Akihabara
This area of town is also called 'Electric Town.' And it lives up to its name. There are tons of used computer stores and gadget festivals and arcades. And, obviously, some net cafes. And tons and tons of porn. Entire buildings of it. I am trying to find art books and all I can see are boobs. Very odd.
My dad would love this place as it also doubles as a flea market. With shady back alleys of gear that probably "Fell off the back of a truck." I wanted to take a picture to prove this, but I didn't want to "fall off the back of a truck" myself. Dangerous and exciting things, those backs of trucks.
I made it to the cosplaying cafe for lunch yesterday with Jimm. It was very, very hard to find and was not really worth it. There were two sections to eat at though: regular tables or school desks. As we were quite tired and the menu did not have english subtitles, we chose the tables. We didn't want to get detention, you see.
Otherwise, this is just a giant, cut-rate tiger electronics crossed with a DVD store with a fighting game, or 200, in the corner. Fun place for an afternoon, not entertaining enough for a full day.
Next time I will payattention when the guide book lists things as "small and dorky."
Akihabara by night
Akihabara by day.
posted by Pat @ 1:37 AM
7 Comments:
Nice Pictures! Of course it was probably the camera... I should have had you get me a Model kit while you were there, or something "small and dorky".
Hey Pat, nice travelogue! Paul just sent me this link. So you're rocking Japan with my China CD? Somehow I expect that the Emperor would execute you if he knew about it.
Has anybody employed your services as Pat for Hire? I'll bet you could fetch a high price on the back of a truck (provided, of course, that you didn't fall off).
Not to plug my own thing, but I'd like to invite Pat and anyone else to sign up at our new message board, www.greentuesdayrecords.com/phpBB2
I just realized that I should've posted this link: LINK, because it explains all of the China Songs. It might be more meaningful to you, if you don't quite understand what you're listening to.
Dude, I was telling you that you should have a syndication feed for the blog here, so I can easily keep on top of it. Well, I did a little nosing around, this has all the information you need to get yourself rolling with a feed. ^_^
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=698
Anyways, I'm enjoying the entries, keep having fun!
I fully support anyone who joins Sunil's group.
And Sunil is not allowed to kill me. In my flight from the cafe I am in now, I left the CD. But at least the emporer will not kill me now.
Gomen and I will hand out the fliers next time we are at Hopleaf.
subversive! I think that is best for the CD, let it fall into the hands of the unsuspecting Japanese public. I imagine that by the end of the next week it'll have caused the government to collapse.
"Pat goes to Japan, Government falls from power." Film at 11
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