Category: Japan
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2021-09 Japan FGC Roundup
This is a roundup of random stuff that I’ve been following over the past month or so. No real deep research or anything, but I like having a permanent record around, and a little more space to express my opinions that I get in twitter. 【お知らせ】 カンロ株式会社様と忍ism Gamingの共同開発、戦う脳のためのグミ「BRAON(ブレオン)」が本日より販売開始です🎉 2種類の味があり、片手で手を汚さず食べられる新形状！ゲーマーには嬉しい仕様✨ まずはオンラインのみでの販売となります。 🔽ご購入はこちらhttps://t.co/qrVYziGL6r pic.twitter.com/Quwf98IDBE — 忍ism Gaming […]
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Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2021 Pre-Season
Table of Contents 1. 2021-09-25 Day 1 2. Day 2 Capcom ran a pre-seaon for the 2021 Street Fighter League: Pro-JP. It was streamed on a paid site, about $20 for a ticket for both days. I watched it, and took some notes. 1 2021-09-25 Day 1 There was acutally a streamed show last night […]
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Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2021
Table of Contents 1. Leading up to the Draft 2. The Teams 3. The Format 4. The Draft 5. The Final Teams Street Fighter League is happening again this year. Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2021 will start in October, with a pre-season that has games 2021-09-25 and 2021-09-26. This year’s league is structured differently from […]
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2021-06-21 Hoshino Risonare Yatsugatake
We’ve been in the pandemic, working from home, since February 2020. We went once to a cabin in 2020 September, out in Nasu, which was nice. We haven’t had a chance to get vaccinated yet, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics held in 2021 during a pandemic when Japan has about 12.5% of the population vaccinated, […]
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Q1 Fighting game events in or around Tokyo
Previous: 2020 Q4 Tokyo FGC Events | Next Seems like I’ve gotten into the habit of tracking FGC offline events in the Tokyo area. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but feel free to contact me if you want me to add anything. You also should try TopTier.gg which tracks fighting game locals around the world. […]
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Weekend trip to Nasu
We usually go to America in the summer for a month or three, but this year due to Corona Virus we didn’t go. So we spent a bit of time thinking about safe vacations, and settled on renting a cabin in Nasu, a vacation spot about a three hours drive from Tokyo. A friend of […]
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eXeField Akiba opening event
eXeField Akiba is a new e-sports facility in Akihabara, located in the Akihabara UDX building. It is part of NTT eSports, and they had an opening ceremony 2020-08-10. The video is above. I’ll add some simple running commentary with just a basic overview of what is going on. 28:35 Watch that opening movie. Now this […]
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2020 August JP FGC News Round-up
Table of Contents 1. 2020 August JP FGC News Round-up 1.1. A restaurant explodes, and Torimeshi’s place is messed up 1.2. Daigo wins CPT online East Asia 1 Qualifier and whiff punishes with sweep 1.3. Chocoblanka did a karaoke V-tuber stream 1.4. The Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable 1.5. NTT e-Sports division makes some moves […]
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2020 July and on Fighting Game Events in Tokyo
Previous: 2020 March through June Tokyo FGC Events | 2020 Q4 Tokyo FGC Events Seems like I’ve gotten into the habit of tracking FGC offline events in the Tokyo area. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but feel free to contact me if you want me to add anything. You also should try TopTier.gg which tracks […]
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“Camping” at the deepest underground station in Japan: Doai
2020-02-29 We took the Tanigawa Max Shinkansen from Tokyo to Jyomokougen (上毛高原). The trip was about an hour from Tokyo station. Our seats were on the second floor of the Tanigawa Max Shinkansen. I don’t think they are making more of the two story trains, so getting to ride one is pretty nice. The station […]