After a mediocre night worth of sleep (roughly 3 hours) The first place on the agenda is none other than the Holy Land of Otakuism, Akihabara. This probably comes as no surprise as I’m sure most people would hit up Akiba first just to see what kind of things there are. Personally for me I already know most of the main street stores but I never got around to exploring the regions furthest from the station or any of the hidden alley stores. This time around it was pretty much the same thing, except I slowly went through some of the stores and some new ones I didn’t get to encounter. Hit the jump to read on for my first round to Akihabara.
For Roobar and myself, Akiba is nothing new. We know what most of the stores have and what we can get, but for the other two it was a new experience for them. But unlike us, they’re not really into the whole buying merchandise thing. One of the greatest downfall of Roobar and I knowing each other’s taste is that we can spot things that the other doesn’t. OH GOD there are just so many things I see that I wanted to buy. Normally I’m not too phased about seeing all the figures and such, but it’s mainly all the things that I don’t see online that is gets us going “OMFG”. It’s also kind of funny seeing the Japanese look at us with their reactions when we start talking like that.
A ham and cheese roll, and an iced coffee for breakfast.
We really didn’t end up exploring the main streets of Akiba as we went around in a circle and ended up at Yobodashi Akiba. This is the first time I have explored Yobodashi and boy was this place HUGE. It’s bigger than most department stores in Australia and I managed to see the biggest TV I have ever laid eyes on. I currently forget how large the TV is, but it’s enough to cover my entire living room wall and costs only 5 million yen. Also at Yobodashi, we ended up eating lunch and below is what we ate:
Deep fried goodness.
So after a long day we ended up meeting a few friends of Roobar who are currently living in Japan. At the same time, Uchimizukko was being held just outside Yobodashi Akiba and I headed over in hopes to take photos. Unfortunately my photography skills sucked and I was pretty exhausted from so much walking and the heat was getting to me. Check out a better coverage by Xenblog.
So to celebrate Roobar meeting with friends, we headed out for drinks at a place called 40 Beers on Tap and pretty much drank until we we’re full. Just outside after having drinks, small event was going on but I wasn’t sure what it was about. Do excuse the crappy photo below, not easy taking photos when slightly intoxicated.
So now full of beer and the night still being young, what did we do? head back to Akiba of course. I must say though, shopping after drinking was pretty fun. Perhaps I should do it more often, lol. Well I had already purchased items beforehand so this time around there was nothing else to buy at this point, so thus we headed back to the hotel for a good nights rest.
All up we only explored a good 15% of Akiba as we stayed mostly to one side and didn’t even hit the main street. The next trip to Akiba will be a proper one and it’ll more than likely drain my wallet. In the meantime my wallet is still fat, but I did buy some small items which you will see in another post. One other thing I acquired was sore feet and ended up with small blisters, so it hurts like hell to walk right now. Goes to show I’ve become fat and lazy. Ah such is the life of a programmer. Oh and here’s just a random picture of the gate near our hotel.
Good post Adun. Expecting some more pics to come… And is the hotel you are staying cheap and nice?
WOW!!!!!!!!
Looks like you had some fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAMERZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to go!!!!!!!!!
See you next week!!!!!!!
Rin’s last blog post..Arrival in Hong kong!!!!!!
Drunk shizzles. Stop getting drunk dammit, and get out there with good proper mind to take pics of hawt girls. :p
You’re such an alco
jwai’s last blog post..SMASHed.
Oh man, that’s awesome. A giant Code Geass ad on Gamers. X3
Can’t wait to see more pictures!
Larein’s last blog post..WIP02
Looks like ya had fun. (:
A heads up. The new Fate figure I only saw at the Kotobukiya store yesterday. I actually missed them the first look through. There not in an obvious place. Also, they have both versions of Tama-chan from Bamboo Blade.
Looking forward to more pics and posts of your experiences in Japan. (:
I want some beer. Can u ship me some? xD
Looking forward to the rest.
Optic’s last blog post..Just another Goodie box
Very cool. I’ve just recently started seriously saving for a trip to Japan, it’ll be a while but in the mean time I’m trying to pick up as much info as possible about going there. Going to need to get better at Japanese too. >.<
By the way, would you like to exchange blogroll links?
wickedclown’s last blog post..Antec gets moe character
Oh man, you’re so lucky Adun. I’m still stuck in the same place lols
blissmo’s last blog post..Soul Eater - 17: Stop this Filler Nonsense Immediately!
Hi there, thanks for the linkback
Welcome to Japan, hope you enjoy your trip here.
I know I was and there is still so much more to see.
xenohawk’s last blog post..Wonder Festival 2008 Summer (Part II)
Wow, there’s Sekirei and Code Geass billboards at Gamers. But why there’s no Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, especially this anime’s second episode is at Akibahara!
By the way, nice pictures at Akihabara and good luck to your trip there. ^_^
wow wow wow…
i wish i could go… and dont drink too much… u need a clear head to do the shopping… and dont cause another akiba mass murder lol
Bring me along next timeeeeee~
Nice Adun, will be there about the same time next year.
Should’ve brought along some proper walking shoes =|.
That being said, drink some more, it makes the night THAT much more interesting (and hey, you might start getting along with some of the local hotties if you know what I mean. Hur hur hurr….)
=)
hehe Im going there next week, I miss akiba so much
ron~’s last blog post..Random Ramblings (Wonfesu and Others)
Have u attend the Wonder Festival?For such a great fan of PVC figure collection like u.I think it’s necessary to take a visit of the greatest GK model exhibition in the world
T.T Nice pics. I am so jealous lol. Hope I can go there next year.
Beer Japan = Best combo ever I think lol
Saku’s last blog post..Website Updates
samejima: My hotel is a reasonable rate. Google up on Shiba Park Hotel.
Panther: Plenty of hawt girls around, but not exactly easy to go up and ask.
Punynari: The Kotobukiya store is something we missed since we turned into an alley just before it. Next time!
wickedclown: Just send across an email if you want to exchange links. I’ll be forgetful of such a thing since I’m on holidays.
xenohawk: Thanks, I hope to see more of Japan soon enough.
Hiji: I’ve learnt my lesson for sure about walking shoes.
ron~: See you next week!
HisuiIBMower4: I have attended Wonderfest. Keep in mind any post from now covers stuff from a few days ago.