Culture Japan

Cultural Festival at Tokyo Metropolitan High School

Asanon, the P.R Manager of Good Smile Company, joins us as a guest in this episode.

Akihabara Tour

In this episode we head out to Akihabara, the holy land of all otaku goods. First we visit a 'clone factory', which prints out 3D figures. Next we head out to Hobby Station - a huge trading card store - where we take a look at what sort of goods they have on sale. Afterwards we visit one of the most well-known arcades in Akihabara, 'Taito Station', where our guest Ayako shows us around as we play a few games.

Ita-G Festival 2010

In this episode we take part in the 2010 Ita-G Festival - an event filled with 'itasha', which are cars covered with cute anime characters - but there are also bicycles and even motorbikes that also look just as great! We even take a look at how these itasha are made, from start to finish. Afterwards we take a look at Japan's underground bicycle storage systems, and how they are improving space problems around Japan.

Fujisawa High School

In this episode we visit Fujisawa High School and take a look at everything that goes on during a typical Japanese school day - from the various classes, break time, cleaning up the classroom and even after school activities, it's just like spending a day at a Japanese school for the day! Afterwards we take a look at a Japanese shopping street, where you can find all sorts of goodies, from food to 100 yen stores.

Japanese Archery and Pachinko

In this episode we visit Yashio High School where we take a close look at 'Kyudo', or Japanese archery. We then head to the headquarters of Sammy, a company who create pachinko machines and are also the creators of the popular Twin Angel anime series.

AFAX Special

Shibuya Tour

In this episode we are joined by the beautiful Eri Otoguro as we take a look all over Shibuya. We have a look at all sorts of places you can do some shopping - from the famous '109' building which is filled with all the most current fashions down to the popular otaku store 'Mandarake'. We even take at some of the wonders you can find in the Shibuya electronic stores and pharmacies.

Anime & Manga

In this episode we make a visit to Production I.G. where we take a look at how anime is made - from the frame drawing to the coloring.

Food Samples, Dolls and Ryokan

In this episode we take a look at how the various food samples displayed all over Japan are made. After that we head down to the headquarters of Obitsu, a company responsible for making absolutely lovely dolls, and they take us through the process used to make dolls. Finally we also head to a traditional Japanese inn or 'ryokan', where we take a look at how one should spend their day when staying in one of these traditional rooms.