All articles tagged ‘San Japan’

San Japan 4TW

  Frederick Linsmeyer • August 12, 2011 • Conventions

Texas weather can be described as hot and humid – it was anything but that inside San Antonio’s Marriott Rivercenter hotel for San Japan 4TW. Once again, the Alamo City was taken over for a weekend of Japanese pop-culture with colourful costumes that which occasionally clashed with the white and blue of Dallas Cowboys fans, also in town for their training camp. Being my second San Japan, I had great time catching up with old friends and getting to make new ones. The three day convention ran from August 5th to 7th, 2011. A collection of photos taken during the weekend are available on Gallery.
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San Japan 4TW photography

  Frederick Linsmeyer • August 8, 2011 • Photography

It’s hot in Texas, and that’s not describing the weather! San Japan 4TW had sizzling style as costumes paraded through the Marriott Rivercenter hotel in the heart of San Antonio. Want more? Check out the rest on Gallery!

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All about anime conventions

  Frederick Linsmeyer • June 2, 2010 • Conventions
Naruto drinks Starbucks in Seattle

Naruto drinks Starbucks in Seattle

You’re out enjoying weekend crowds at Seattle’s Pike Place Market when you spy a few out-of-the-ordinary people from the corner of your eye. You don’t know what they are but you’re curious to find out since they’re dressed up and it’s not Halloween. Such is the case whenever I attend Sakura-Con downtown Seattle, where I get stopped on the street when walking between the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and my hotel or the Pike Place Market. So what is an anime convention, and why does (almost) everyone dress up?
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San Japan 2.x

  Frederick Linsmeyer • August 22, 2009 • Conventions

Texas is known for its size, cowboys, oil, big belt buckles, the heat, the Alamo, Big Tex and so on. But for anime fans, Texas also has its conventions and lots of them. At the invitation of a friend, I was invited to come down and attend San Japan 2.x in San Antonio to get a feel of what it’s like to be in the heart of convention country. Pictures are available on Gallery.

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