Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Walking around Daikanyama. There it was. Thanks somebody. It's weird to see this here, especially since I'm not a sticker tag guy. Thousands of miles away from our area, someone's looking out for us.
Walking around Daikanyama. There it was. Thanks somebody. It’s weird to see this here, especially since I’m not a sticker tag guy. Thousands of miles away from our area, someone’s looking out for us.
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I like how you can walk down the street in Tokyo and see Tommy Lee Jones in a Coffee billboard. The whole Boss coffee campaign is great. Tommy plays a regular guy, sort of like a Japanese guy. But he’s the man behind Boss. Does that make any sense? TLJ always plays a boss type of character, but he’s juxtaposed as a foreigner in Japan. He sometimes sheds tears in the commercials. That’s Nao with the special rice. I got some special rice too. Mine had crab. It’s strange how a typical “food court” can be so good in Tokyo. Fugu. I’ve never tried it and it’s supposedly great. If I can it together, I may try it. It’s cool how you can see the fugu when you’re walking down the street. I guess the fish do all the advertising for this shop.
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