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Its that time of year again when we make a trip down to Kagami's hometown and visit the shrine where she works at to celebrate her birthday.

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We made our way down to Washinomiya pretty early from Akihabara, and took the first train.

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Since the first train didn't go all the way to Washinomiya, we had to make a change at Kita-senju.

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Once we arrived, the old Eagle's Palace was just the way we left it.

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There was a little event going on. The main event was on Sunday the 5th where the voice actors came, but frankly I wasn't the least bit interested in the 3D section. I instead came on the actual day itself. There were 77 pieces of cake left for today. An auspicious number indeed.

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I got ticket number 2! Hurray for twins on Tuesday.

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We met up with other Lucky Star fans, and had some awesome birthday cake for Kagami and Tsukasa.

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The other guys brought some of their 1/4 statues too for photography. I made sure to take advantage of the very good lighting conditions.

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They are extremely cute yes. But Kagami is cutest.

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Also there was this awesome Kagami cushion sitting conspicuously on a table nearby in the cafe.

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The cake was awesome, and Kagami agrees. We had some good noms.

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As usual since it was Tanabata as well, a whole lot of people put their wishes up to be sent to the star-crossed lovers to be granted.

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Many people were wishing for a second season. Since Altair is about 16 light years away, it'll probably take a while for this wish to be granted.

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More wishes for a second season. I put one up too.

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Some random Russian guy cheering for Aikatsu. The text reads (based off my broken understanding of Cyrillic):

"Daisuki na Natsuki Mikuruga, Aikatsu 8 ni tousen shimasu youni!! Aikatsu Saikou!"

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Even more second season wishes.

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At this point the laws of physics might as well go to hell and let the wish come true.

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This being a shrine, there was no lack of emas with wishes written on them.

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A nice 4-combo of great ema art.

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This one seemed to have come on last month.

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Of course, due to the latest Kagami cosplaying Kaga from Kancolle craze, we get some great crossover art as well.

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Someone sends wishes to Washinomiya town too

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More Aircraft Carrier Kagami art.

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Kagami as a Miko art as well. You can see the Washinomiya shrine fields in the background.

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More Kagami. This one says his circle finally got into Comiket and hopes he gets his stuff out in time for Summer.

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Lots more great emas with the main cast from Lucky Star

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This one deserves some mention as one of the most coloured ema tied up today.

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My buddies Matt and Jes also put up a great ema earlier this year, its still there because its awesome!

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We left pretty early since I had to go to work, but after a bit of chit chatting and enjoying the little celebration, it was a great start to the day.


written by astrobunny \\ birthday, cake, celebration, ema, figma, hiiragi, kagami, shrine, tanabata, tsukasa, washinomiya, wishes