Published on December 16, 2008
in Geek.
Wow, I totally forgot about this post, and more than 2 months later, it’s still in my drafts folder. Browsing through the photos I took in September reminded me that I wanted to write about this while I was still in Japan, but I just didn’t have to time to do so. That, and the unstable network I was using while I was at my friend’s house.
This is by no means a complete list of places selling anime stuff, but rather, the places I’ve spotted while wandering around the city area of Fukuoka over 2 days. “Why only these few places?”, you might ask. Well, I took my own sweet time strolling around, take breaks whenever I pleased. I even took a break at the beach area more almost half an hour.
This Mandarake branch was located in Tenjin. As you can see, it had an entire building to itself.
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Published on September 24, 2008
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Earlier this afternoon, I managed to catch the movie at the cinema in Canal City Hakata. I was actually planning to do a post on Ooita first, but it’ll be better if I did this first while it’s still fresh in my mind.
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Published on September 21, 2008
in Non-Geek.
My friend had to head to his part-time job again, so I settled dinner at an okonomiyaki shop nearby. It turned out that a surprise was awaiting me.
While I was waiting outside the shop for a seat, there was this family waiting too. A shop attendant came out to take orders, and when it came to my turn, I had to reveal the fact that I wasn’t Japanese. It was really nice of the shop attendant to speak slowly so that I could understand what he was trying to ask.
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Published on September 20, 2008
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I arrived at Fukuoka International Airport this morning, and I’m currently at my friend’s house in Oomuta. The train ride from Hakata station took much longer than I expected. The train’s timetable stated for it to arrive at sometime around 10.50am, but it took almost half an hour longer than it’s scheduled time. This is the first time I’ve seen a train schedule in Japan delayed by such a difference.
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