Since I know my last post could be a novel, here's a condensed version of what I did in Japan!
Thursday-10 hour flight, slept through all of it.
-Arrived in Narita with ~
Verndead4 Todd and was greeted by Akiko, Ray, and Lionel.
Friday-Went to Akihabara with Todd, Lionel, Akiko, Ray, and Ayako.
-Headed over to TGS and ran into ~
HezaChan-On our way to the Konami meeting room, we met Hideo Kojima, Ken Imaizumi, and Shigenobu Matsuyama hnnnnng
-Checked out TGS for an hour.
-Visited the Konami Style Store and gawked over the Naked Snake and Old Snake statues.
Saturday-Headed to TGS early and met the other cosplayers - Sunny (Kuronojyo), Paz, Cecile (Maiko), Ocelot (Misaki), Ocelot Soldier (Ryo-ouki), and Psycho Mantis (VOLCANO).
-Insane circle of photographers adfl;sdss
-Had a great time at the cosplay contest and won the Kojima Productions award!
-Kojima said I increased sales of Sweet Snake figures aww yeah
-Dinner with Kojima Productions and the other winners (Misaki and Ryo-ouki). Really good food!
Sunday-Got into cosplay at TGS and went to the cosplay hall with Todd, Maiko, Ryo-Ouki, and Syu.
-Ryo-ouki gave me his Kerotan ;A; It's so cute!
-Got stuffed into a subway like you see in those videos. I WILL NEVER LAUGH AT IT AGAIN
-Dinner with Maiko, ~
AKIOMI, Jiro, Go-ku, Brad, Megumi, Michi, Ryo-ouki, Henry, and Sie. SO MUCH FUN AND UMESHU
Monday-Akihabara trip with Omi, Maiko, Jiro, Go-Ku, Brad, Megumi, and Todd.
-Got Medicom 12" Raiden figurine HNNNNNG
-Maid cafe moeness
-Saw Omi's awesome cyborg helmet in person. shiiiiiit Jiro's got talent
Tuesday-Relaxed and explored Ikebukuro.
Wednesday-Went to Ueno Park and Asakusa and saw some beautiful shrines, statues, and a huge red lantern.
-Lunch in a restaurant literally underneath the train. The room would start shaking occasionally!
Thursday-Got soaked from the rain.
-Visited Harajuku and Shibuya.`
-Crossed the Shibuya crossing. It wasn't as big as I had thought.
-Hachiko statue. ;A; It's so cute but so sad! It made me miss my dog, Ginger.
Friday-Omi, Jiro, Ryo-Ouki, Michi, and VOLCANO came to our hotel to see us off and say goodbye. They are all so sweet!
-Planned going back to TGS next year while flying home. I love everyone I met!
Photo post coming soon~
Wow you are very lucky. Hopefully you never take this for granted.