Comments on: Japan Trip Report Arrival and Day 1 http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/2009/08/28/japan-trip-report-arrival-and-day-1/ An Anime/Dollfie Dream/Eroge Game/Figure blog Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:16:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Wolfheinrich http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/2009/08/28/japan-trip-report-arrival-and-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 Wolfheinrich Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:52:48 +0000 http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/?p=1876#comment-1374 Definitely an interesting building, wish I had more time then so I could take a look inside the building. Definitely an interesting building, wish I had more time then so I could take a look inside the building.

]]> By: hikky http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/2009/08/28/japan-trip-report-arrival-and-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 hikky Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:15:59 +0000 http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/?p=1876#comment-1368 Just saw some info about the "unique building" somewhere on the interwebs a few days ago. "It's called "Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (モード学園コクーンタワー". The building is home to three Special educations: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (Fashion vocational school), HAL Tokyo (Special Technology & Design College), and Shuto Ikō (Medical College). Completed in October 2008, the tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world and is the 17th-tallest building in Tokyo." Just saw some info about the “unique building” somewhere on the interwebs a few days ago.

“It’s called “Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (モード学園コクーンタワー”. The building is home to three Special educations: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (Fashion vocational school), HAL Tokyo (Special Technology & Design College), and Shuto Ikō (Medical College). Completed in October 2008, the tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world and is the 17th-tallest building in Tokyo.”

]]> By: Wolfheinrich http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/2009/08/28/japan-trip-report-arrival-and-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Wolfheinrich Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:59:04 +0000 http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/?p=1876#comment-1335 ^^; It's a trade secret, I can't tell you publicly how I managed that, I will send it to your gmail address ok? Ahhaha, same Denny's! We stayed at the New City Shinjuku Hotel so it is short walk to there. Indeed it was a weird feeling, but the quality of their food is decent. Seeing the Kamen Rider and Evangelion movie was a big deal for me, thanks to you (about how I need to watch the movie as soon as possible if I am an Asuka fan!) I had to look up all the theaters info before my trip. So by using the official theater list and Google Map/street view I was able to determine which theater near my hotel still had the movie up, and to my surprise, most of the theaters on the list still had not determine a date to take the movie down when I checked so I was pretty confident about it. Only 2 theaters in Shinjuku has the movie and the one I went also has the KR movie so it was good. I did a lot of research ahead of time on all of my primary destinations (like the various Volks showrooms, directions to Odaiba Gundam, Theater locations and showtime) printed out all the colored maps and stored them in a 3 ring binder and carried it with me the whole time. I had to take the Gundam pics without a tripod so it was a huge struggle, I am glad at least some of them turned out ok. ^^; It’s a trade secret, I can’t tell you publicly how I managed that, I will send it to your gmail address ok?

Ahhaha, same Denny’s! We stayed at the New City Shinjuku Hotel so it is short walk to there. Indeed it was a weird feeling, but the quality of their food is decent.

Seeing the Kamen Rider and Evangelion movie was a big deal for me, thanks to you (about how I need to watch the movie as soon as possible if I am an Asuka fan!) I had to look up all the theaters info before my trip. So by using the official theater list and Google Map/street view I was able to determine which theater near my hotel still had the movie up, and to my surprise, most of the theaters on the list still had not determine a date to take the movie down when I checked so I was pretty confident about it. Only 2 theaters in Shinjuku has the movie and the one I went also has the KR movie so it was good. I did a lot of research ahead of time on all of my primary destinations (like the various Volks showrooms, directions to Odaiba Gundam, Theater locations and showtime) printed out all the colored maps and stored them in a 3 ring binder and carried it with me the whole time.

I had to take the Gundam pics without a tripod so it was a huge struggle, I am glad at least some of them turned out ok.

]]> By: meronpan http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/2009/08/28/japan-trip-report-arrival-and-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 meronpan Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:27:23 +0000 http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/?p=1876#comment-1328 wholy crap was that a first class seat i saw?! how the heck did you manage that? all i can afford (sometimes) is business class ^^;; i think i've eaten at that same denny's! was a weird feeling to have a japanese style breakfast there ^^; wish i had someone to guide me to a better movie theatre... the one i went to was pretty lame ^^; luckily seeing the movie was reward enuf and finally... really neat night pics of the gundam! when i was there at nite it wasn't open so i could barely even see it ^^; wholy crap was that a first class seat i saw?! how the heck did you manage that? all i can afford (sometimes) is business class ^^;;

i think i’ve eaten at that same denny’s! was a weird feeling to have a japanese style breakfast there ^^;

wish i had someone to guide me to a better movie theatre… the one i went to was pretty lame ^^; luckily seeing the movie was reward enuf

and finally… really neat night pics of the gundam! when i was there at nite it wasn’t open so i could barely even see it ^^;

]]> By: Wolfheinrich http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/2009/08/28/japan-trip-report-arrival-and-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Wolfheinrich Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:18:28 +0000 http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/?p=1876#comment-1286 LOL, I figure I would be creative and do just that, I hope it was entertaining at least :P Yeah I had a great time in Japan, it was short but it was extremely effective for what I had set out to do, many of my otaku objectives were accomplished. They can't keep active electronics like the Odaiba Gundam out in the weather for too long, especially the winter, there will be too much maintenance. Hopefully that won't be the last time we see it. LOL, I figure I would be creative and do just that, I hope it was entertaining at least :P

Yeah I had a great time in Japan, it was short but it was extremely effective for what I had set out to do, many of my otaku objectives were accomplished.

They can’t keep active electronics like the Odaiba Gundam out in the weather for too long, especially the winter, there will be too much maintenance. Hopefully that won’t be the last time we see it.

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