While flying through the Japanese regions I couldn’t help but notice something new and large. A huge green pentagon-shaped island filled an entire region in the middle of the usually orderly MagSL grid. On each side of the pentagon a giant Pocky rose majestically out of the water. In the distance I could see chocolately buildings and trees.
Holy cow, Batman, this is different.
I tried to fly in but access was denied. My pilgrimage to Pocky heaven would have to wait a few days until the region opened officially.
This is, without a doubt, a fabulously creative build, and skillfully done. You walk down cracker pathways between trees made of chocolate swirls, or Pocky, or splashes of milk. At the end of each pathway is a small building for you to explore. If it isn’t grass, it’s made of carbohydrates. It’s like a Keebler elf’s wet dream.
There may be more to do here besides look around, but I haven’t figured it out. One cottage had a bell I was able to ring and an object shouted that I had completed a task. There’s a welcome sign in the center of the region, but of course it is in Japanese.
This may be one of those corporate “Second Life as 3-D Brochure” regions, but it is absolutely worth a visit, nonetheless. If corporations are going to do 3-D brochures, please let them be as well executed as this. It’s a visit to Candyland. It’s a dessert oasis. It’s Chocolate Oz and the Land of Diabetic Smurfs all rolled into one.
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