Tag: Mio Shibuya

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Resident Evil What?

CAPCOM has  announced, not a new Resident Evil video game, but the first official Resident Evil Restaurant.  This is were it would be fun to live in Japan with all of the themed restaurants that it has to offer.  The Biohazard Cafe & Grill S.T.A.R.S. will be inside the Shibuya Parco shopping center in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward and is scheduled to be open on July 13.  Besides food, although no menu has been set yet, the restaurant will off limited edition items for it’s patrons.  So if you happen to be traveling to Tokyo or just happen to be in the area, this might be a fun side trip.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-06-25/resident-evil-restaurant-to-open-in-tokyo-on-july-13

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Manga Style Art to Promote Tourism

The Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Center commissioned seven creators to draw manga style representations of Tokyo neighborhoods.  The end result is pictured above.  The images above along with others other general images made to represent the Center will have life size versions at the Japan Expo in Paris from June 30 – July 3.  At the Expo you will be able to take pictures with the characters and write messages of support back to the communities  still recovering from the March Earthquake.   The images above counter-clockwise are: Shiro Asakusa – You Higuri; Ruri Akihabara – Shunsaku Tomose; Reia Genza – Akira Hiyoshimaru; Kyosuke Shinjuku – Katsuki Kuzuya; Azusa Daiba – Toko Hinamatsuri; Mio Shibuya – Reine Hibiki; and Souta Ikebukuro – Kanan Asuka.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-06-26/manga-artists-turn-tokyo-neighborhoods-into-characters