MARU 5137 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 D-FORCE Hobby Shop. This is on a built up area with a few businesses around it on the main road and few houses.. Parking close by too. i also went to Akhibara Hobby Shop in Tokyo.. goodness it has over 5 floors. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Wow, what a fantastic trip Maru. I was going to ask if you made it to Akihabara. I went back in 2007. It really is an incredible store. Happy birthday too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Wow, what a fantastic trip Maru. I was going to ask if you made it to Akihabara. I went back in 2007. It really is an incredible store. Happy birthday too! Hello Carl, Thank you for the Birthday wishes. Chris to answer you, it's a quiet Birthday at home waiting in to receive a beautiful Rug to put on the wood flooring . Not exciting but a necessity. Leanardos is nice too.. there's a Hotel that toucan stay next to it... What a delight thing to have on your hotel doorstep.. And here are more photographs. There are FIVE floors at Yodobadhi -Akiba . It opens exactly at 10.00 hrs and the guard is there to make sure that customers are let in on time and greeted everyone. Of course I visited different floors and saw what they have to offer......from Wine to Sake to Sake flavored chocolates! Yummy but I don't drink Alcohol and the purchase was for MY boss !! Hope you all manage to go to Japan for the Hobby Shops which are fully stocked. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 This is Hasegawa building from the main road. And you then turn left to get there.. There is a train station nearby. The management were not friendly or inviting and refused us to have a look inside but we could look from outside ! There were not much to see except model kits being moved out of the warehouse. Also at the Entrance gateway, there is another one and I'm not sure what that one is too. Any Ideas gentlemen? Thank you. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Very Nice Maru but now I see why the hobbyshop pics quit coming the liquor store 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 This is on the outside roof of Hasegawa H.Q. Does anyone know what it is .. Sorry about the poor quality of the photograph. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 53 minutes ago, MARU 5137 said: This is on the outside roof of Hasegawa H.Q. Does anyone know what it is .. Sorry about the poor quality of the photograph. I think that's an F-104 Starfighter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 30 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: I think that's an F-104 Starfighter. Yes I think you are right. Thank you. VID_20240920_201356.mp4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 34 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: I think that's an F-104 Starfighter. The short wingspan would certainly make it easier to place on a roof like that. Definitely looks like a widowmaker tail. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 Thank you Gus. What about the one near the gateway..any idea what that is please? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 47 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: I think that's an F-104 Starfighter. give the man a cigar! 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Zippergawa .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 14 hours ago, MARU 5137 said: This is Hasegawa building from the main road. And you then turn left to get there.. There is a train station nearby. The management were not friendly or inviting and refused us to have a look inside but we could look from outside ! There were not much to see except model kits being moved out of the warehouse. Also at the Entrance gateway, there is another one and I'm not sure what that one is too. Any Ideas gentlemen? Thank you. It’s a Fuji KM-2, the Japanese version of the Beech T-34 Mentor, built under licence in Japan. Hubert 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Maru Thanks for posting all the photographs. Just a pleasure to see how the Japanese take our hobby so seriously but how incredible clean and neat the country is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 Peter, Totally... they are very much enthusiastic about all sorts of hobbies, from plastic aircraft model aircrafts to Ships, to cars and Dioramas. The whole country is extremely pristine and clean.. you don't find any litter and there are NO trash bins in public places, not in restaurants, not in drinking places(Inns) or in towns and cities. There is NO smoking allowed in streets, rural or otherwise. The Air is SO fresh and you do not walk wafting through other people's smoke! sidewalks have round yellow grates with warning telling you "NO SMOKING IN STREET" IN Japanese & English. You do not see any cigarette stubs etc.. One takes their trash back home to dispose of or in hotels trash bins if like ME you stated in hotels. Even hobbyist who collect bugs..are enthusiastic !! They have training and guidance instructions for any Earthquake that may occur. Children are taken from school to experience the simulation of an Earthquake by going inside these educational white Earthquake Vans. Also it is for adults and foreigners who have never been in an Earthquake unless of course you are from California and other such places. The gentleman (the Caucasian ) caught in MY camera is Meindert..you may have seen his contributions on other forum ( LSP). The Japanese pride themselves in keeping everything pristine, clean and as yo7 can see their Fire Engine and Fire Engine House is IMMACULATE. You do not see utility vehicles with dirty exterior nor any other vehicles, privately-owned or otherwise. Bicycles are properly parked as are electric scooters. I absolutely loved seeing how clean it was. It's a VIRGO's Heaven !! And not a Pot Hole on the roads in sight. Motorways kept tidy and amazingly clean...perfection !! I wish the roads in MY country were like that... and overgrown foliage cut down. in the photograph of the Tokyo Tower, kids are playing Baseball and their coach is nearby. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 On 9/21/2024 at 9:43 AM, HubertB said: It’s a Fuji KM-2, the Japanese version of the Beech T-34 Mentor, built under licence in Japan. Hubert Ah thank you Hubert. Great knowledge you have. Thank You Sir. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 Ooh I forgot to mention.... I bought Books from the Akihabara store(5 floors of variety of goods from Books, to model kits to cameras and suitcases and wine and wine filled chocolates !! etcetera etcetera etcetera)..some Amazing photographs inside the books.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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