Wow !! I was in this Mandarake shop last week. I also visited the ones in Nakano Broadway and in Akiba ^^ Danny, you are lucky to be able to take pictures of these places : usually they strictly forbid people to take pictures.
Indeed :-) Oh, btw Danny, I will be in Tokyo at the end of the month for 2 weeks, and I will be glad to meet my favorite trooper : any chance for that to happen?
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Never heard of Kamakura before, but as I am visiting Japan this year in October, I will certainly go and visit it as it seems not so far from Tokyo : any idea which JR station would be the closest ? And Stitch as Buddha looks so awesome and so cute :...
I remember those toilets in Japan with electronic stuff, looks like the inside of the Knight Rider car, nice to see they still have classic ones, but seriously these look so unreal :-)