Ok so its a Monday, we have another 10 days in Japan. Might as well go shopping, and what better way to start than at Akihabara. Now check this out, like I said before there are rows and rows of shops that are nothhing but seven stories or more. Each having a specific theme whether it would be games, anime, electronics, or all of the above. If your going to seriously check out everyshop, your going to need a couple days. Did I forget to mention there are arcades galore? But I gotta give those fighter genre players out there, the competition is fierce out there. If your a novice, your not going to get a single hit on these cats. Believe me I know, and I thought I was a pro at Guilty Gear XX too.
So pretty much the majority of the day was trying to go through all these shops. Checking out so many random anime shops, it was crazy to see all the dvd's they had and random items that were on sale. But here's the downside for all the US shoppers. All the dvd's are region 2 and unless you know Japanese, there are no english subtitles. Unlike american dvd's, tv show dvds have only 2 episodes and each dvd is about 30-40 bucks each. Everything is pretty much expensive in Japan, so if you want a good time, think of a budget that you want to bring and increase that by 50%. But if your looking for a quick souvineir, than the capsule machines got your back. For about 200 yen, you get a figurine that'll probably cost 5 bucks here in the states. And they got miles and miles of these machines everywhere. Now I didn't come home empty handed, I actually came back with this beauty right here that you'll rarely find in the states.
After Akihabara, we ventured into Roppongi a little more. Now this time we ventured into Roppongi Hills, which is a mixture of business, mall shops, and hanging out at the same time. Get what I'm saying? So basically you got a mall, business building and a open park area all scrunched up into one. It's a nice area. Crazy thing about this mall is the gap between the shops, the walkways are literally a yard wide. So all the shops are close to each other. So close that you could hear the other shops talking ish if they want to. We got lost walking around in this condensed area, so we called it a day there.
That night, we ended up at Sam and Dave's. Our homie brought a wii there, and we ended up playing some Mario Kart and Guitar Hero up in the same bar we first partied at. I thought that was pretty cool.
Nothing too exciting, but its still shopping in the anime and electronics wonderland.
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