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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2008Japanese Hobby Shops/Contact
Looking for hobby shops or other sources for models in the Osaka area. I'll be there in May for my son Noel's wedding in Kurashiki. I'm also looking for a Japanese trading partner. Any suggestions? Tom > Looking for hobby shops or other sources for models in the Osaka area. > I'll be there in May for my son Noel's wedding in Kurashiki. I think the best bet for hobby-related stuff is two-fold: (i) Mainstream kits and paints can be gotten at 20% off retail price at Joshin (they call their hobby outlet Xcite) and other such large stores in Nipponbashi (the electric district of Osaka). (ii) less well-known products require a dedicated hobby shop, and I think Hobbyland in Honmachi is my favourite. No discounts at these shops though. Both of these locations are quite close to or on the main N-S subway line Midosuji-sen (Honmachi is on it), Nipponbashi is I think on the Sakaisuji-sen, the N-S line next to the Midosuji-sen (like two city blocks or so). You'll probably spend some time in Shinsaibashi, one stop on from Honmachi, for shopping and restaurants (damn I miss that place so much even though I'm now in Tokyo!) and it's really a quite comfortable 20 minute walk all the way from Yodoyabashi (where the Midosuji-sen meets the Keihan line to Kyoto---where of course you will also go!), down to Honmachi and Shinsaibashi. You can both save some money, and time actually, and learn to walk around Osaka, which with its E-W and N-S straight and wide roads is easy to navigate. Here the Yahoo phonebook for model shops in Osaka: http://phonebook.yahoo.co.jp/a127/g114/g20177/g37708000/ Here an article on Hobbyland: http://blog.zaq.ne.jp/fattsnohitorigoto/article/218/ Here another Navigator for model shope in Osaka: http://naviosaka.com/mokei/ For trading partners, sorry, I don't have any helpful contacts at the moment, but if you email me with specific topics I might be able to help you out. Cheers, Gernot  SignatureBOFH excuse #392: It's union rules. There's nothing we can do about it. Sorry. Thanks a lot Gernot.I just hope that I'll have the time while I'm there.I'll be looking for the more esoteric stuff like 1/72 resin aircraft and the like.Want to do some trading?Thanks again,TomOn Mar 10, 9:55 pm, Gernot Hassenpflug <ger...@nict.go.jp> wrote:> "maies...@netscape.com" <maies...@netscape.com> writes:> > Looking for hobby shops or other sources for models in the Osaka area.> > I'll be there in May for my son Noel's wedding in Kurashiki.> > I think the best bet for hobby-related stuff is two-fold:> > (i) Mainstream kits and paints can be gotten at 20% off retail price> at Joshin (they call their hobby outlet Xcite) and other such> large stores in Nipponbashi (the electric district of Osaka).> > (ii) less well-known products require a dedicated hobby shop, and I> think Hobbyland in Honmachi is my favourite. No discounts at> these shops though.> > Both of these locations are quite close to or on the main N- S subway> line Midosuji-sen (Honmachi is on it), Nipponbashi is I think on the> Sakaisuji-sen, the N-S line next to the Midosuji-sen (like two city> blocks or so). You'll probably spend some time in Shinsaibashi, one> stop on from Honmachi, for shopping and restaurants (damn I miss that> place so much even though I'm now in Tokyo!) and it's really a quite> comfortable 20 minute walk all the way from Yodoyabashi (where the> Midosuji-sen meets the Keihan line to Kyoto--- where of course you will> also go!), down to Honmachi and Shinsaibashi. You can both save some> money, and time actually, and learn to walk around Osaka, which with> its E-W and N-S straight and wide roads is easy to navigate.> > Here the Yahoo phonebook for model shops in Osaka:> > http://phonebook.yahoo.co.jp/a127/g114/g20177/g37708000/> > Here an article on Hobbyland:> > http://blog.zaq.ne.jp/fattsnohitorigoto/article/218/> > Here another Navigator for model shope in Osaka:> > http://naviosaka.com/mokei/> > For trading partners, sorry, I don't have any helpful contacts at the> moment, but if you email me with specific topics I might be able to> help you out.> > Cheers,> Gernot> --> BOFH excuse #392:> > It's union rules. There's nothing we can do about it. Sorry. > Thanks a lot Gernot.I just hope that I'll have the time while I'm > there.I'll be looking for the more esoteric stuff like 1/72 resin > aircraft and the like.Want to do some trading?Thanks again,TomOn Mar Hi Tom, Hobbyland has a lot of resin stuff. Check out their homepage at http://www.hobbyland.co.jp/html/hobby.html where you can search for kits (Japanese only) and a review here: http://battleshiprow.tripod.com/HSISP/HobbyLand.htm Geez Tom what crappy news reader do you use?!? your posts are always broken... see if you can disentagle the below :-) > 10, 9:55 pm, Gernot Hassenpflug <ger...@nict.go.jp> wrote:> > "maies...@netscape.com" <maies...@netscape.com> writes:> > Looking for [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > to> help you out.> > Cheers,> Gernot> --> BOFH excuse #392:> > It's > union rules. There's nothing we can do about it. Sorry. SignatureBOFH excuse #372: Forced to support NT servers; sysadmins quit. Gernot: Good to see a post from you! Hope all is well! Hub >> Thanks a lot Gernot.I just hope that I'll have the time while I'm >> there.I'll be looking for the more esoteric stuff like 1/72 resin [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >> to> help you out.> > Cheers,> Gernot> --> BOFH excuse #392:> > It's >> union rules. There's nothing we can do about it. Sorry. > Gernot: > Good to see a post from you! Hope all is well! > Hub Thanks :-) Sick as of this morning, went to a half-day (read 6 hours) wedding fair with the wife, our wedding ceremony is on 9 April so final arrangements close to being made (and final bancrupcy close too). Cheers, SignatureGernot Hassenpflug >> Gernot: >> Good to see a post from you! Hope all is well! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Cheers, get well quick, mr g! Been there, done that and know exactly what you mean about the costs of a wedding. I hope you feel better soon and wish you and the future Mrs. Hassenpflug much happiness! >> Gernot: >> Good to see a post from you! Hope all is well! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Cheers, > Been there, done that and know exactly what you mean about the costs of a > wedding. I hope you feel better soon and wish you and the future Mrs. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> final arrangements close to being made (and final bancrupcy close >> too). Thank you, much appreciated! SignatureBOFH excuse #227: Fatal error right in front of screen >> Been there, done that and know exactly what you mean about the costs of a >> wedding. I hope you feel better soon and wish you and the future Mrs. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Thank you, much appreciated! congratualtions. hope you guys have 100 happy years together. I'll add my congratulations to the rest. Hope the future Mrs. can pronounce 'Hassenpflug'. :) Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > I'll add my congratulations to the rest. Hope the future Mrs. can > pronounce 'Hassenpflug'. :) > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Thank you Sir! Indeed, I just got my scooter insurance papers which were made out incorrectly to Mr. Flug Hassen (but in Japanese order).... I have also received air tickets for the same before here, and pronounciation is an ongoing hassle. I think I should change our name to "Yamato" since we shall be embarking on a one-way trip :-) SignatureGernot Hassenpflug |
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