Getting lost makes you extremely tired!
I usually leave the hotel around 11ish, sometimes 10. I end up being so exhausted at 4 or 5, so I come back to hotel to rest.
I do a lot of walking in tokyo, from wandering around the train stations, obviously lost, to walking around the city.
All those rice balls I have been eating...yeah burning all of that off QUICK.
Yesterday -
yesterday I ventured out to Akihabara, video game capital of the world. They have everything you could ever think of, video game wise. I had to physically restrain myself from buying all the japanese video game systems, seriously, it is that bad.
So instead I decided to try and find a replacement battery for my NINTENDO DS.
I asked a store employee, who spoke little english. Unfortunately the store didnt carry it so he offered to escorte me, and a fellow female employee, to other stores to help find one. I assumed she came along since she was a manager and knew more about Akihabara than he did.
45 mins went by and we couldn't find any.
WHAT THE HELL?!
it is NINTENDO! aka JAPANS GOLDMINE! how can I not find a nintendo DS replacement battery!?!
Alas I gave up, for now. I wandered around more and ended up at a HUGE shopping tower. Each floor was dedicated to something. One floor was manga books, another floor was video games.
I took the stairs, faster and easier to get to each floor.
I bought my favorite manga, all in Japanese, for a FRACTION of the US price. 30 USDs in japan and 80 at home for the lot.
I made one fatal mistake.
I went into the shop on the 4th floor...
What did I find?
NOTHING BUT PORN!
and not just ANY porn, Hentai porn!
Hentai porn is Japanese Animation porn.
Not live action.
Animated.
I was the only girl on that store...it was weird.
Then again, I look manly enough to pass as a dude, my only downfall is my boobs...
Although it was weird, it was actually interesting...to a point haha.
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I have yet to conquer something in Akihabara...the UFO prize claw machines.
They aren't just stupid crappy stuffed toys. Most of the prizes are Japanese Animation [Anime] character statues.
But winning them is tricky.
The idea is that the two pincers would lock into the sides of the box, where there are two holes, the machine would then raise up and drop it in said prize winning slot.
But of course the claw pincer is extremely weak so it is hard to win. Most people just nudge it into the prize drop slot.
I almost had one...ALMOST! it picked it up but DROPPED IT! not only did it drop, but it was half on the prize section and half hanging over the prize slot!
WHAT THE HELL MAN!!!!!
I WILL DEFEAT THOSE MACHINES! I WILL WIN SOMETHING!!!!!
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Today.
Today I decided to take a trip to Harajuku, known for its amazing street fashion.
I was hoping to take some photos of the famous Harajuku fashion but alas, there were not many of them.
Maybe it is because I went early on a weekday...hmmm...
In order to get there, I had to transfer in Shinjuku Station.
Think of Penn Station then multiply that by 100. Seriously it is INSANE. I got LOST IN THE STATION!
There are multiple levels for different lines of the whole Japanese subway system.
After finally getting to Harajuku, I missed the stop because I was chatting with tourists from Holland, this is what I saw...
It. was. PACKED. It was so bad you could hardly move.
after getting through this small shopping street, things cleared out some.
I saw a good amount of Harajuku fashion girls, but it was so crowded that it was impossible to ask for their picture.
What made my day was a store.
A common store, Forever 21.
But this was different...THIS HAD A QUE!
I mean red taped and all. Just like at a movie!
It was insane! People were lining up to go into this store?!
yeah see! the red tape! there was even a dude who was "directing traffic!" inside the store!!
That was SO strange...
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Tomorrow I will...do something. I want to go back to Akihabara ^__^
Also I will face the metro and go to the waterfront to a museum.
OHH! maybe the aquarium! YAY!
Soon I will go to Hello Kitty Land...yes you heard me. A theme park for hello kitty.
ooh yeah.
^___^
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