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Playing around with AkibaHobby-sans Olympus Pen last week at the TFS. This camera is incredible! The lens is just awesome. Recommended for folks who cant be bothered to lug around an SLR but want something a bit more compact with SLR quality. Some...

A few years ago, I got some Vader armor from a company called "Timeless Movie Props." I wasn't happy with the quality of the armor and proceeded to abuse the responsibility I had of running a blog read by a large audience. I used my search engine opt...

There was an earthquake this evening across Japan and it felt very scary in Tokyo. As you can see from the screenshot, it was recorded at Magnitude 6.9 @.@ There was a rumbling noise and the sound of things shaking around the house. Wifey, I, and the...

image ID#27663 Never heard of Forever 21 until they opened their first retail store in Japan right next to their rivals H&M. T'was in the news for quite a bit as the ladies went into a frenzy for some coolsome apparel. ima...

During my last trip to the UK, I brought my roller blades back with me. Had these for probably about 15 years. Convenient to get around when going to a quick bite to eat. Customized the back by sticking some of those piston thingies that you find at...

This job has never been just plain sailing. Been through a few rough stormy seas but there was always clear waters and blue skies on the other side. And as I sail the uncharted (uncharted for me) seas of running a business, I occasionally come across...

Comrade Monpuchi-san from Moeyo.com gets another figure of his Mascot character Fii-tan - this time round its a Sofubi (Soft Vinyl) called Sofubi no Fii-tan. Fii-tan is about the same size and Nendoroid's and you can swap about their heads too. Shi...

Android is a mobile operating system which allows developers to develop their own coolsome apps - a bit like the apps that you can download for your iPhone. A bit about Android below. One of my comrades at Google is involved with Android marketing o...

image ID#27567 The Tokyo Figure Show (Good Smile Company x Danny Choo) has kicked off to a great start! The event started yesterday and runs through to 6PM this Sunday in Harajuku. image ID#27568 My lovel...

Congrats to comrade Fred Gallagher who is the creator of the immensely popular MegaTokyo - he makes it big in Japan too. A few words about Fred from his Wikipedia below. Frederick Gallagher (born 1968) is an American illustrator who has become a full...

image ID#27562 Woke up after 4 hours sleep to get mail from Aki-san - attached were these nearly completed photos of the Mirai Suenaga Figma. I want one nao! image ID#27563 Cant wait to be carrying Mirai-c...

GSC Staff at H&M setting up for the Tokyo Figure Show. Uploaded a sneak peek photo of mirai-chan figma to figure.fm.View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com >>Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bug...

A bit after 7pm in Tokyo at Gotanda after dindins. Cycling around the metropolis at night in the cool breeze has been one of our fave past times of late. For this time of year, its particularly cool and have been going without the air conditioning fo...

Photos taken by Avan at the anime convention Ani Com which started this weekend and runs through to Tuesday. A load more pics to be seen at his photobucket. Particularly impressed with this "Great Zeong" - one of the best mods I've seen. The Wing Gu...

Had no idea about the doll event I Doll that was held last Sunday ToT. Luckily Taitan has gathered some coverage from the event. I nabbed these photos from Seahorse. The next doll events in Tokyo are:- Doll Show - Nov 11. I Doll - Nov 23. Crap! I'm...

More collaboration work - this time with Google. Google recently launched a promotion called My Favorite Place where 200 famous folks including Al Gore chose their fave place and stuck pins in a Google Map. To see my fave spots in Akihabara, go to...

The very cute Kasugano Sora from the eroge Yosuganosora at the Wonfes. Due out this November and will retail for 7,140 yen. Love the original illustration. Dakimakura also available. The myth that I *only* like big eyes is broken. CM Movie for the g...

She should be up for pre-order at your fave online store. Due out this Nov and will retail for 3,800 yen. More pics at GSC. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)View the full sized ima...

A few updates on the giveaway as there are a few overlapping and hard to keep track of ^^; -Otacool - submissions still open so continue to submit photos of your room. If you have rearranged your room or added new armory to your inventory then feel...

Update - Tis just announced at the Good Smile Company official site. Print Material for the Tokyo Figure Show just in from Good Smile. They are just finishing up painting the figma Mirai. WIll be setting up next Monday. Details about the show at the...

Do you go kyun kyun at the sight of moe pichi pichi maids? Do you get a tingling feeling in your extremities at the sight of sengoku armor? If the answer is "Yes Desu" then you may be wanting to visit a Sengoku Maid Cafe called Mononopu in Akihabara....

During my very first days of learning Japanese without the Internets, I looked up words in a paper dictionary - nothing wrong with that - it just took time. It wasn't until I was about to leave uni where I was able to get an electronic dictionary lik...

A bunch of Gunpla from the Wonfes - finishing off with some Patlabor at the end of this post and continuing to look at the other Mecha related photos including Gurren Lagann in this post over at figure.fm Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subsc...

Some of the Transformers stuff on display at the Wonfes - more coverage later on here and over at figure.fm. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)View the full sized images/comments f...