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Carc Central Community => General => Topic started by: Carcatronn on February 16, 2021, 03:04:10 PM
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My buddy got me a copy of Carcassonne from his trip to Japan - I was so hoping the bottoms had a J instead of the C, but the J was just for the box art, <sigh> :'(
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Still cool it came with the Japanese Buildings 8)
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I live in Japan, and this was what first got me into Carcassonne. It's too bad they don't sell any expansions here though. I had to import all of mine.
On a side note, I have been to all of the Japanese buildings depicted on the special tiles except for the Giant Buddha in Kamakura, and Horyuji temple, which I don't think is a particularly unique structure. I actually used to live just a five minute walk away from Goryokaku park, the star shaped fort, and have been there more times than I can count.
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I picked this up on a visit to Japan about 2 years ago. It was nice going to the Mobius HQ in Tokyo.
On a previous visit to Japan I went to the Giant Buddha in Kamakura - The Second largest Buddha in all Japan!
It's well worth a visit, just to see his sandals. I have fond memories of the train ride up there too. Someone lost a wallet and a school child had carefully placed it on a post. It was still there 50 minutes later. It was quite busy too with children going to school around 8.30.
For a few pennies you get to go inside the Giant Buddha too!
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Man you guys make me want to go to Japan now! Very cool stories. I may need to lug Carcassonne with me and play Japanese Buildings near each of the buildings (how do I top playing Carcassonne in Carcassonne?)
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You have to go when the sakura is at its peak!
Wolnic has some tiles inspired by sakura too.
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4278.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4278.0)
If you want some extras with Japanese inspiration, just have at this meeple set at Meeplesource.com:
https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=TotoroMeeples (https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=TotoroMeeples)
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Check here to see how I planned to use these meeples in Japanese-inspired Carcassonne games.
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.msg68597#msg68597 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.msg68597#msg68597)
;D