Pop Japan Travel Returns With a Vengeance

After a year long hiatus Pop Travel Japan is once again offering Japan Tours. To kick things off they've planned their biggest tour ever, The All Japan Alpha+Omega Tour. The tour runs from 8/29/12 to 9/7/12 and covers nearly everything you'd want to do while in Japan, anime, fashion, manga, cuisine, music, TV, history, theater, and tradition. The tour starts at $2490.00, but could run higher depending on any options you want to add. The cost does NOT include airfare to Japan, which is the only downside to this tour. The deadline for signing up for the tour is June 29th, 2012.

The price for this tour includes:

• 6 days, 5 nights in Tokyo; 1 day and night in Kyoto; 3 days, 2 nights in Osaka - all with fully guided tours

• Full hotel accommodations

• Transportation to & from tour activities

• Admission and a booth at the Comitia dojinshi market

• Admission to the Ghibli Museum and the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum

• Seats for a Takarazuka Revue show

• A special two-hour calligraphy experience, with Japanese tea and sweets in Kyoto's Gion district

• A traditional farewell banquet on the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto

• A private bus tour of Kyoto

• Admission to Kinkakuji Temple, Nijo Castle, Sanjusangendo Hall, Kiyomizu Temple and Saihoji (the elusive "moss temple")

• The "Pop Japan Gourmet Course" includes meals every day at culinary hot spots (optional)

• Professional, bilingual tour guides

• Customized tour guidebook with maps, descriptions, and Japanese phrases

Price does not include air transportation to Tokyo. We will meet you after your flight at Narita International Airport in Tokyo. We can arrange air travel for you from your closest airport. Contact go[at]popjapantravel.com.

The tour sounds really awesome, but the registration deadline is just to soon for me to get that much money together. But if anyone decides to go be sure and tell them Ziroc's Anime Blog sent you. 



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Hastune Miku's Singapore Concert Streamed Live on NicoNico

On November 11th, a Singapore will host a live Hatune Miku concert. Video site NicoNico will be streaming the concert live as a Pay Per View. The concert begins Nov 11 at 7PM Singapore time, or 3AM PST here in the states. Tickets cost $11.00. And if you are unable to watch such an early concert, NicoNico will continue to host the timeshift version of the concert until Nov 27th. Tickets can be purchased at the NicoNico website HERE.



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Pop Japan Travel Offers Payment Plans

Thinking about taking a tour of Japan, but can't afford to pay the price all at once? Well Pop Travel Japan is offering payment plans on two of it's tours. The Tokyo Anime Fair 2011 Tour and the Fangirl Paradise Tour. Info on the payment plan can be found at Pop Japan Travel.

Hopefully they will add more tours in the future with payment plans. I'm bad at saving money, but if I have a bill that's due every month it will force me to save it. So this would be a good way for me to purchase a trip to Japan. I would just have to remember to save up some spending money. Heh. If you decide to sign up for a tour, remember to tell them you heard about it at Ziroc's Anime Blog.



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Green Tea, Pepsi, and Okonomiyaki

Some snacks I ordered from J-List came in yesterday. I bought some Okonomiyaki Sauce, Green Tea poweder, and BoaBab Pepsi. The Pepsi is a limited edition flavored with the BaoBab fruit from Africa. I haven't tried the green tea yet, but the Pepsi was really good. I wish I had ordered a couple more.

And of coarse if you have Okonomiyaki sauce, you need some Okonomiyaki to put it on. I made it using this recipe at Okonomiyaki World. They also sell ingredient kits to make your own. I made mine using some sausage, ham, mushrooms, and green onions. I had enough to make 3, but they are kind of hard to flip. The one pictured is the only one I didn't have break apart when trying to flip it.

Anyone else ever tried making this or another dish they heard about in manga or anime? Which manga or anime was that made you want to try it? I think it was Ranma 1/2's Ukyo character that first got me wanting to try the dish.



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Good Samaritan Stormtrooper

While out patrolling Tokyo Trooper Danny Choo saw a young lady drop her purse. Now the Rebels would have you believe the Empire is evil, and that they would pocket the purse faster than the Falcon can make the Kessel Run. But, here we see what fine upstanding citizens soldiers of the Empire are. Trooper Danny, unable to catch up to the girl, took the purse to the nearest police station. You can read more at DannyChoo.com



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When Copier's Attack

Found this Japanese commercial for copier paper on YouTube. It shows why you should always use the best quality paper for your copier. Does your copier/printer jam a lot? What do you do when it does?



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Danny Choo on G4 in Nov.

Danny Choo just posted over on his blog DannyChoo.com that he will be appearing on G4's Attack of the Show this Nov. 12th. Above picture is Danny with Attack of the Show hosts Kevin Pereira, and Olivia Munn

Olivia has posted a YouTube video of her and Danny dancing in Shibuya at her blog HeyOlivia.com



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YouTube Tuesday - Pizza time

Well I was planning on ordering pizza from my favorite local place for dinner tonight, but found out they had gone out of business. It was actually just a gas station that made pizza also, but it was the better than the big name places like Pizza Hut, and Johnny's Pizza. They always gave you some pepperoncini peppers, and garlic butter dipping sauce, although they started charging for the garlic butter last year. I'm really bummed about this, because now I need to find a new regular pizza place. If you live in West Monroe, LA and know a good pizza place besides Johnny's, Pizza Hut, or Domino's let me know, and I'll try it out. Have you ever had a favorite food place go out of business?



In honor of my favorite pizza place this weeks YouTube video is a pizza commercial from Japan. Enjoy!



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