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harperdc posted:Yeah, this is my rough understanding as well. Not going to happen unless the BOJ raise interest rates which they're adamant about not wanting to do. Doesn't make as much sense to stock up on yen when you can get significantly higher interest rates in other currencies.
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Oooh, in Odaiba right next to Gundam Base! I'll have to stop by I think!!!
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Oct 19, 2023 01:54
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Japanese arcades are rad and I have no idea what’s going on with like 80% of the games. The ones where you use cards look cool, I’d probably be into that if I had access at home.
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Original_Z posted:Not going to happen unless the BOJ raise interest rates which they're adamant about not wanting to do. Doesn't make as much sense to stock up on yen when you can get significantly higher interest rates in other currencies. My interest isn’t in savings or investment, it’s because my paycheck is in yen and it’d be nice to not pay 140:$1 if I want to visit the U.S. Kaddish posted:Japanese arcades are rad and I have no idea what’s going on with like 80% of the games. The ones where you use cards look cool, I’d probably be into that if I had access at home. Sadly most of them now are card games, print photo booths, or gambling-adjacent stuff including crane games. There are still a few that have a ton of classic machines but they’re rarer and rarer.
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Oct 19, 2023 02:39
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My kid is into the Pokemon MEZASTAR game. You get 1-5 new tags each time you play. Luckily I manage to limit sessions to once every few months.
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They're gateways for kids to get into pachinko
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I'm planning to play (fiddle around) with the Gundam Arsenal Base game and take home a bunch of cards probably. Also speaking of the Tigers, I just found out about the Curse of the Colonel while googling random stuff lol
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Oct 19, 2023 03:13
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Kaddish posted:Day 2 of 5 staying in dotonbori and not sure if we regret it yet. It’s a madhouse. I'll be there Sunday, staying at the Holiday Inn. I'm anxious now 😳
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Oct 19, 2023 03:20
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Last time I was in Dontonbori we watched a girl in formal wear scream at her boyfriend like a TV drama, and then she smacked him loudly across the face but he did a complete no sell. Then we walked a little bit down the road and watched paramedics wheel a middle aged salary man down the arcade in a gurney followed by a procession of other salarymen.
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Oct 19, 2023 04:23
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We saw a Japanese young person just covered in vomit and slumped against a wall with a girl crying/yelling over him. This scene was repeated twice in like 15 minutes.
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Oct 19, 2023 06:04
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I saw some people standing on one leg with their arms in the air.
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I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me.
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I saw a dude frozen in place and would dance for tips but I didn’t tip him and I’ve regretted it for days.
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Is there a place in Tokyo I can donate electronics and things? Due to various reasons* I have a super famicom game that I don’t need. I figured I could sell it at Hard Off for near nothing just so I wouldn’t have to bring them home but nope, they asked for a resident card and wouldn’t buy without one. I tried just saying take for free but they wouldn’t lol. * I saw a game I thought my friend would like for like 330 yen and bought it but he got back to me later and said he was surprised to find he already had it.
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Femtosecond posted:Is there a place in Tokyo I can donate electronics and things? Due to various reasons* I have a super famicom game that I don’t need. I figured I could sell it at Hard Off for near nothing just so I wouldn’t have to bring them home but nope, they asked for a resident card and wouldn’t buy without one. I tried just saying take for free but they wouldn’t lol. I’ll take it if you’ll be near Tokyo station this coming Sunday. Edit - i misread that as a super famicom system and not cart. Kaddish fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Oct 19, 2023 |
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Blackchamber posted:Highlight of the Yokohama Gundam Factory. A lot of people with really nice glass on their cameras there. There's on guy on the dock tour (the tickets that get you up on the viewing platform) went up with a lot of gear. Tripods aren't allowed but he had a crane and so on. What they don't tell you is you are limited on how much time you can be up front (time for 5 pictures only) and they rotate groups between floors. So basically he went expecting to set up all his gear and squat a spot for the whole show and kids were bouncing in and around him and it was impossible to get a good video. He just went handheld photos only, kind of grumpy. Lmao I was just at the Gundam Factory Yokohama myself today. I'll be honest, I was kinda underwhelmed in the end. Cool robot and all, but the store didn't even have a particularly amazing gunpla selection outside of the exclusives. I picked up an exclusive Haro and that was it really. I did pick up an MG Zeta ver Ka for 25% off in Akihabara the other day though, that ruled. Ibblebibble fucked around with this message at 10:10 on Oct 19, 2023 |
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Femtosecond posted:Is there a place in Tokyo I can donate electronics and things? Due to various reasons* I have a super famicom game that I don’t need. I figured I could sell it at Hard Off for near nothing just so I wouldn’t have to bring them home but nope, they asked for a resident card and wouldn’t buy without one. I tried just saying take for free but they wouldn’t lol. Same as extra coins - put in shrine/temple donation box.
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Ibblebibble posted:Lmao Yeah the selection isn't as big as Odaiba's, but I also grabbed the exclusives to put on my pile of a backlog.
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Well Donki is both the best and worst store I’ve ever seen. The Schrödinger’s cat of stores.
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Kaddish posted:Well Donki is both the best and worst store I’ve ever seen. The Schrödinger’s cat of stores. New thread title.
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Yes, you're doing it right.
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Blackchamber posted:Yeah the selection isn't as big as Odaiba's, but I also grabbed the exclusives to put on my pile of a backlog. If you’re referring to the store right next to the Gundam near the mall on Odaiba…I was there a couple weeks back and that store is gone. Don’t know if they moved it into the mall proper.
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harperdc posted:If you’re referring to the store right next to the Gundam near the mall on Odaiba…I was there a couple weeks back and that store is gone. Don’t know if they moved it into the mall proper. That store next to the statue was just a convenience thing. The mall the statue is next to has a large Gundam area on the top floor called Gundam Base with a bunch of stuff.
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Just a stupidly pretty sunset at Kiyomizudera today. We caught the last hour of it being open. I’m ready to leave the amusement park that is Kyoto though. The locals hate you, and after a month in the inaka and living in NYC I’m also over huge groups of tourists and can empathize. We decided to go to Sendai after our tattoo appointments in Tokyo. Hopefully more nature walks in Buddhist temples and less dodging instagram influencers. cheese eats mouse fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Oct 19, 2023 |
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.Z. posted:That store next to the statue was just a convenience thing. The mall the statue is next to has a large Gundam area on the top floor called Gundam Base with a bunch of stuff. The Yokohama Gundam Factory has a similar situation going on, you don't NEED to go inside to make a purchase as they have a small trailer outside that sells kits. I did go to Diver City this trip but didn't go into the Gundam Base unfortunately. The line just to get tickets was insane and I was on limited time.
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Blackchamber posted:The Yokohama Gundam Factory has a similar situation going on, you don't NEED to go inside to make a purchase as they have a small trailer outside that sells kits. Wait, you need tickets to go in now? (Gundam Base at Diver City)
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I legit thought of just going to hard off and sneakily putting this thing in the junk aisle but seems like a very bad idea lol. I’ll probably just end up taking this thing home. Anyway trip almost done. I feel like getting my nieces and nephews some ~wacky~ Japanese candy (green Kit Kats!) could be a fun and easy gift. Does anyone have an idea of some good places for that? I have def seen some Halloween candy on occasion but haven’t been paying super close attention. Maybe ground level of some department stores?
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Donki, Picasso (also Donki) or drug stores. Machioka. Niki no Kashi.
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Femtosecond posted:Anyway trip almost done. I feel like getting my nieces and nephews some ~wacky~ Japanese candy (green Kit Kats!) could be a fun and easy gift. Donki is the answer.
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Revitalized posted:Wait, you need tickets to go in now? (Gundam Base at Diver City) I dont think theres a fee involved, its just a store, but my understanding is that when it gets full/packed they use a ticket based entry system with times on them? It was wall to wall people the day I went so I figured something new must have hit the shelves.
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Go to a bar and just give the game to a random person. Okashi no machioka is where to go for sweets. Donki is mid tier targeting well known things for tourists. Machioka has that plus a ton of other things.
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I also bought these kids some completely random 500 yen ultra man bad guy monsters at hardoff. I think with some candy to round that up that’s a pretty good souvenir.
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Anyone know what’s going down in Dotonbori tonight? Police every where and much of it shut down. Edit - Tigers? Kaddish fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Oct 20, 2023 |
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Kaddish posted:Anyone know what’s going down in Dotonbori tonight? Police every where and much of it shut down. Baseball.
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Kaddish posted:Anyone know what’s going down in Dotonbori tonight? Police every where and much of it shut down. If the Tigers win it’s going to go absolutely bugfuck, and you need to get out there and report back.
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Gabriel Grub posted:If the Tigers win it’s going to go absolutely bugfuck, and you need to get out there and report back. We can’t even get down to the canal areas right now, it’s all cordoned off.
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