Cosplay and a Fake Castle?
08 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
So, the other day, I had nothing to do, so I decided to use my commuter pass and wander around one of the stations between home and work.
I ended up at Hon-Chiba, and found myself at a castle…with cosplayers all around. In addition to that, the castle isn’t really a real one, just a cultural museum made in the shape of a castle for tourism purposes. There was a castle around this site long ago, but not of this scale, and a different design.
Nonetheless, why the cosplayers? Coincidentally, I showed up on a day where cosplayers decided to hold an event to just showcase their costumes and to just have fun.
Dragon Quest’s 25th Anniversary…and Pork Buns?
04 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Japan Tags: dragon quest, Japan
So, this is Square-Enix’s 25th anniversary of their long-running game, Dragon Quest. So, what do they plan to do to celebrate this event? Collaborate with the Japanese convience store chain Family Mart and release for a limited (and I mean limited) time, slime shaped steamed pork buns.
These were incredibly hard to come by (or at least for me they were). These went on sale for five days (11/29-12/3), and when they were hot and ready for sale, they were sold out in hours, if not minutes.
I heard that they sold so much so quickly, that they sold the buns for two days (which days depended on the store), and limited to two per person.
I went to four Family Marts only to find sold out signs at all of them. Luckily, one of my co-workers went to the store early enough to spot them, and got one for me. Taste is the same as a regular pork bun, but the looks were all what it was about.
Time to give this blogging thing another go.
04 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
I tend to post in small (and I mean small) bursts, and then neglect this blog for long periods of time. I figured I would give it another try, since I have long commutes on the train to get to work.
