JCMU Nikki on 08 Mar 2006 12:40 am
Tokyo x2 soon…..
Well, on Friday afternoon I’m set to take off to Tokyo once again for a quick weekend trip. My friend/classmate Brian is going to be coming along as well. We’re going to be headed straight for Akihabara on Friday night, where we will be staying at the Akihabara Capsule Hotel. Saturday morning the plan is to head to Kamakura to see the Daibutsu and other cultural sites as required to get 6000yen reimbursed since this weekend is the ’student directed field trip’ weekend (I’d be seeing the Daibutsu and other sites regardless if I was getting the money or not…I was really disappointed that I couldn’t make it here the last time I was in Tokyo). After getting our fill of culture we plan to head to Hakone (yes, Hakone, no relation to Hikone) which is a famous onsen town, where we plan to hit up an as yet undetermined onsen. Coming back to Tokyo that night, it is my plan to make a huge effort to attempt to get some Pizza Hut pizza delivered [Tangent: You have NO idea how much I have been craving Pizza Hut pizza in the past month. In Sapporo there was an advertisement in the snow festival for a Pizza Hut, so Tim and I made a big effort to find it, only to find out (thanks to about 20 minutes of searching by some employees in a department store) that there actually were no Pizza Hut's in Sapporo, but that they were just advertising it. Seriously...that's just CRUEL.]
The next day in Tokyo, the plan is to wander Akihabara for a while. I’m thinking of buying some small mp3 player while I’m there, because I’ve decided that if I don’t come back after living in Japan for 9 months without some kind of slick looking electronic device, I will be committing a grave travesty and will be a failure to Japanaphiles everywhere. And no, I will NOT be buying an Ipod.
Other places of interest I want to visit:
Sirotan Town - Not just a store, but a whole TOWN of Sirotan
Yodobashi-Akiba - A brand new, ginormous electronics store in Akihabara
Cospa Gee - A cosplay store, but their website lists some very nifty t-shirts
animate - Come on, its Akihabara, I have to go to at least ONE anime store….
Yokohama, Tokyo, and Tokyo Ueno Eki Hard Rock Cafes - Does this even need to be mentioned??
Due to other things occurring the class, this is as deep as I’ve been able to ponder places to go in Akiba. If you have any suggestions, drop me a comment. 
5 Responses to “Tokyo x2 soon…..”
on 08 Mar 2006 at 10:13 pm # Jill
How about a picture in that famous intersection with the white lines that always shows about a gazillion people milling about? Have fun.
on 09 Mar 2006 at 9:34 pm # Kip
Take the ropeway ride to the top of Mt.Kamagatake; you should see a magnificent view of nearby Mt. Fuji
on 09 Mar 2006 at 9:39 pm # Kip
I noticed another thing about the Yodobashi-akiba store in Tokyo when I saw an article about it online; the new store was designed around an older building that apparently the owners didn’t want destroyed so the new store was actuallly built right around it. Apparently that happens a lot in Japan.
on 10 Mar 2006 at 12:57 am # Scott
Well if you don’t find a pizza hut in Tokyo you can always go to the one right next to the china consulate in Osaka. I can tell you how to get there without even looking at a map now.
on 10 Mar 2006 at 4:05 am # Cass
im jealous… you get to go twice and i didn’t make it once. but.. it just gives me an excuse to drag Rob there someday