結果

Now for the long entry I promised… Before we start, here are the pictures I took.

So what did I actually do in Japan (or more specifically, the areas in and around Tokyo)? Well, AzureFlux and I went there with a tour group, so for the first three days, we visited some fairly standard tourist spots like Hakone, Gotenba, Disneyland, wasabi and tea plantations and whatnot. After the rest of the group returned, we stayed for two more days and roamed on our own with our hotel in Ikebukuro as the starting point.

Things I did:
Watched “Air” in a cinema near our hotel.
Bought CDs like there’s no tomorrow.
Took four tries to get Stellar from a GSD poster vending machine.
Watched Mahou Sensei Negima on TV.
Watched Beck on TV.
Watched JINKI on TV… fell asleep.
Watched Xenosaga on TV… fell asleep.
Had lunch at the cosplay cafe Mai:lish in Akihabara
Had dinner at Sakura Cafe in Ikebukuro.
Visited COSPA.
Visited Tora no Ana.
Visited Lashinbang twice.
Visited K-Books twice.
Visited Gamers thrice.
Visited Animate four times.
Visited countless shops at Akihabara. Even some of the basements. (where the… uh… nice stuff are)
Visited countless CD shops, the last being audio plaza at Narita airpot.
Surfed the net and blogged at GeraGera Manga Cafe.
Ate ramen thrice.
Ate at McDonald’s.
Ate wasabi-flavoured ice-cream. (uh…)
Spent a lot of money…

Things I did NOT do:
Attend School Days promo event at Asobit City (no more tickets…). Took a picture of the preorder sheet instead…
Eat at Pure Maid Cafe. (The queue was loooong)
Watch My-HiME on TV… didn’t manage to stay awake long enough.
Buy Maaya Sakamoto’s “03+” DVD. (Couldn’t find it)
Buy a PSP. (Uh… I’m not sure why…)
Take enough pictures. (keep forgetting…)

Some places of interest:
Bandai’s Asobi store at Gotenba
Tokyo Big Sight (sadly, it isn’t Comiket season)
Gamers at Ikebukuro and Akihabara
Animate at Ikebukuro
K-Books and Lashinbang
Lots and lots of gashapon
COSPA and Pure Maid Cafe
Asobit City
Blurred pictures of Sakura Cafe and Taisho Romando: Sakura | Taisho Romando | Koubu | Sakura Cafe

Forgot to take pictures of Tora no Ana, Mai:lish and many, many other places at Akihabara. x_X

My loot: Click

Top to down, left to right:
Taisho Romando bag
Gundam SEED DESTINY poster x 4
Evangelion – Rei Ayanami poster
Gundam SEED DESTINY – Meiryn Hawke card
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien concept art

Gundam SEED – Kira and Lacus portrait
Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex T-shirt from COSPA
Maaya Sakamoto’s “Gravity” single CD
Maaya Sakamoto’s “Hemisphere” single CD
Maaya Sakamoto’s “Hotchpotch” album CD
Maaya Sakamoto’s “Easy Listening” album CD
Maaya Sakamoto’s “Shounen Alice” album CD

Gundam SEED DESTINY Shinn and Stellar card set
Evangelion OST 1
Evangelion OST 2
Evangelion OST 3
Evangelion Death CD
Evangelion Addition CD

Sakura Taisen – Gemini Sunrise portrait
Gundam SEED DESTINY – High Grade Zaku Warrior (Live Concert Version)
Unicorn Table’s “Fly Away” single CD
Mica Arisaka’s “Live Goes On” single CD
T.M.Revolution’s “Ignited” single CD
Saeko Chiba’s “Ice Cream” single CD
KOTOKO’s “-Hane-” album CD

Rie Tanaka’s “Chara de Rie” mini-album CD
Mahou Sensei Negima – 1gatsu character CD (Evangeline~~)
Da Capo Plus Communication – Tamaki Konomiya character novel (This book rocks!)

Air movie guide (movie guides in Japan are sold with the first run of the movie)
Gundam SEED – 1/1700 FFMH-Y101 Eternal
Porno Graffiti’s “Neomelodramatic” single CD (for someone else)
School Rumble – Yakumo Tsukamoto character CD (first print)
Gundam SEED DESTINY – Neo Trance Final doujinshi
Evangelion – 4koma manga collection

A few misc gashapon and a free bookmark from Animate at the bottom.

Not pictured:
Air handphone strap
Stellar handphone strap
Lacus Clyne card
Sakura Cafe napkins
Natsuki Kuga portrait

The total cost of everything… uh… go add it up yourself: Pile of receipts

The one at the bottom left is from Mai:lish.

The aftermath of unpacking: Pile of empty bags and promotional materials