Returning to anime blogging with some new guidelines

Danny Choo

• Malaysian Food September 5, 2010
  Pretty much took photos of just about *everything* I ate for the few days that I spent in Malaysia in May. My fave is Prawn Mee (noodles), Poh Piah, Rojack, Char Siew Rice, Wonton Mee and Teh Tarik. Many of these dishes can be found in Singapore too which I hope to be scoffing down this November - food photos in the Singapore Food post.As for Tokyo - anybody […]
• Meguro Sanma Festival September 5, 2010
  The Meguro Sanma Festival has been taking place every year since 1996. At the festival they give away about 7000 grilled Sanma fish (Pacific Saury) for free - you have to line up in the 1 kilometer queue though.It is said that moons ago, a feudal lord was riding on his horse in Meguro and came across the smell of some Sanma being grilled. When he asked the l […]
• Saber in Hong Kong September 4, 2010
  Adventures of Saber in Hong Kong last March with more to come this October. Some more photos of Saber in posts tagged "Hongkong." Saber has been getting around quite a bit this year. After Hong Kong it was Malaysia in May and then Los Angeles in July. After October in HK its November in Singapore. […]
• Japan Vending Machine September 4, 2010
  One of the biggest vending machines that I've seen over here selling everything from yer average can O drink to snacks, brolleys, nappies, batteries and wet tissues.And for those who have always wondered what the insides of Japanese vending machine looks like - Mr Coke filling up this machine at Gotenba. A machine like this can fit nearly 600 drink item […]
• Post Apocalyptic Tokyo September 3, 2010
  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? […]
• Hobby Search September 3, 2010
  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 f […]
• Hobby Japan September 3, 2010
  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 […]
• Ita Controller September 2, 2010
  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 Itabey […]
• Dogashima September 2, 2010
  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 re […]
• Japanese Mac Rooms August 31, 2010
  Stumbled onto a BBS that had a load of Japanese users sharing photos of rooms with Macs. The otaku level for most of these photos are rather low though ^^; […]