Entries from 2012-10-01 to 1 month

Japan Trip 2012, Day 9 - Sekigahara

Ask anyone who knows anything about medieval Japanese history for famous battles within that time period, and they'll probably refer you to the Battle of Sekigahara. Cited as the single, most important battle of that era, it unified (or mo…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 8 - Kaiyoudou Figure Museum

First off, I'm going to apologize: photography is allowed within the museum, however posting the pictures publicly is not. Anyone can go into the gift shop on the first floor, so all the pictures shown here and linked in the album are take…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 8 - Hikone Castle

Picture album: http://caelk.shutterfly.com/pictures/359Alright, well my first day on my own. I had come here with a bunch of friends, but by this point all but one had left Japan, and the other was in Hokkaido (doing nothing in between as …

Japan Trip 2012, Day 7 - Akihabara, Travelling

Not too much to say about the rest of the day, but well... yeah, I went off to Akihabara, but I took some time to see one of my friends off first. He arrived earlier than me, and was leaving earlier than me as well, so I got him and his lu…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 7 - Idol Survivor

Today I spent sometime going to a doujin market, Idol Survivor at Hamamatsu-cho. It took up half a floor in the Metropolitan Trade Center there, and there was quite a line. I think there was another doujin market happening on the other hal…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 6 - Shopping

Didn't really do too much today besides shop in Akihabara. I unfortunately had no time to go out to Nakano Broadway, and I think everyone realized that they forgot to set aside time to browse through the streets of Akiba so they could thro…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 5 - Anna Miller's

After wandering around Akihabara, all three of us who went to Mount Fuji met up and went to a restaurant called Anna Miller's. This took us to just outside Shinagawa Station within Tokyo. Anna Miller's was right past the first intersection…