I got to go to one of her concerts here in Nagoya, and I can say part of what makes the concert experience special (as opposed to just listening to a recording in a room full of hundreds of other people) is the live band that accompanies her and the other Vocaloids.

Can’t speak for reserved seats, but from personal experience I’ve found buying non-reserved seats just by showing up at the station shortly before I intended to leave and buying them from the counter has been relatively quick and easy.

I got to try some of those. I was in Tokyo briefly in March, and picked up a few different varieties while I was there.

Could possibly be tied to a region, but again, those tend to be fairly expensive for a full bag.

Japan loves limited editions in general, and Kit Kats are extremely prone to very limited runs.

Interestingly enough, it’s the only laptop model they even sell with a discrete video card. Every model below the $2500 MacBook Pro just includes integrated graphics.

Interestingly enough, it’s the only laptop model they even sell with a discrete video card. Every model below the…

Who exactly was outraged over this game? It didn’t warrant the concern. There’s no counter-movement trying to keep the game blocked from Western retailers. Only people buying into the idea that someone else is trying to keep this out of their hands.

Perhaps in another context this would be true, but I’m willing to bet there’s some decent overlap between the crowd that cries censorship whenever something sexy gets changed and the crowd that gets bothered by “SJW” content in video games.

They were planning on localizing it for a Western release I think. Double Peace came out in August last year.

Alchemist was their publisher for both games.

It has nothing to do with not wanting to hear it, it’s just silly how the only motivation people seem ready to offer is the possibility that she’s the least shitty candidate in a field that includes Trump and Cruz. I don’t have to be told how awful they are, that’s readily apparent.

I just wish Hillary supporters were as interested in talking about what they like in their preferred candidate as they are shaming Sanders supporters into voting for her.

Project Diva X just came out today. The figure’s used, but 500 yen was pretty cheap. The lowest ones are like 2500 yen new, and they often only go up in price once they stop making more.

They’re definitely fun. If you’ve got a Vita or Playstation TV and can manage to either import it or pay for it over Japanese PSN, you might like IA/VT Colorful too. Not too far removed from how Mirai works I think.

I don’t live close enough to a Yamada Denki to shop there. Did visit the one in Akihabara while I was in Tokyo though. The nearest GEO is less than a block from me, so online isn’t much more convenient for me.

Much of Japanese has at least two different ways to pronounce things, a pronunciation derived from Chinese, and a Japanese pronunciation. san is the Chinese-derived (onyomi) pronunciation while mi is a shortened version of the Japanese (kunyomi) pronunciation mitsu.

The nice thing about liking Miku in particular is how popular she is. Japanese media in general goes through really fast cycles, so a lot of the anime and games I was familiar with have long since left Japanese shelves. Miku’s been pretty easy to find stuff though.

There’s so much Miku stuff here. I’ve built a new t-shirt collection just from Miku shirts alone.

I got a copy from walking across the street to the local GEO. I’ve definitely been enjoying studying abroad.

Doesn’t appear to be out quite yet. Probably later today.