*Since I will be leaving Tokyo soon to head back to the U.S., this will be my last major update for a bit. Readers of the blog likely know (or have been able to infer) that I am a huge gamer. This past Saturday and Sunday, another personal goal of...

The Tokyo Game Show 2009 (TGS) was open to the public this past Saturday and Sunday at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba City.

Various game characters greet you on your way to the convention center.

I arrived at the convention center and the place was absolutely deserted. Gaming is dead in Japan!

Yeah, so it turns out that gaming is quite popular in Japan*. *This is the queue to get in on the first day, having arrived EARLY!