We decided to finally go shop in Akihabara. We ate some McDonald's on our way there (I didn't eat that much for breakfast). I would say that the best meat is in europe. The burger tasted a bit like in Canada but the bread tasted fresher. The fries were a bit too salty and tasted the same. I really wanted to eat some to taste the difference.
Akihabara is crazy. You have a lot of shops and all of them have like 8 stories. Being able to read the signs or knowing where is what must be amazing. I felt kind of down because I was there. Surrounded by games, electronics, mangas and anime but my Japanese is so basic... It's like having all the best food in front of you and only having one taste bud...
We did a couple of figurine shops and one store that's like a huge Futureshop. The prices seem pretty much the same (even more expensive today because of the shitty exchange rate) as what we have in Canada. I expected the stores to have special gadgets that we don't have at home but we seem to be pretty up to date. So overall, Akihabara was not as fun as I thought it would be but I'm still happy to have experienced it.
After that, we went to a "Depato" (department store) so I could try to buy some tabi socks. I didn't find any but we found some souvenirs to buy. When we finished shopping, it was raining pretty heavily outside and we didn't feel like eating yet so we took a cab to our internet cafe to geek out.
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We ate supper in a small restaurant. A bowl of rice and vegetables (Nathalie was happy) with broth in it. We finished the evening in our room (playing the DS and drinking sake).
3 comments:
Hey gaelec!
ARGG!! I wanted to edit my last post and I ended up deleting it!! :O
I guess I'll write it again!!
I know I'm a bit late, but I wanted you to see my post so that's why I'm posting it up here.
At one point you were talking about the fact that they didn't have any blowers/towels to dry off your hands. I think I know why. Japanese always carry around a personnal hankerchief with them. (anyways, that's what I'm seeing in animes :P) I'm guessing that they use it to dry their hands. Or maybe I'm totally out of the track!
That's about it for my comment! :D I hope you guys are having a lot of fun visiting Japan. The more you guys talk about it, the more I wanna go visit it myself!!! :O
Don't forget a souvenir for me!! ^-^ I'm really looking forward to what you guys are getting me!! :D
Marie-Chantale
That would make sense :D Thanks Marie-Chan ! Your sister got you something but I won't tell you what it is :P
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