HRC Saipan

I visited HRC Saipan in Sep 24th of 2008.

I was planning to visit HRC Phuket,
but Thailand has some trouble now,
so I decided to go to Saipan at this time.


HRC Saipan was located next to DFS Galleria that was the most famous shopping place for tourists.
I think this is the best location in Saipan.
All toursits spent much time around HRC Saipan.

They had many pins for sale.


While I was in Saipan, I had lunch twice at HRC,
and I had great time with some staffs.
Of course, I could trade some pins with them,




This HRC has local dish that I loved very much.
It is called as Chamorro Burger.
I really like this, and ate this twice while I was in Saipan.


About staying in Saipan, I did what most tourists would do.
I enjoyed beautiful beach, and drove around Saipan.



Beautiful sunset !


This was my 84th HRC visit.


-My HRC Saipan Page
-My Photos of Saipan

HRC London in 2008

I visited HRC London in June 26th of 2008.

It has been about 9 years since I visited HRC London in 1999.
-Click here to read my 1st visit in 1999.
At that time, there was no Hard Rock Store next to HRC.
I forgot that Hard Rock Store was opened in 2003,
so it was good surprise to me.

Anyway, I went to HRC first.
It is true that I visited HRC London in 1999,
but I think I really didn't understand the worth of HRC London itself then.
At that time, I collected only city guitar from each HRC for memory of my travel,
so I just bought city guitar, and didn't see inside of HRC London at all.

At this time, I spent much time at HRC London.
All staffs were friendly, and I saw many tourists inside.


After that, I went to Hard Rock Store.
The interior was cool, and all staffs had great smile.

I could trade pins with the staff there though they looked very busy.
Thanks!

I bought HRC London classic black T, and some pins.

I enjoyed HRC London, and I think I will come here again someday!

-My HRC London page

By the way, of course, I really had great time in London.
The night view of London was really beautiful!!
-My Photos of London

HRC Cardiff

I visited HRC Cardiff in June 25th of 2008.
I went to Cardiff from London by train.

It was really easy to find HRC Cardiff from the station.
HRC was located along the main street of Cardiff downtown.

And they had good entrance on the opposite side of it.

This HRC was very small, so I didn't spend much time then.

They had some of good pins that I liked.


After HRC, I enjoyed Cardiff Castle, and walked around Cardiff.

-My HRC Cardiff page
-My Photos of Cardiff

This was my 83rd HRC visit.

HRC Manchester

I visited HRC Manchester in June 24th of 2008.
I moved to Manchester from Edinburgh by train.
First, I got on Metro, and went to Old Trafford.
I bought some goods of Manchester United at Mega Store.

After that, I got on Metro again,
and visited HRC Manchester.

The interior of HRC Manchester was really cool.
I liked it.


I was surprised that they didn't have Logo pin for sale.
These are what they had on the counter.

-My HRC Manchester page
-My Photos of Manchester

This was my 82nd HRC visit.

HRC Edinburgh

I visited HRC Edinburgh in June 23rd of 2008.

After Dublin, I moved to Edinburgh by plane.
I arrived to my hotel around 6:00PM,
and I went to HRC soon.

HRC Edinburgh looked Classic !!
Not huge cafe, but the mood of cafe was really good.


All staffs looked busy, so I had to wait for them at store.
They had some of nice pins.

After I took enough photos, I left HRC,
and started to do sightseeing.

-My HRC Edinburgh page

Edinburgh was really nice place to walk around !
I really liked this city very much.

-My Photos of Edinburgh

This was my 81th HRC visit.

HRC Dublin

I visited HRC Dublin in June 23rd of 2008.
My plane from London was delayed,
so I arrived to my hotel at Temple Bar at 12:30AM in June 22nd.
HRC Dublin was closed when I found it along the street of Temple Bar.

Next day, I enjoyed some place like St.Patrick Church and The Book of Kells at Trinity College.


After that, I visited HRC Dublin.

They had nice space under the ground, and I like colorful car in front of entrance.


I bought a guitar pin, and left HRC.

-My HRC Dublin page
-My Photos of Dublin

This was my 80th HRC visit.

HRC Seoul (2nd cafe) in 2008

I visited HRC Seoul again in Feb 13th of 2008.

HRC Seoul was not opened when I visited HRC Seoul in Dec of 2007,
-My Seoul visit in 2007
so I decided to visit Seoul again in Feb of 2008.
But the opening date of restaurant was postponed until March
though the store has been officially opened.

At HRC Seoul. I met staff who has been my friend since my last visit.
They were really friendly, and we talked a lot!

My friend let me see the restaurant under the ground that will be opened next month.
I think I was the 1st man except staffs who saw the restaurant.

To tell you the truth, I was really surprised !!
The store on the ground was not big,
so I could not imagine they had this huge space under the ground.
I think this restaurant is bigger than HRC Universal City Walk Osaka.
There are some of private room, and live stage.


The staff told me that their main target for this restaurant is local Korean people.
Korean people like to have party with many friends,
so they plan to open this restaurant from 12 noon until 5 AM.
This mean local people can have party all night.
I think this is new challenge for HRC Seoul,
because US base has been moving to other area.

2 days later, I met staffs again, and enjoyed trading pins with them.

I had great time with great HRC staffs at HRC Seoul.
Thanks!!