Ultraman and the Hugos!

[furtech]

OMG! I just found out that Ultraman (big silver guy, fights big rubber monsters) opened the Hugo ceremonies at the Japanese Worldcon! He fought monsters and gave out Hugos with a tiny facsimile of himself as part of the award! First time I've regretted not going to the S.F. Worldcon this year! Yow!

Does anyone know of any video footage of this on the net?!?

[Edit: found some!]

So Cool!!!

There was an artist known as "Kato" whose paintings apparently normally go for the tens-of-thousands of dollars that participated in the Whelan-Eggleton "paint-off"-- anyone know who this is? I'd like to find some of his work online.

Man, talking to Elayne reminded me that I want to go back to Japan again soon. My dream trip would first involve a visit the Tsubaraya Studios and grope Ultraman Kaiju see the monster warehouse again. Then, a walking tour on a stretch of the road from Kyoto to Tokyo, staying at ryokans when I feel like stopping for the day. Someday!

Comments

[crocuta.livejournal.com]

Awesome XD
I did not get to watch Ultraman and such since they did not show that where I lived except for a VERY short period oftime (as in a few weeks). I did love the big monster-thrashing-cities movies that they occasionally played late at night. I adored getting to see Godzilla movies but again they played those few and far between as well. I feel like I got cheated as a kid on my doses of such stuff :P

Do many folks do backpacking tours of Japan like they do Europe? If so I think that would be the most fun one could have. Japan is very high on my list of places to visit but I would want to learn some of the language first. :/

There is nothing wrong with groping monster costumes ^.^ Really.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

They don't do backpacking tours as much as we do per se, but some do. There are sites online showing the road to Kyoto and the cities and inns along the way.

[crocuta.livejournal.com]

Cool! I found a few after this post when I went looking. The last time I was in Japantown I found a magazine about hiking trails around Japan and the places they showed were breathtaking! Moss covered stairwells leading up mountains into the clouds, bamboo covered pathways leading along farming valleys and such. Some of it might have been photography, say, hiding the traffic and monstrous city that loomed 5 degrees to the right but still.. must go check it out some day!