taking a break

[whiterose1206]

So on Saturday I went to NYC alone, which was fun. The Path from Newark dropped me off at the World Trade Center, so I got to see that. I mostly just walked around Little Chinatown and saw a church by the WTC. They had alot of memorial stuff around so it will be something interesting to tell my grandchildren. I didn't do much shopping but I'm

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[sourangel]

Anime Castle...has everything under the sun
in queens, go to their site for directions (http://www.animecastle.com/t-topic-help-store.aspx)

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on 30th street between 6th and 7th ave...here are the directions from their site: Our store address is 103 West 30th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue, closer to 6th Avenue. We are about 2 blocks away from Madison Square Garden and 4 short blocks from the Manhattan Mall and 34th Street Herald Square Station B, D, F, Q, N, R Train. We are also 5 blocks away from 34th Street Penn Station A, C, E Train and 4 blocks away from 34th Street Penn Station 1, 2, 3, 9 Train.

Kinokuniya
Rockafeller Center
on 49th street between 5th and 6th aves....really can't miss it, if you are walking on 49th from 5th going towards 6th it's on the left, also near it is a really nice but expensive famous japanese desert shop

Book-Off
across the street from the NYC Public Library
on 41st street between 5th ave and Lexington, if you are walking on 41st towards lexington it is on the right. there is also a small japaense grocery store a couple stores down, and also a BEARD PAPA'S next to that which makes the best cream puffs. i had some for the first time last night and they are soooo good. they are a japanese based company but they have some stores in the us.

Asahiya
on 45th street between 5th ave and lexington
if you are walking on 45th from lexington towards 5th it is on the right

lots of cool asian/japanese stores on st. marks place between 3rd and 2nd aves. kim's video on st. marks place has lots of anime and various asian dvds on the 2nd floor (this is where i got all of my korean drama boxsets). there is a really nice small japanese supermarket in the basement of a bakery, the supermarket is calles JAS Mart if you are coming from 3rd ave it is on the right side of the street. also Sun Rise Mart is nice, it is on stuyvesant st on the 2nd floor (take the elevator up). it is near the nyu campus.

also mitsuwa shopping center is in edgewater, nj. it's right across from nyc, on the river. there is mitsuwa japanese grocery store (huge, this is there magali and i went shopping a lot), also in that building are a lot good japanese restaurants. next to the grocery store is a nice japaense bookstore, and some other stores in the same building have lots of asian/japaense stuff, including a cute toy store!

oh, and of course chinatown always has tons of anime stuff. my favorite place is penguin village on elizebath street. if you walk down canal st. towards the bridge elizebath street will be on your right, then the penguin village is just past the police station on the right. the anime stores are in the basement. on weekdays the stores don't really open until late afternoon, like after school lets out. on the weekends by noon they should be open...they are always really busy on the weekends.

also try this: http://nyc-anime.com/ ...lots of info