Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XIX: Epilogue [II]

No Game Overview today, we’re gonna finish this up since I didn’t get to it today (World Series business) And so it came to pass that I went to Japan, saw some baseball, and came back home with a greater appreciation and understanding of Japan. If you remember the first entry in this series, I outlined a set of questions that I wanted to try and address while I was out there. Here’s what I found along the way: ...

November 6, 2009 · 6 min · el33tcapitan

Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XVI: Unstoppable Force, Meet Immovable Object [II]

When you’re on a 2.5 week trip, it hardly seems like it’s ever going to end, but it was my last day in Tokyo and it felt pretty surreal. It would be my last chance to tie up all my loose ends, so I headed out to get my final souvenirs and replace that stupid sake cup that I broke. The plan was to go over to the Square Enix store to grab a CD for Min, the Tokyo Seibu Loft to try and replace the sake cup, somewhere to find another bag because my suitcase was now too full to travel, the Tokyo Dome to get Fighters jerseys for Eric, and maybe a CD shop to look for a live Persona music DVD/CD. ...

October 27, 2009 · 6 min · el33tcapitan

Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XIII: Beware the Ninth Ward [II]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Your guess is as good as mine.”] [/caption] Boy, it’s gonna be tough to meaningfully fill these next few posts, since this day was mostly filled with travel (and no baseball) and the next is filled with baseball and not a whole lot of sightseeing, but I’ll do my best to make this as interesting as possible. [caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Already off to a great start, I see.”] [/caption] ...

October 15, 2009 · 9 min · el33tcapitan