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Oct 20
2009

Day 1: Akihabara Impressions (Japan Trip 2009)

Posted by Theodore Mak in Japan Trip 2009 , Japan , Akihabara

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Continuing from my previous post, we headed off to Akihabara main street after stopping by Yodobashi. We visited the Taito Game Station and pleasantly impressed how the arcade business is still booming in Japan. First floor is mostly filled with UFO catchers, while the upper floors are devoted to games. As a quick note, most stores in Japan do not allow for photography apart from some larger department stores and company stores like figure makers Kaiyodo and Kotobukiya.

Oct 08
2009

Day 0: Arrival (Japan Trip 2009)

Posted by Theodore Mak in Japan

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This will be an ongoing segment on our recent trip to Japan. I'm sure a lot of people are interested and curious what we did apart from reading the quick brief blog posts I made while overseas. Other staff members will probably also be doing the same, but until then, I'll start!

Originally this trip was planned a couple years ago with over 8 people signed up on board. Of course, with the changing times and economic downturn, various people backed out dwindling the fellowship to 4. Apart from myself and the staff, a friend of ours from Seattle who works for various conventions (mostly SakuraCon) decided to join us.

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