Earthquake damage closer to the coast
Otaku heaven!
Today we went to a second hand shop close to the coast to buy dad a portable heater for his garage only to discover that apart from the usual stuff they had rows upon rows of video games from early Nintendo systems till the very latest 3D DS.
Took some photos but that’s not even 10% of what they have, if anyone is every looking for something rare and would like to get it mint, often in original box, let me know!
Rows and rows of dirt cheap PS2 games.
Nintendo DS
Classic NES and SNES games.
Handheld LCD games.
Wonderswan, NeoGeo Pocket, Gameboy etc
Wonderswan, NeoGeo Pocket, Gameboy etc
Misc boxed games.
Steering wheels, joysticks and proper NEO GEO consoles.
Controllers for pretty much any console.
Stacks of GameCubes, Panasonic 3DO units and some NEC consoles.
Plenty of vintage Nintendo consoles with some boxed, new, never opened Nintendo Gamecubes!
read moreHinata’s school bus
Today Hinata went to school for the first time with the school bus. We live really close to school but thought it would be good for him to be on a school bus with other kids. The bus is scheduled to arrive at 8:22, guess when the bus arrived, yup, at 8:22!
Hinata waiting for his school bus to arrive.
The school bus has a girl opening the door and helping the kids get in. Judging by Hinata’s face he’s LOVING it!
Off they go, is that not the cutest school bus ever?
read moreHinata’s first day in school
A super proud dad posing under a cherry blossom tree!
Mum in the march with Hinata.
A little play teaching kids how to greet people.
Going to school is so much fun, first you wear your little jacket.
Next comes your very own bag.
Of course you need little white shoes for inside the school, you leave your outside shoes at the door.
Sometimes little kids don’t want to go to school (the little hat is the little kid) but the mummy (the big hat) will give you a cuddle which makes it all ok!
Yeah, jacket, hat, shoes, bag, we can go to school and have a great day!
Head of the school with LOTS of parenting advise, including one for mum’s not to pester their husband after a long day at work… Seeing I will be the one staying at home does this mean I can’t pester my wife after a long day at work? 
The one on the left is Maki Sensei, Hinata’s teacher, she is going to have her hands full with Mr “I want and I don’t want”.
Maki Sensei giving Hinata his first school book.
Hinata checking out his first school book.
The green bus tag on the left shoulder is for his school bus that will pick him up in the morning at 8:22 sharp, not 8:21 or 8:23 but 8:22, LOVE Japan!
read moreThere was a Japanese Spiderman, who knew?!
Back in the early 70′s, not that the series has anything in common with the Spiderman we all know and love, apart from the costume that is.
read moreJapanese Chewing Gum commercial
My kids LOVE this commercial for Stride chewing gum, I really like the reference to one of my favourite movies, 2001 Space Odyssey
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