{"id":4546,"date":"2009-12-30T03:07:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T08:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2009-12-30T03:07:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T08:07:23","slug":"japan-2009-return-to-namjatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=4546","title":{"rendered":"Japan 2009: Return to NAMJATOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So last time I went to Japan (2007), one of the first things we did is visit NAMJATOWN, a theme park inside a mall. Except it’s not just any theme park, it’s the weirdest theme park I’ve ever been in. And it’s not just any mall, but the Sunshine City shopping complex, a huge collection of malls and shops and a 60-story skyscraper. It’s all exactly what you want out of a truly overwhelming, immersive, alien experience. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n

So we found ourselves in Ikebukuro in 2009, and so we went back and got us some gyoza, and decided to chronicle a few more things. We’ve tried, wherever possible, not to double up on photos we took in 2007, and most of this stuff is going to go uncommented-upon, because really, what needs to be said? It’s Namjatown.<\/p>\n

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Namjatown
\nPhotos by Christopher Butcher and Andrew Woodrow-Butcher
\nJune 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

2007 Namjatown Photo Gallery: https:\/\/comics212.net\/2007\/09\/14\/day-02-part-3-namjatown\/<\/a>
\nNamjatown Website: http:\/\/www.namja.jp\/<\/a> \/ http:\/\/www.namja.jp\/img\/pdf\/guidemap.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n