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So I Herd I Went To Japan; These be proof
Topic Started: Aug 8 2008, 04:03 AM (439 Views)
Southrop
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Ya hay guise. Some people knew already, and wanted pictars. I also promised them in my return thread. I took over a thousand photos, and I cbf to upload them all, so here are a selected 63 of them

Akihabara on day 1 (or night 1 as it turned out to be)
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00033.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00034.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00035.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00036.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00037.jpg


2 days later, we went to Nara. Have some deer:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00060.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00061.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00062.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00069.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00073.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00173.jpg

And then we went into the main temple area, where that hueg Buddha and hole in pillar are. If you are a true Negima fan, you better remember that from the cover of Volume 4 >:U:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00184.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00196.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00197.jpg
And here is a random bell we saw:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00207.jpg


Next day we went to Osaka. Here is Osaka castle:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00224.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00228.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00237.jpg
We also went to USJ, but hay, that's a theme park. lol.


Next day was spent in Kyoto. Have some Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion):
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00264.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00261.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00286.jpg

Nao for Hirano Shrine. It's famous in springtime, not summer, because it has lots of Sakura trees. None were blossoming tho D;
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00316.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00317.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00320.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00321.jpg
Enjoy the toilet sign too:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00328.jpg

We went to Fushimi Inari. Negima fans better recognise this too >:U
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00330.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00332.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00333.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00338.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00342.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00349.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00354.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00357.jpg

Then i ate Melonpan:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00363.jpg

Then went to Kiyomizu-dera. If you don't know this place, you should be ashamed:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00368.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00375.jpg <- recognize this?
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00377.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00379.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00380.jpg <- O HAY LOVE STONES
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00381.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00382.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00383.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00384.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00385.jpg <- The legendary "suicide" spot
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00387.jpg <- Moar fountain pictars. I drank from all three O:


So we went to Hiroshima the next day. Sorry, I didn't get nuked. Instead, I had Melonpan:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00425.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00427.jpg
Yes, you can buy Melonpan in McDonald's. McDonald's has this thing called McBakery. Why is this not available in HK? <_<

Also, this is the Shinkansen we took to Hiroshima:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00426.jpg

So in Hiroshima we saw the only nuked building that was allowed to stand: the A-Bomb Dome. We also went to the Memorial Park and Museum. I took too many pictars, so none uploaded. Have some A-Bomb dome:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00432.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00435.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00440.jpg


So we went to Toei Cinema Village the next day:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00645.jpg
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http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00648.jpg
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http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00651.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00656.jpg
and I had more melonpan afterwards
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00662.jpg


And we returned to Tokyo in time for a festival in Harajuku. Have some fireworks:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00684.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00693.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00694.jpg
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http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC00719.jpg

Being in Harajuku, we stopped for some of the specialty: Ice-cream Burger:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC01330.jpg


Next day we had lolsome Ice-cream in this indoor theme park in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC01343.jpg
The ice creams are as follows:
Top left - Egg flavoured
Top right - Soy Sauce
bottom left - Indian Curry
bottom right - Beef
We also had wasabi, ramune and chicken wing ice cream, but no pictar.

And we went to Animate after that:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC01344.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC01345.jpg
My friend has more pictars of inside Animate, though he hasn't sent them to me yet <_<


We spent a day in Tokyo DisneySea, but it's not work documenting or having pictars for. I didn't take any either. If anyone decides to go, here's some advice: Don't expect much for the Indiana Jones ride.
In DisneySea
 
Brother: Wow.. that's a big building! The ride must be great!
Me: It would be funny if half the building was waiting space! har har har..
...
Later on..
Me: It's not funny <_<
It has a large building, but half of it is waiting space <_<


Final full day was spent in Fuji. It was rainy, so most pictars were crap. Have some nice ones of Fuji itself.:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC01393.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p190/So...an/DSC01439.jpg

My new merch will be uploaded with pictars from the Ani-Com HK, and polly posted in a new thread.
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Looked at them all. Yeah, there should be McBakeryeverywhere else.

best pic was Kinkaku-ji and Kiyomizu (good camera angles)
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Because there are good places to take pictars in those places, lulz. other places it was hard to get high up, hard to get far away.
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Akihabara looked like fun... Code Geass, Sekirei, ToLOVEru...

and yeyz for Negima sites, and melonpan.
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Besides the obviously answer, what is Melonpan like? It looks awfully fluffy :3
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Awesome, now I can hack look at your photobucket since you gave me your password since I'm awesome.


Akihabara envy...;___;

Edit:

Aw lolwut you changed it again? >:U
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MUCH OF YOUR JAPAN EXPERIENCE MIRRORS MY OWN.

I look forward to viewing all the pictures in order to nostalgify my face.

Akiba and Takeshita Street in Harajuku are my favorite places IN THE WORLD. <3
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O SILLY ME I JUST FORGOT THE PASSWORD.

KTHXSOUTHY.
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Akiba and Takeshita Street in Harajuku are my favorite places IN THE WORLD. <3


IKNORITE 8D BEST PLACES
Though Sunshine City in Ikebukuro isn't bad either. Thar's a K-Books and an Animate right next to it, and heck they are hueg! The K-Books thar is larger than the one in Akiba!
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holyshit, you wen to the Toei studio too? When I went with mah other classmates, we got to do a swordfighting workshop thingy. It was awesome.

also, AKIHABARA, FUCK YEAH! I see you also went to Gamers...
Didn't get a chance to find Animate, though... you lucky bastard.

The McDonald's that we went to didn't have any McBakeries... unless I was too blind to see.
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There are no words to describe how jealous I am.

lulz.
<33 looks like you had fun though.
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McBakeries is only a series of products they offer: Melonpan, Chocolate Croissants, and something else i can't remember D;

Animate in Akiba is only recently opened. The one in Ikebukuro is bettar.
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Oooh, when did you go to yapan? I went July 10-17, but I didn't get to do much because my dad was being a lazy butt. ;l

Nice pics. ww My brother and I went to Akiba liek 3 times ourselves.
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IKNORITE 8D BEST PLACES
Though Sunshine City in Ikebukuro isn't bad either. Thar's a K-Books and an Animate right next to it, and heck they are hueg! The K-Books thar is larger than the one in Akiba!

I stayed in that hotel. I spent my last few hours in japan digging through the 100 yen figure boxes at Animate.
I also went to the music store below the Boy's Love store.
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Shinmeiryuu,Aug 11 2008
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Oooh, when did you go to yapan? I went July 10-17, but I didn't get to do much because my dad was being a lazy butt. ;l

Nice pics. ww My brother and I went to Akiba liek 3 times ourselves.

:C We just missed each other then..

I went on the 20th, and left on the 30th. Similarly, my dad was a lazy butt too, and forced all the planning and shiet onto me. I planned the entire trip, found prices, wrote up a rough timetable-thing, and panicked when they wanted to make changes xD

Hm.. iirc, we went to Akiba 4 times, 3 of which were on a Sunday 8D
Sunday cosplay 8D
ofc, I didn't take pictars because I would seem like some stalker, since I went at nights on sunday D:
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