Other Places Of Interest Outside Of Tokyo

Yokohama

To Animate From the JR Yokohama east exit, go to the street and head right. You should run into what I wanna call a "pizza-slice" shaped building. There should be a sign listing all the shops, including Animate, on the outside. Go up to the second floor. Note: actually, someone else has written another set of directions on how to get to the Yokohama Animate. Try both, see what works for you. Animate As always, Animate sells manga, art shit, LDs, DVDs, videos, CDs, and a host of other shit. I still think they sell over-priced crap. But for fiends that gotta habit, they do accept credit cards.

To Yellow Submarine
The other stores are located on the west exit side of the JR Yokohama station. They're not too far from the station (maybe about a 10-15 minute walk), but the layout of the area makes directions a bit of a headache. So, here's the deal: I'm gonna pass the buck. Inside the underground shopping area of the JR Yokohama station is the Yokohama Tourist Information Center. They speak English, so have them explain how to get to the Tokyu Hands department store. Along the street that leads to Tokyu Hands, you'll find Yellow Submarine on the left side.

Yellow Submarine
This store is broken up into two small sections occupying the 3rd and 4th floor (or was it 4th and 5th?). Anyhow, there's not too much here. Mostly cards, RPG games, hentai PC games, hentai manga (God bless it, it's everywhere), and some other minor assorted shit. But hell, if you're in Yokohama, might as well stop by and look...

To Manga No Mori and D-Books Once you're in the vicinity of Tokyu Hands, use this map for the locations of Manga No Mori and D-Books. Hint: D-Books is the solid red rectangle at the top of the map. Manga No Mori They sell regular manga, magazines, and artbooks for retail price. D-Books They sell a lot of doujinshi, hentai manga, and a smattering of other items (e.g. manga, CDs, etc.). Prices vary. Verge would like to point out that the door to this place is a normal sliding glass door, not the automatic kind you see everywhere else. Now that he mentions it, I do have a vague recollection of wondering why the hell Verge was just standing there (I'd been there before, so I knew it was a sliding door). =P

To Melon Books and Gamers

1. Heading back from D-Books, return to the intersection with Tokyu Hands. Sanity check: Tokyu Hands is on your right.
2. Take the left at said intersection and continue down to the main street.
3. At the street, head right.

Melon Books
Melon Books is located on the 5th floor, and sells doujinshi, doujinshi goods, hentai manga, artbooks, and some other stuff for retail price.

Gamers
Gamers is split into two sections: the 3rd floor which sells video games, and the 2nd floor which sells manga, magazines, artbooks, goods. Both sections charge retail price.

Osaka

1. From the Namba subway station, take the #1 exit.
2. On the street, bear right and follow the street until you come to a T-junction.
3. Go right and you'll come to another fork.
4. Now here's where my memory starts to get fuzzy. Um, take the left street and go down until you come to a major intersection. Yeah, that's the ticket.
5. Turn right and head down until you come to another major intersection.
6. Turn right and see another street heading back in the direction of the subway station.

Sannomiya (Kobe)

Used manga stores: when I was visiting Kobe with a friend (peace out to Masa), we swung through several of these places. Lessee, how to get to them:

1. From Hankyu Railway's Sannomiya station... ah shit, I forget which exit to take. My bad.

Animate: More of the same overpriced shit, but what the hell, it's your yen. To get there:

1. Again, from Hanky Railway's Sannomiya station... aw, fuck it, just go ask where "sentaa puraza" (Center Plaza) is.

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