Cherry Blossom Festival, cosplay etc. (guest appearance by Sebastian Hidalgo)
01:13:39 – Capitol Square, claw machines/UFO catchers, nemuneko, rigged machines at Capitol, UFO catcher strategy, rules in the past and present, manipulating friends, events on Saturday 29 August, TVB Australia Carnival, Auburn Cherry Blossom Festival, lolita outfits (guest appearance by Sebastian Hidalgo), sakura viewing in Australia and overseas (Japan, Canada), lack of blossoms in Australia, different blossoms in the Gardens, entry during the Festival, other areas in Auburn Botanic Gardens, BODYLINE, yukatas (wearing them folded the wrong way, real vs fake yukatas), hakama and haori, Sakura Shinguji from Sakura Wars, purchasing cosplay items off taobao vs ebay and other sites, buying cosplay vs making cosplay, modelling for photoshoots, pronounciation of ‘Mandarake’, English manga publishers and title localisations, (56:30) reading Chapter 1 of Orenchi no Furo Jijo while struggling to read Japanese characters fast enough.
Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Attribution: Clara Tse.
Released August 2015 on The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts, and Nai Wong Bao Network, an independent network focusing on Asia Pacific matters.
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