Stores selling Transformers in Japan

[kristofferrer]

Cool.
HD just posted an awesome guide for shopping for Tfs in Osaka:
http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com...-shopping.html
He also has previous posts on tokyo.. but I cant find the link right now.

Thanks GD - this is actually very helpful!

How long you got? Akihabara is interesting, Shibuya, Harajuku are al close and have good shopping amoungst other things.
Lots of awesome castles and shrines in Kyoto and quite a bit around Himeji as well. I had an awesome history holiday when I was over there last!
Near Hakone in the vicinity of Mt Fuji is a sekijou. Which they rebiult, its pretty much a travellers checkpoint set up in the Tokugawa era and is fascinating to walk around. there is also one of the Toy Museums in Hakone too, but it focuses more on Tin toys and earlier.

hey TC, Im not even too sure what my budget is going to be like. All i know is im being sent there without any plans, for about 3.5 weeks. hoping there's nice cheap accomodation or something like that. I should get a map and plan a circuit though i heard the transportation is expensive.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Hey guys, I'm currently doing up business cards for an upcoming trip to Japan, can anyone tell me the correct characters/translation for:
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Cultural Studies
and
Graduate Diploma of Education (Adult and Tertiary)?

I've managed to get most of my translating for them done using Google Translate and cross-checking with a Japanese phrasebook, but the uni qualifications are proving a bit tricky.
Cheers all.

[liegeprime]

nice cuz!!! Happy trip!!! pics pics ha! that is awesome news!!

[GoktimusPrime]

Ode to a Grasshopper: replied here

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Cheers Goki.

[gekisou]

http://www.mandarake.co.jp/en/shop/

I would advice this chain of shops.
When I was in Japan, I loved them. Totally awesome and picked up some stuff really cheaply.

[mknell]

Yeah Mandrake is the bomb, it was oh so awesome
Check out my Japan sightings thread here for some places:
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=10868
So any idea on where you will be staying at?

[kristofferrer]

http://www.mandarake.co.jp/en/shop/

I would advice this chain of shops.
When I was in Japan, I loved them. Totally awesome and picked up some stuff really cheaply.

oooh, im going to check out the one in shibuya and osaka.


Also, i was wondering if somebody could translate the following for me. I've been using internet in my hotel but i'm not sure if i have to pay for it (or if it's standard to their service). Also i'm wondering if they offer laundry service. I know this sounds silly

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I found out my placement for Japan today: Izumi City, Osaka.
It sounds perfect, half an hour away from Osaka proper by train, small and quiet ("sometimes seen as a countryside place because there's not much to do besides go to restaurants or karaoke" - suits me fine), nice liberal university nearby with a large exchange student population, and a few hundred kms away from the recent disaster area.