Akiba Channel has just started a new experimental projet: The Akihabara shops Google map.

After the Kodomo no jikan Rin 1/1 scale figure spotted by Danny Choo this is the first card game dedicated to this super moe anime that is generating a lot of controversy.

"Japanese Retrospective Signs
This site carries a collection of enamel signboards, which were familiar from the 1930's to 1970's but are rapidly disappearing."

I just found Retro Kanban: a fascinating web site dedicated to old Kanban. The Japanese word "kanban" means "shop sign", "signboard" or "billboard".
I confess that I've been fashinated by Japanese memorabilia since I stepped for the first time in the Nakano branch of Mandarake collectors shop few years ago... in both Tokyo and Osaka there are several shopping centres that recreated the atmosphere of the post war Japan so whenever I feel "retro" I go there to eat okonomiyaki or some traditional street food...

Today is December 1st and in a couple of week Square Enix will release Chocobo's Dungeon so what's better than these new Christmas Chocobo plushes?