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| Mokona 329th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Going to San Francisco..." , posted Fri 11 Nov 00:43
Excuse the French, people...
Ils te demanderont rien en sortant des States, mais en arrivant à Paris, s'ils voient que tu as un truc à 400 $, ils vont te faire payer la TVA dessus .Ça m'est arrivé avec une guitare...
Par contre, une gratte, c'est assez dur à cacher dans sa valise... mais une 360, si tu la mets dans ta valise, ils vont sans doute pas te demander de l'ouvrir et ça passera sans problème.
Au pire, s'ils la voient, tu dois payer la TVA (ils vont pas te la confisquer, à moins que t'en ramènes 3 ou 4... ça aurait l'air de commerce frauduleux...)
Blah!
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| exodus 3073th Post
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| "Re(2):Going to San Francisco..." , posted Fri 11 Nov 04:24
yeah, the trouble is everything's totally spread out in san francisco, and if you're not driving it can be very confusing (and smelly!) to get anywhere by bus.
Of course if you DO have a car, you can't park anywhere anyway, so you may as well just stand in one place the whole time and yell. That's what I do!
If you're looking for a variety of things, baghead's on the right track - you if you want to find comics and other stuff, check http://eastbay.citysearch.com
there are some neat areas in chinatown, some comic shops further down geary towards the sunset district, and some other crap. Don't bother with japantown, it's useless.
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| Maou 723th Post
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| "Re(3):Going to San Francisco..." , posted Fri 11 Nov 05:21
Yeah, SF Chinatown is my favorite Chinatown...it recreates the mayhem of China better than any other, minus the creepy government. Fish hawkers, edible turtles, crowded bustling streets, and probably plenty of shops with the stuff you're after, too.
And wait, exodus, Japantown does have...ah, a Kinokuniya bookstore, and, erm....a Japanese restaraunt underground somewhere. Probably in a mall.
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| Bata kun 2727th Post
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| "Bata-kun no San Furanshisuko" , posted Fri 11 Nov 08:01
At least San Francisco's Japantown is better than San Jose's. It's not much anyway. Doesn't help either that there's no udon place. At least there's a manju place.
Saratoga Avenue is way better. It has Kinokuniya and Mitsuwa. Oh and Clover Bakery. It's the only place to get something okonomiyaki. (San Jose used to have an okonomiyaki place, but it was in a horrible location, which is why it closed down.)
Oh. Back on topic. Like Brandon said, Japantown's not that good there, but it's no San Jose's at least. Across from Kinokuniya, there's a place where Puffy had a tour stop. I forgot its name, seeing that I haven't been to San Francisco in a while. Oh and the B'z where there too. If only I had saw that one.
Outside of San Jose, San Francisco's probably one of three cities I can think of that will sell foods you don't see everyday. (The others are Los Angeles and Honolulu. Maybe Seattle's another one?) The thing with Oakland is that it's one of the most troubled cities in the world. By that, I mean, one of the least safest cities. Also, even though Sn Fran's well, San Fran, there are a bunch of unusual people. Well at least both cities are near two of the top-class universities not only in the country, but in the world: Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. I don't know how Stanford people are in video games, but I know that Berkeley people, I'll say this. Berkeley, Davis (which is further up north) and San Jose State are rivals in games.
I don't know why, but I can't seem to find good arcade places in San Fran. The only good one that I know of that's an hour from the city is the Golfland in Sunnyvale (down near San Jose), but even then, L.A. excels in games.
Well, that's my take on the golden city. Wait. I could have sworn that there's more than one city named that. I think it's in China. I don't know.
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| Shin Ramberk
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| "Re(2):Bata-kun no San Furanshisuko" , posted Fri 11 Nov 08:41
The San Francisco State University arcade finally got respectable. They have all the major games (Tekken 5.1, CvS2, MvC2, MvC1, XvSF, 3S) and with plenty of competition. We'll be getting Guilty Gear Slash this month or next month. Its open to the public. San Francisco is actually turning into an arena for fighting games. We also have weekly 3S and Tekken tournaments every Friday.
UC Berkeley was the center for arcade fighting games in the SF/East Bay but they are closing their doors in late November. The student government thought the space could be put to better use with an ice cream parlor. Yes, that's horrible. Yes, I am incredibly angry. Yes, its a terrible blow to the fighting game scene in the bay area.
The upside is that SFSU has risen up. But it would have been much better having two cross bay arcades. :(
My other recommendation for visitors to San Francisco is to stop by Jeffery's Toys. They are on Market Street between 2nd and New Montgomery. They have lots of odd/rare/old toys there plus a lot of new stuff. Its over priced of course but its neat just to window shop and if you have money, you might find some hard to find items.
Don't be afraid of using public transit. And don't be afraid of driving a car either. Parking is terrible but not impossible, just remain cool and calm. Likewise, the SF mass transit is usually very good. Just map out your destinations and know the bus lines. Buy a full day bus pass or a weekly bus pass and a bus map. www.511.org has all the details.
Have fun. SF is a great city. And if you play a crazy Remy player at SFSU, that's probably me. ;)
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| Dr Baghead 3526th Post
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| "Re(3):Bata-kun no San Furanshisuko" , posted Fri 11 Nov 10:52
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Don't bother with japantown, it's useless.
Unless you want a brush pen... I got this brush pen at the stationary store it's SUPER NICE, corse I'm so subtle with my line work it should have been spelled 'suddle' so it's worthless to me but still...
Crepe store is good too, but there's one from the same chain in little Italy you can get easily when you leave the Geary Chinatown, so that's nothing to write home about.
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My other recommendation for visitors to San Francisco is to stop by Jeffery's Toys. They are on Market Street between 2nd and New Montgomery. They have lots of odd/rare/old toys there plus a lot of new stuff. Its over priced of course but its neat just to window shop and if you have money, you might find some hard to find items.
Jeffery's Toys kicks ass, not so much for toys, but every Wednesday, right next to the New Montegomery BART so I can pick up some comics before dashing off to Powell, MMMAH! Love that store.... plus they're the only store I've been able to find the The Batman Unmasked Catwoman figure at (even if she was an alarming $16)
Blanka and Dan make for a most excellent tag image (yeah still not funny)
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| Bata kun 2728th Post
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| "Re(4):Bata-kun no San Furanshisuko" , posted Sat 12 Nov 02:48
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The San Francisco State University arcade finally got respectable. They have all the major games (Tekken 5.1, CvS2, MvC2, MvC1, XvSF, 3S) and with plenty of competition. We'll be getting Guilty Gear Slash this month or next month.
"Slash"?! I should tell my friend, who does the arcades at SJSU, to get "Slash" in. By the way, do you know if there are imports like that one "Macross" shooter?
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UC Berkeley was the center for arcade fighting games in the SF/East Bay but they are closing their doors in late November. The student government thought the space could be put to better use with an ice cream parlor.
The hell?! I'm all for an ice cream parlor, but to replace an arcade place with that is not right. Besides, ice parlors are best for junior colleges!
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Crepe store is good too, but there's one from the same chain in little Italy you can get easily when you leave the Geary Chinatown, so that's nothing to write home about.
Heh. Maybe I should pick up a crepe there the next time I'm in San Fran.
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| Dr Baghead 3528th Post
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| "Re(1):Thank you !" , posted Tue 22 Nov 10:27
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There's no good game shop in chinatown ?
No good ANYTHING shops in Chinatown
Chinatown (assuming you mean 'tourist China town') has nothing but a few decent bakeries, a handfull of music/DVD stores (all legit as near as I can tell, so don't go in looking for King Kong (2005) or whatever on DVD), a HUGE amount of luggage/jewelry stores, a McDonalds, a Church, a Kite shop, and several junk shops
There are videogames to buy in some of the junk shops, but it's all OLD like 2000 and before mostly. All outrageously over priced (ever seen that Fireworks PS2 launch title on sale for over $60? Well you will there!) and nothing XBox or GCN or DC... just GBC, GBA, PSX, PS2, and N64 all WAY WAY WAY over priced. All American games too, no imports (don't even sell those in Japan town)
Blanka and Dan make for a most excellent tag image (yeah still not funny)
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