On this episode of the podcast, Kevin’s in Japan, and with the help of local guide Amanda, we talk about all the neat pop-culturey stuff we got to see and do.
Photos after the jump.
Permanent attractions:
- Anata no Warehouse arcade
- Eiji Tsuburaya Museum
- Kaiju Sakaba
- Osamu Tezuka Museum
- Sega Joypolis
- Shinjuku Gracery
- Tokusatsu Bar
Some temporary exhibits we went to:
- Attack on Titan the Final
- Eko Eko Azarak
- Genju Shinwaten
- Godzilla vs. Evangelion and Attack on Titan the Real at Universal Studios
- Shinji Nishikawa exhibit
- teamLab Borderless exhibit
- Ultraman Festival
- Ultraman exhibit at the Tsuburaya Museum
Recommended Shopping:
- AmiAmi
- Animate (a massive chain)
- Astro Zombies
- BookOff (another massive chain)
- Evangelion Store Tokyo 01
- Gee! Store
- Ghibli stores
- The Godzilla Store
- Hero Gangu
- Jungle
- Junkudo
- Mandarake (chain, check out Nakano Broadway specifically)
- Pokemon Center (massive chain)
- Tokyo Character Street (includes Ultraman store, One Piece store, Shonen Jump store, etc)
Stuff we’ve done before but forgot to mention on the episode:
- the Hibiya Godzilla statue
- Ultraman Street
- the Ghibli Museum
- Gundam Front
- the Kyoto International Manga Museum
- the Tetsujin 28 monument
- Toei Studios theme park
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