Taipei, 12/7 - part 1

Took the 9:10 train to Taipei. Luckily for us our house is pretty close to the station so we got there in a few minutes. There was quite a few interesting things at the Taichung station. Such as this poster:
Funky, eh? If you still don't get it, its an anti-smoking poster featuring Optimus Prime. Rawr.
While waiting, my sister got bored and decided to take a picture. For people who plays Touhou.

Yes. Mind the gap.

Arrived at Taipei at ~ 11:30pm. Went to the nearby department store for lunch (Omu rice), then hit the RMT to get to Ximending. The RMT is bloody convenient... at busy times, there is like one train every 2 minutes. It's cheap also, I think the furtherst from the mian station is ~40NT ($2.30 NZ or $1.25 US). So we got there pretty fast.

Ximen, for those who don't know, is a famous shopping district in Taipei. It's a bit like a mix of Akihabara and Shinjuku. There was some weird shops too...

Shop C4, what does it sell?

They sell everything from anime to condoms. Yes ,there IS a condom shop there. There was a pretty big sign.

Our first stop was Animate Taipei. My sister forgot to take a photo of the store... and we couldn't take any inside. They banned it. However, there was a load of anime posters, calendars, and other small trinkets like phone straps, mugs, badges, stickers and a lot more. Found a few pretty good Shana, Sensei and Rozen Maiden ones too. Bought for friends Clannad calendar, LS stickers, Nanoha badges and Haruhi keychains and phone straps. Also bought a Sensei good luck charm because it was way too funny.

Best good luck charm ever.

We then wondered around and somehow managed to find KT, another Anime merchandise store. Heaps of Gachapon there too. WIll prob take more photos when I get back to Taipei. There was a lot more figures and mini figures there. Also quite a few T-shirts and apparel. Found a set of cool Touhou key-chains/magnets, which should keep some friends happy for a Bday/Xmas present. I think we weren't allowed to take photos, but since the shop was a lot bigger etc ,my sis managed to sneak a photo in.

Some of the girls.

The store also had a cabinet full of autographs by mangakas and those sort... wanted so badly. Saw a 1/7 Hayate figure too, but its 3300 NT... ($100 US or $180 NZ ish). Bought some of those magnets for friends, and a Kotomi keychain thingy.

All the stuff I bought will be posted later in a seperate post...

Went to the Taiwan University station at about 4:30pm, to our friends where we will stay the night. took a photo of the Taipei 101 for the lulz.

Tall building is tall~

Went back out at about 5:30 and had dinner. For the coming concert. Dinner was Japanese curry. It was very delicious. Made my way to the gym for the concert.

Part one will end here, part 2 will be my review on the concert mainly.