{"id":2586,"date":"2013-01-18T11:38:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T01:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikanya.meidokon.net\/?page_id=2586"},"modified":"2013-01-19T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T06:15:04","slug":"places","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikanya.meidokon.net\/?page_id=2586","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akihabara<\/h2>\n

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Local residents patrol the streets on Sunday to keep the peace. There seems to be a renewed focus on law and order since I was last here.<\/p>\n

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Snow in Akibhabara.<\/p>\n

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There’s a new UFO catcher\/karaoke place hastily built over what used to be a parking lot. Unlike pretty much every other arcade in Akihabara, the UFO prizes here are mostly aimed at girls.<\/p>\n

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The Akiba Cultures Zone is the successor to the demolished Radio Kaikan. The tenants aren’t noticeably different, except that it now has the Good Smile Cafe on the top floor.<\/p>\n

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Site of the former Radio Kaikan. Wonder what they’re building here?<\/p>\n

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Half of the Radio Kaikan building is still standing, albeit now refurbished. You can still see traces of the gritty old building on the top floor.<\/p>\n

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Adorable Hidamari Sketch plastic graphigs at Good Smile Cafe.<\/p>\n

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Homura firearms display in the Cultures Zone.<\/p>\n

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Body pillow covers as far as the eye can see at K-books.<\/p>\n

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AKB48’s new cafe. I could be wrong, but it seemed like you need to win a lottery to get in.<\/p>\n

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A stack of AKB48 CDs in a rental vendor cabinet. Someone almost certainly bought these just for the vouchers.<\/p>\n

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At Kotobukiya (now located in Akiba’s back streets). The most profitable tale.<\/p>\n

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Sword Art Online exhibition at Kotobukiya.<\/p>\n

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Dear Stage is a cafe where aspiring idols and anime-song singers perform for you.<\/p>\n

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Hidamari Sketch exhibition at Animate. Top picture is of the actual scripts read by the voice actors. <\/p>\n

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Every floor except one in this building is a maid cafe.<\/p>\n

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Masterful parking.<\/p>\n

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This building is just for hanging out and smoking in.<\/p>\n

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A church standing amongst the Sodom and Gomorrah that is Akihabara.<\/p>\n

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Pimped out right-wing van.<\/p>\n

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Club Sega’s urinal game. My highest score is 3 cans.<\/p>\n

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Hard streets.<\/p>\n

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On the right: ‘Not a QR code’.<\/p>\n

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K-on movie on Christmas. For those who want to spend the night with the girl(s) special to them.<\/p>\n

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Penguindrum hand puppets!<\/p>\n

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Panty vending machine.<\/p>\n

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630,000 yen for this blinged-out unit 01.<\/p>\n

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Evangelion eyedrops. Prepare for the human refreshment project!<\/p>\n

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Pretty healthy for a dead girl.<\/p>\n

Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya<\/h2>\n

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Luke!<\/p>\n

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Eva promo campaign at 0101.<\/p>\n

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Niconico douga’s Unit 01 van. Parked just outside the cinema.<\/p>\n

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I saw the new Evangelion movie in Shinjuku. Very enjoyable. You get a different postcard depending on when you seen the movie. Apparently I lucked out with this one, because the next one was a rather compromising Kaworu x Shinji postcard.<\/p>\n

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Niconico douga’s trendy headquarters in Harajuku. <\/p>\n

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Tokyo 01 Evangelion store in Harajuku. <\/p>\n

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Some nice subtle items on the first floor which aren’t immediately identifiable as wota merchandise, including these great Gendo and Mari glasses.<\/p>\n

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AKB48 plastered all over Shibuya 109.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere<\/h2>\n

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Upmarket baumkuchen store in Ginza. I always try and eat as much as possible when I’m in Japan, since you can’t really buy it in Australia.<\/p>\n

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This enormous baumkuchen has a nice crispy egg-roll-style coating and took three of us to finish.<\/p>\n

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Fancy waffle chain store in Ginza. Delicious!<\/p>\n

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Giant Kokeshi dolls seen in Sugamo.<\/p>\n

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Monkey statue at a shrine in Sugamo.<\/p>\n

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J.C. Staff’s humble office in Musashino-Sakai, just west of central Tokyo.<\/p>\n

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Chinchintei in Musashino-Sakai. The first restaurant in Tokyo to serve Abura-soba (above). Tasty!<\/p>\n

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‘San-chan no Aji’ in Ogikubo. The model for ‘Rina-chan no Aji’ in Mawaru Penguindrum.<\/p>\n

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Excellent gift for your ladyfriends.<\/p>\n

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Hmm.<\/p>\n

Ariake (Comiket 83)<\/h2>\n

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West side line never changes.<\/p>\n

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West side carpark on day 1.<\/p>\n

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…and on day 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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