Summer trip - 3rd leg

By Kok Hong on September 12, 2008 9:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

(most of the photos here were taken by Ken Han)

It looks something like this.

YH means Youth Hostel, where we lived. We walked to Akihabara (2km) to save on transportation. Then took a train down to Tokyo station. There we walked around the station and finally made our way to the Imperial Palace.

Then, (instead of spending on subway), we walked to Ginza (1.2km)

Our breakfast at Yoshinoya, which is the cheapest and best choice. Then off we walked to Akihabara.

Here we are at Akihabara. First store we entered was a grey-coloured-barrel-like-building called Yodobashi Camera. It sells everything that is related to electronics, from chips to massage chairs.

this is a waterproof case for ipod, for people who wants their music so badly, they bath with their ipods on

then we came across this thing which Ken Han dissolved into; Gashapon. He got himself a Vegeta figurine

these are all keyboard protectors. I have one

this is a forest (literally) of tripods.

this is what I've noticed about Akihabara. Its seriously creepy to look at the people here. The men all have 3 distinguished looks. One is portrayed above, fat, giant tv screen spectacles, and horrible sense of fashion, which is the majority. The other kind of look is small and skinny, also in spectacles and usually a bagpack containing god knows what, and one more would blur tourists, like us. Girls on the other hand, all have 2 different looks. The pretty ones dress up like maids, and the rest look like Ugly Betty

see what i meant

So off we went to Central Tokyo, on my beloved Yamanote Line train... so musical.. so much noise... still love it.

And we arrived at Tokyo station.

Guess everyone is back from the Obon holidays...

So Ken Han was overjoyed to find a place to sit just outside the station. And we sat, and I started looking for the palace in my cute little map

And we're here... this is somewhat the closest we can get. Japanese people don't laugh at us (unlike Malaysians laughing at tourists at the Istana). Japanese people come in tour groups!!

Then we walked to Ginza, which is also nearby.

I took so many pictures, none of them looked good. So I shall draw what my photo was supposed to look like

There you go....

We're tourists on budget... we can't even afford to sit in a proper restaurant, we stood... eating buckwheat noodles ...

then we strolled around, looking at the stores from the outside. Those stores... my goodness... their aircond were all set to full blast!! ... Oh, we did enter one store... Apple store... not a fruit stall... the one which sells computers.. you know...

sigh....

and we're here! at the sony building... I am never a fan of Sony. It works like this, Ken Han (user of Sony) had to please me (Mac user) by entering the Mac store, so... vice versa.... hahaa...