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Comiket 97

Comiket 97

I’ve been to Gen Con, and I’ve been to Dragon Con, and I thought they were pretty crowded. But today, Callum and I went to Comiket, the biggest fan convention in the world, along with half a million other people. To get some idea of how long the line was to get in,...
A maid café in Akihabara

A maid café in Akihabara

Last New Year’s Day I made a resolution to break the mould and try out some new places. This evening we went to a “maid café” in Akihabara, Tokyo’s “Electric Town”, where the servers were dressed as maids and performed little shows for the guests as...
Osaka

Osaka

Osaka Castle. At Shitennoji Buddhist Temple. Comparing my height to a bunch of anime characters I’ve never heard of at the HEP FIVE mall. The doorway to a great late-night dumplings joint 😄
Staying in a traditional hotel room in Kyoto

Staying in a traditional hotel room in Kyoto

Traditional hotel room with tatami floors. We had to get futons from the closet. It was raining when we arrived at the Kyoto Imperial Palace, but that meant there was a pretty cool rainbow over the area afterward. I got Callum to take a rare picture with me by...
Tokyo Disneyland at Christmastime

Tokyo Disneyland at Christmastime

Tokyo Disneyland on Christmas Eve, and Ginza, Asakusa, and the Tokyo Skytree with Callum today. It’s been fun 🎄 I hope everyone has had a lovely holiday season. The Haunted Mansion was completely revamped for the season with a Nightmare Before Christmas...