Maser Patrol podcast episode 44: Kevin and Amanda’s Bizarre Japan Adventure

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On this episode of the podcast, Kevin’s in Japan, and with the help of local guide Amanda, we talk about all the neat pop-culturey stuff we got to see and do.

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Permanent attractions:

• Anata no Warehouse arcade

• Eiji Tsuburaya Museum

• Kaiju Sakaba

• Osamu Tezuka Museum

• Sega Joypolis

• Shinjuku Gracery

• Tokusatsu Bar

Some temporary exhibits we went to:

• Attack on Titan the Final

• Eko Eko Azarak

• Genju Shinwaten

• Godzilla vs. Evangelion and Attack on Titan the Real at Universal Studios

• Shinji Nishikawa exhibit

• teamLab Borderless exhibit

• Ultraman Festival

• Ultraman exhibit at the Tsuburaya Museum

Recommended Shopping:

• AmiAmi
• Animate (a massive chain)
• Astro Zombies
• BookOff (another massive chain)
• Evangelion Store Tokyo 01
• Gee! Store
• Ghibli stores
• The Godzilla Store
• Hero Gangu
• Jungle
• Junkudo
• Mandarake (chain, check out Nakano Broadway specifically)
• Pokemon Center (massive chain)
• Tokyo Character Street (includes Ultraman store, One Piece store, Shonen Jump store, etc)

Stuff we’ve done before but forgot to mention on the episode:

• the Hibiya Godzilla statue

• Ultraman Street

• the Ghibli Museum

• Gundam Front

• the Kyoto International Manga Museum

• the Tetsujin 28 monument

• Toei Studios theme park