April 25, 2012

AKB Events Summer 2010

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In summer 2010 I went on a trip to Japan to see as much AKB as I could. This is the results.

April 22, 2012

Cave Matsuri 2008 "Rakuen Baby"

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Cave is a Japanese gaming company focusing on shoot 'em up games, more specifically "bullet hell", for the arcade gaming scene. The fan base is not that big, but very devoted, so every year since 2006 (I think), they have been holding festival days once or twice a year. Basically they sell limited goods, not available anywhere else than at these festivals, show new and modified games, and have a talk show. First years it was held at the top floor of HEY in Akihabara, the game center next to Club Sega. But the venue is very small, and there were simple too many fans who wanted to line up and buy limited goods. This was the first time they held the festival at a bigger place - Akiba Square, close to the station. The event was held August 15, 2008.

January 27, 2012

Nakeru Basho

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The coupling song for Beginner, Nakeru Basho, by the first incarnation of the sub unit DiVA, was filmed in Konosu, Saitama prefecture.

BINGO

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The beach and house that appear in the PV BINGO is located in Onjuku, Chiba prefecture.