Wooooo. Continuing with my London holiday with Hyper Japan of Summer 2016!!

It’s been so hot, I haven’t had the energy to blog.

But finally, it’ cooled down… and I have a cold at the same time… runny noses… ugh.

Two weekends ago, Hyper Japan, the summer version happened. I think I miss Japan. I really want to go again! Think I might have to do a trip on my own… maybe during one of the spring seasons and check out the cherry blossoms. ^_^ One day… Must improve my Japanese first then take another trip. Heheh. This year Hyper Japan was in Olympia West. I wonder why. Last year it was in The O2 and the queues were horrrendous… this year, it was managed fairly well. I even took the bus to get there! Wow!!

This was the queue around 8.40am on Saturday morning… the queues got bigger and longer. People were joking around about Pokemon Go. During that week, I really didn’t want to play Pokemon Go… it looked boring… but now thanks to Mr Games, Mr Sensible and Miss Money (who all by the way were on holiday at the time), I started replaying a week after the release date. Humph. Go Pokemon Go.

Took a picture with Domokun!! By the way the Gudetama t-shirt I’m wearing below was bought on eBay. ^_^

As soon as the music ended, I headed straight to this event. I think my brother Mr Stingy knows this guy… it’s one of his ex-colleague’s partner/ relative… I didn’t ask. But Mr Stingy came on the Friday so didn’t turn up on the Sunday as he would usually do. He missed out on a lot…

Afterwards I walked around a bit looking for things to do… and in the end I bought this cuddly Gudetama for £30. ¬_¬””” Yep, I spent my money on a big plushie. I will never do that again, I swear!!

Walked more. Round and round I go. Bought a cute t-shirt for Miss Vegan – trying to find a bargain for her was hard… she’s never been to one of these events! Took some leaflets (and got a free fan after filling out a questionnaire) for Mr Iron Man who’s going to Japan soon, but only for a week – so look after him people of Japan ^_^. Bought some girlie things for Miss Pinky, Baby B and my French family. Rested at some point but kept going towards the end of the session. Talked to a Chinese guy in Cantonese, it was his first time going to one of these events… He was on holiday. Hahahaha. 

These two are Charisma.com… when I was eating my ice cream I swear I was hearing the most awful song ever. But when I went to see who was singing, it was lot of disco music being played… hence a lot of standing fans.

The final part of the day I had to go to was the fashion show… Sorry for bad collage,,, so many models!

Well, how much did I spend? Maybe around £100… I didn’t count to be honest. I blame Gudetama for making me spend!!!

Ah, it’s another year for Hyper Japan! I’m still in the Japanese mode coz I’m still learning Japanese – I think why not continue learning as I’ve already started. Learning Korean will have to start in a few more years time I’m afraid.

This year I ended up going alone to Hyper Japan. I did invite Miss Pinky and co but I think with the baby coming it would be a struggle for her to walk everywhere. Master H now has a social life and we can’t interrupt that. And Mr Picky is just Mr Picky… My other friends are just busy. Hyper Japan ended up in O2 this year which was so much easier for me to get to. Yay!! ^_^ 

But boo with the long queues today! Why was I lazy to get up??!! So angry with myself for not turning up early. I started queuing at North Greenwich Station that’s how bad it was… 😦 I must’ve queued for 45 minutes and I was already drying up from the hot sun… it was an easy way to get a sun tan!

Finally I got in!! ^_^ First you go into the entrance and turn right… people were already sitting on the floor when I went in… are those peeps already exhausted? Wow. The first part of Hyper Japan I saw was the video game section. 

I took a peek inside before heading into the stalls.

Then I headed out and met the girl band Honey Spice ハニースパイス.

Then further along I met Heisei Kotohime 乙女革命. 

Further along the way I went into the stalls section and had a look around… it was like the same the stuff from last year and didn’t buy anything at this point.

Listened to a non-Japanese sing in Japanese too!

A duo Die Milch was about to sing and play so I thought I’ll go and watch them… they are pretty amazing! Must buy their album! I’ve put one of their songs on my YouTube channel.

It was time to move around… 

And then finally eat. ^_^ 

I remembered that it was the girls time to sing, I was late but made my way to Building 6. The entrance is opposite the games section…

I heard both Honey Spice and Heisei Kotohime…

Then a lot of people were there to listen to Tokyo Girls’ Style – these girls have lots of energy and just performed song after song.

Next up was Eir Aoi!! I completely forgot about her… luckily I stayed to listen!! She almost made me deaf because of the loud music, but she’s amazing!! Eir Aoi spoke mostly in Japanese in between songs and I think I’m happy I understood some of what she said… the easy stuff… 😀

After the mini concerts I sat in the back garden for a few minutes… 

Hyper Japan then closed for about 45 minutes… the guys needed a break!! And I needed to sit and rest… When it was to go back in I queued for the toilet – which took forever!!

It was then time to look at all the stalls again and decide what to buy! 

Was tired… but took a few more pictures and entered the gaming area again…

I left before 5pm and made it home by 6pm! Phew!! I could see more people queuing and I’m glad I was there for a good 6-7 hours. Exhausted. Glad I bought a dual pass too. It was worth it. 

At the beginning I was happy it was the O2 but compared to last year it was better in Earl’s Court Arena 1.

Here’s my purchases.

– Bring cash (always) – between £50-£100… just depends on what you’re buying really

– Get there early

– Bring a drink

– Dress smart (like a t-shirt and shorts depending on weather) unless you’re in cosplay

Website: http://hyperjapan.co.uk/

p.s. I forgot to go to the theatre section… too tired!! Hope you all enjoy it!!

Ah, it’s another year, another summer and another Hyper Japan event! Woohoo!!

Wasn’t going to go this year, but felt like people were asking (@grocerygems and a classmate learning Japanese with me). Hmmmm… it took me long to decide, so I eventually asked Miss Pinky if she wanted to come along with Mr Picky and Master H. They all said yes! But then the day before we were to go we found out that Master H couldn’t go (his mum is strict) because he has football practice. 😦 So sad. I haven’t seen Master H for a long time… Can’t skip one training session…

This year it was a little different, I got my £8 tickets from the main site (forgot to wait for the Groupon and Amazon 2 for 1 vouchers).

This year it was in Earl’s Court One and also we decided to go to the morning Saturday session because last years queue was horrendous. We got to Earl’s Court just before 9.30am (which was the time I was aiming for). It was a long queue when we got there, not sure if the doors had opened yet, but when we got to the end of the end of the queue, it actually started shifting, and we got closer and closer to the door within 5 minutes. That was quick!! This year was better organised! Better queuing system, better service!. Wow. Such a big difference after a year. (I really cannot complain this year :D).

At Earl’s Court – court 1

The queue

 Maps are everywhere.

So from here onwards are the pictures for this years Hyper Japan. Was really, really happy I did not miss this out. ^_^
We all wandered off at the start, then got together, then we kind of split up again… We found Mr Picky just playing video games at one point! 😀

Kodansha stand

Some models

 Artbox were there again this year… I am so happy there was a completely kawaii section.

Yaki!!

Yutaka

 Loads of cute stalls…

Had to filter this picture, it was a bit blurry

Giant Chopper

 Didn’t buy any Nanoblocks this year.

Nanoblock stall

Loving this “Neighbour Bad” t-shirt

Siro-A

 Here’s some tiny robots that Miss Pinky wants to get for Mr Picky…

Posters

 Miss Pinky, Mr Picky and I started to enjoy this show with Akari Mochizuki and shamisen players… Didn’t record a video as both Miss Pinky and Mr Picky were talking too much.

Person doing some introductions

Akari Mochizuki

Akari Mochizuki – I really like her upbeat songs!

Akari Mochizuki

Amazing group 😀

Great music!

 These peeps tweeted me to come to their stall… but I didn’t buy anything… @Pinkapplejam…

Pink Apple Jam

 Beautiful drawings…

Very pretty paintings

Caaaaaaake. ^_^

Beautiful kimonos for £199!!!

Don’t know this character

lol… more cosplay

Lots of models about

An extremely tired cat!

Looks like this person was tired

Picture taking

Cosplay

Kyoties

 Siro-A are back this year with their amazing shows… Thinking of going to see them at some point.

Siro-A

 This is where we spotted Mr Picky playing video games!

Mario Bros

Small concert…

 We had to eat food guys. Starved myself in the morning by only eating a chocolate bar, drinking coffee and water. Stomach was rumbling by 11am. 😦

Chicken katsu curry for £6.50

Soy sauce beef and rice for £8

Banners… Game banners…

 Had to stop this guy to take a picture of him. He’s Master H’s favourite anime / manga character.

Goku

 Mr Bear wants this chair!!

Mr Bear is jealous now… he wants this chair…

Just had to capture this person in cosplay

Miss Pinky was in search of these two young ladies. She loves these two characters from the animation film Frozen. Lol.

The Princesses from Frozen!! Miss Pinky loves these two characters!

Good shot of a photographer and person in cosplay

My favourite Pokémon appeared right in front of me! Pikachu!!

Pikachu and Pacman

Pika Pika Pika Pikachu!!! ^^

Pacman!!

People setting up this person in cosplay… I think it’s Gundam…

Is this Gundam?

Cosplay Changing Room area

 This DJ is quite a hyper person!

This year there were cash machines right near the entrances – but still bring cash to these events as some stalls don’t accept cards. It was also advised to bring water if you’re queuing in the heat (so glad we went in the morning!!!).

If you have this summer’s Hyper Japan, there is still the winter one to go to which is on November 14th-16th at Earl’s Court again. So make sure you book tickets well in advance.

Hyper Japan will be back in November!

Website: http://hyperjapan.co.uk/