Tracy Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To: BAASML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Tracy Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:30:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [BAASML] Petition to save Japantown
I had someone forward this to me.For all you anime old schoolers who remember those pilgrimages, (and some of you still do them) to San Francisco's Japantown, this place is in danger of being dismantled. I for one, would be very sorry to see it go. For anime fans from the mid 1980's to late 1990's Japantown Center was one of the major hubs (other ! than Nikaku Animart and LA's Japantown ) that fans came to from all over to shop for Japanese goods and anime stuff. When I say 'all over' I mean the western states.When Anime America was in San Jose and Anime Expo was in Oakland, part of the convention experience for out-of-town attendees was to take a trip over to japantown to eat and shop. Fans in southern california who absolutely loathed coming to the northern part of the state for ANY reason would make the 400+ mile trip Japantown Center for their anime fix. I know of two anime clubs, one in Phoenix, AZ and the other in Las Vegas, NV who would do road trips to San Francisco just to shop there. I knew of one guy who would take the Greyhound bus from Reno, NV to another fan's house in Sacramento, stay overnight then drive with them to Janpantown to load up on anime goods for the trip back.&! nbsp;In the early days of BAAS, we would have day long shopping expeditions with caravans of members that would start at Nikaku's in San Jose then wend our way up the peninsula hitting other shops along the way. The day of shopping would end at Japantown Center taking over small restaruants like Mifune's.Now no time for eat together, we're lucky to see each other for five minutes before having to rush elsewhere. Instead of mass copying sessions of rented VCR tapes from Japan Video of their latest titles, we're now downloading video files from the web in the isolated privacy of our rooms. Better video quality yes, but definately a more lonely existence. Of course the 'tv anime' fans won't know why the passing of this place would be sad. So if you interested in preserving a still viable portion of anime fandom history not to mention the economic livihood of a San Francisco neighborhood, click on the link above and sign t! he petition.Just two cents from an OFG 'Original Fangirl'Tracy
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