In the concluding segment, Daniel and Terry stampede across Honshu to visit the Niigata anime & manga museum, meet the 1/1 Gundam, explore the wonders of Nakano Broadway and Akihabara, bask in the transcendent beauty of Nikko, and hit the roadways for one final fling. See it all here! [2 pages]
Daniel and Terry finally arrive in Tokyo for the premiere of Yamato 2199 Chapter 7, meet other Yamatourists, and get swept into the world of pachinko, Japanese baseball, anime shopping, Planet Bomb Curry, and everything else the big city has to offer to adventure-seeking travelers.
Daniel George continues his 2-week travelogue across Japan with walking tours of Kyoto’s shrines and temples, the world’s biggest bowling alley, and a ninja museum. But he knows what you’re really dying to know – just how good is the kobe beef burger in Kyoto station? Find your answer here.
In this part, Daniel and Terry step from ancient history to modern fantasy with a visit to the Osamu Tezuka museum, then into a future filled with transforming Valkyries, idol singers, and super-dimensional fortresses. Named Macross. (In case you hadn’t guessed.)
Daniel and Terry move like lightning through the Battleship Yamato Museum and Leiji Matsumoto’s Gallery Zero in the port city of Kure, ponder the lessons one can only learn in Hiroshima, then dance with samurai swords in Kyoto as the first half of their epic journey concludes.
Previous Yamatour travelogues have usually been one-week affairs, but longtime fan Daniel George decided to spend two weeks in Japan with a very ambitious itinerary that culminated with the premiere of Yamato 2199 Chapter 7. The voyage begins here with his arrival in Kyoto and his first taste of a new land!
August 16, 2013: On the second day of their excursion into a land of wonders, Daniel and Terry find their way to the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Kyoto and are taken on a journey, a never-ending journey…a journey to the stars!
August 16, continued: how many famous Kyoto temples can two Australians visit in a single afternoon? Maybe not quite as many as they’d planned, but certainly more than they could have found in Australia! And what happens when they meet the mysterious men in black? Find out here!
Ye editor enters the flow of 2199 events during Chapter 7’s second week in Japanese theaters (September 1-8) and dives deep into Yamato lore, past present and future. Find out what’s on the minds of fans and pros alike and relive a full week of what Tokyo has to offer to those who seek adventure! [2 pages]
