- Post Apocalyptic Tokyo3 September 2010, 10:10 am
Some gorgeous post apocalyptic artwork of Tokyo by illustrator Tokyo Genso. Discovered at Pink Tentacle where you can see more. How many of these locations do you recognize?
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- Hobby Search3 September 2010, 8:25 am
Another office infiltration - this time its the headquarters of Hobby Search. A load of figures, dolls, gundams and vintage stuff lying around here n there - lets see how much we can bag without anybody noticing.Suzuki-san is the founder of Hobby Search who established the company back in 1999 - hence the url of the site is 1999.co.jp.
Hobby Search handles figures, dolls, mecha, kits, character goods, DVD's and games. They ship worldwide and also have an English site for you to easily navigate a...
- Hobby Japan3 September 2010, 6:14 am
Today we take a gander at the offices of Hobby Japan - the folks who publish the magazine of the same name and also own properties like Om Nom Nom Queens Blade anime and the up n coming Hyakkaryouran anime too.
Following photos are only of the meeting area though - will check out the rest of the office another time.Hobby Japan first started off in March 1965 as a hobby shop in Yoyogi called Post Hobby. In December 1969 they then decided to go into publishing and launched the first edition of Ho...
- Ita Controller2 September 2010, 1:38 pm
When you stick the kanji "Ita" [痛] in front of a noun, you get a new word that describes something that is plastered with 2D girls. For example:-
痛車 "Itasha" (Moe car) > example
痛チャリ "Itachari" (Moe Bicycle) > example
痛部屋 "Itabeya" (Moe room) > exampleAnd now we have Ita Controller [痛コントローラー] as made by Itabeya-san.Itabeya-san made this 360 Ita controller to go with his Ita-Xbox covered with the gorgeous Kusagano Sor...
- Dogashima2 September 2010, 11:39 am
On our recent trip to Izu, we visited an area called Dogashima [堂ヶ島] which is a popular scenic spot featuring a load of caves, cliffs, greenery and absolutely gorgeous clear water. Tis located very close to Koganezaki.One of the highlights of Dogashima are four islands called Sanshiro Jima [三四郎島] which can be reached by walking over the path of rocks that reveals itself only during a low tide. If you fall asleep during the hot Summers afternoon then you will need to swim back to th...
