Japan travel - Gunpla recap (2/2)
Back again to report the other half of the travel.
One of the days was dedicated completly to Akihabara shopping. We decided to follow Gundampixel guide to Akihabara (he upload a lot of Gundam content to bluesky!) and it was a loooong day full of Gundam shopping.
Most of the stores have a lot of kits on display, which make it a really nice visit even if you don't buy any kits. My favourite stop? Otachu. The store's decoration it's amazing (all pictures here are from Otachu) and many different kits (I found a 7eleven Nu with a great price). The pricing can be a little weird, but you can find cool things.
Sad thing about the day? We were unable to buy paint due to traveling by plane (not even water based), but at least we could buy some gundam markers.
We also visited the Gundam GQuuuux pop up store (a bit small and no kits, but we bought some gatcha)
One of the best days was the trip to Fukuoka to visit Side-F! We took a bullet train from Osaka and spent the night there (due to very little time and terrible weather we wouldn't do tourism in Fukuoka, I guess we will need to return :D ).
We were lucky to arrive to the store at lunchtime when there were hardly any people around.
There were a lot of the exclusive kits (sad thing: The RG Nu was sold out) and different merchant. There were also a lot of kits on display to make your visit even nicer.
We decided to spent the day on the Lalaport due to the rain, which allowed us to see one of the Nu night shows where they project a video on the facade of the Lalaport and there is a light show. (you can find the schedule near the Nu). Seen a night lights show with a video of Amuro and Char fighting on the LalaPort while Lala is dancing and recording a Tiktok is something I didn't expect but enjoyed like a kid on christmas day
Trip to Side-F: totally worth it. It will consume at least two days of your travel (we needed half day to return to Tokyo) but if you are into gigant robots it is something you will enjoy.
Most of the Japan haul (it is both my housband and mine). The only disaponting thing is that I couldn't find more Haro for my collection, but the three kits I found are perfect! (and impossible to find from my home)
(We also bought some action base and markers, not in pictures because this post is getting long lol)
This is all from the Gundam part of my travel! Being both into Gundam it was something we needed to include in our first Japan trip.