I had visited Seoul Grand Park and I wanted to go to the art museum afterwards – unfortunately the shuttle bus service was interrupted. Good thing that there was a newly opened camera museum to keep me entertained.
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Gunpei Yokoi was one of the most famous game designers of all time. An incredibly creative man who not only
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The iPhone case exhibition 2010 was held from August 21st to 29th in the red brick warehouses in Yokohama. 100
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Six months ago I bought the latest addition to my camera collection, the Digital Harinezumi 2. The Harinezumi belongs to the toy camera category of cameras which is immensely popular here in Tokyo.
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While there are the lomo society and toy cam lovers in other countries, in Japan the toy cameras are particularly popular. The definition is fuzzy though, because it includes some vintage cameras such as Polaroid ones as well.
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Today I am trying out a new iPhone photo app in Akihabara: CameraBag. Is it an improvement over the built-in app?
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In the afternoon I used my video camera (HV-20) to test the photo functions. I didn’t have a MicroSD card in the camera previously but I bought one in Shinjuku.
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Today I spent some time in Akihabara, the “Electric town”. There is a new toy shop near the train station which sells all kind of Ghibli merchandising, anime figures and some small kitchen/house stuff
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The Filmpark was closed except one exhibition: The Lord of the Rings. They showed various pieces of the movie like
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I usually go to the CeBit, today’s Mac Expo has been the first Mac trade show I’ve been to. Of course Apple wasn’t among the exhibitors, leaving it to their various partners to present Mac solutions.
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One store on my list for Japan was Super Potato in Akihabara. Super Potato (website) is a retro games store for everything from the Famicom (NES) to some failed CD-era consoles like the PCFX.
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