sound like a new Touhou game, but it’s really just a boy band. We saw big trucks driving around with this billboard in at least two different cities. <\/p>\n

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Just as Akihabara is the holy land of the east, Nipponbashi is the holy land of the west. Most of the big otaku-orientated stores have branches here, and there are some interesting local stores too. <\/p>\n

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This is the Nipponbashi bridge itself. Both sides of it count as parts of the Nipponbashi district, but only one side has all the otaku shops. <\/p>\n

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The Nipponbashi Sofmap. Not quite as sprawling as the Akihabara one, but still huge. <\/p>\n

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The Nipponbashi Tora no Ana and Gamers. Both have a lot of space here. <\/p>\n

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Yes, they have maid cafes here too.<\/p>\n

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Super Position. I think they sell either electronics or figures (or both). <\/p>\n

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The Nipponbashi branch of figure makers Kotobukiya.<\/p>\n

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Doujinshi merchants Melonbooks have a much larger building here than in Akihabara. <\/p>\n

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Doll and figure maker Volks has a big showroom here. <\/p>\n

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The Red Comet wants you to buy this phone. <\/p>\n

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Trio is an idol specialist shop. <\/p>\n

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The Nipponbashi Animate has a lifesize Rin. Don’t you wish you did too? <\/p>\n

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Osaka Gundams. Only Gundams. Only in Osaka.<\/p>\n

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These dudes are checking out a customised Gundam carry-case.<\/p>\n

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Mandarake has a store here too, but their mascot scared me off. <\/p>\n

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Neji no Naniwa has pretty much all the spare parts you could possibly need. <\/p>\n

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Nipponbashi borders Namba and Sennichimae, both of which are busy shopping districts. <\/p>\n

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Leaf \/ Key<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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For what it’s worth, this is the Aquaplus (Leaf) Osaka building. You can’t get in, and there’s nothing of interest in the lobby. Surely they could have spared a cardboard cutout or something? <\/p>\n

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This building is also given as an address on the Aquaplus website, but there’s nothing indicating a connection here on the directory.<\/p>\n

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If my understanding is correct, this is where VisualArts (Key) used<\/strong> to be. No sign of them there now, though. <\/span><\/p>\n

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This is where VisualArts is now. They own this entire building. We didn’t see any signs saying ‘Access prohibited’ like at KyoAni and Aquaplus, so we decided to take a quick look inside.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There’s a timestamp card here for each employee. However, the only name I recognised was Orito-sensei’s. <\/span><\/p>\n

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This is what the development room looks like. There’s a series of desks just inside the door where some people were chatting, but otherwise nothing of note. <\/span><\/p>\n

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There’s a sign on the door to the fire stairs prohibiting sandals out on the steps. <\/span><\/p>\n

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On the 5th floor is a portrait of Yuiko. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The recording studio on the 6th floor seemed pretty quiet. <\/span><\/p>\n

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