Cosplay Cafe vol.2 Poster

Bistro de Reve is a small cafe in Tenmonkan. It used to be a fake-Mexican restaurant 5 years ago, but that went out of business. I haven't been to de Reve, so I don't know what the food is like, but I've always felt it's kind of pricey. Anyway, apparently they're hosting their second cosplay event on Aug. 7th. I may swing by to see what it looks like.

UHA and Twisted Wonderland

Donkey carries these grape-flavored hard candies from UHA, branded with Twisted Wonderland characters. The grape flavor is what you'd expect from American candies. Oddly enough, in the barrel of 100 bags, ALL they had was grape. 50 yen ($0.45 USD) for 10 pieces.



Not sure why they bothered adding the character card - it's only about 1" x 1.5" and doesn't even make a good book mark. I guess they expect you to tape it into your print club albums with the rest of your tiny pictures.

Shiro Koi

New chalk art for the summer at Shiro hair salon. Koi on in!

Fish

Artwork at the front of a sushi and fresh seafood restaurant near Chuo train station.

Luffy Massage

Luffy from One Piece. Still don't understand how this relates to a shiatsu massage shop...

Toyota Fest

You know those big parking lot sales events at new car dealerships, with free hot dogs, popcorn and balloons for the kids? This is Toyota's version in Japan. A pair of non-free food trucks on the front sidewalk. Oh, what a feeling.



"I can sell you overpriced cars!"

McDonald's Texas Burger

Micky D's has a new burger campaign. It's not really a focused campaign in that there are three new sandwiches which are unrelated - Red Hot Chicken, the Texas Burger, and the Triple Burger. This one is the Texas Burger, with bacon, taco chips, cheese and a sweet BBQ sauce. 790 yen for the full set meal ($7.50 USD).



"That's not bacon! And, that's not Texas!"