Day 1 Akihabara

April 22, 2019Japan 2019akihabara, anime, arcade, italian, japan, kastu, katsu, otaku, rappongi, street food, super potato, tokyo, udon Gallery

Nerd Central

After landing and getting settled in Tokyo the previous evening, we head over to a familiar place, Akihabara, where I stayed for a week in 2015. Other than the billboards and the merchandise, things haven’t changed much.

Capsule Toys everywhere! And these robot guides are pretty common. I think this video was actually taken in Shinjuku Station on the way to Akihabara.

Lunch

Her choice… an Italian cafe for some reason.

Super Potato

First things first: I want to check out Super Potato, the best retro game shop in Japan. I made this video with my new Osmo Pocket, but since this is my first time using it and editing, it’s not that great.

Arcades

We then hit up the arcades for several hours. I won’t bore you with the details on the games, but I had a good time exploring and trying the new machines and technologies. Such as this…commuter train simulator…

Rhythm games are quite popular and varied

There are several photo booths for the girls. Snap photos and then touch them up with too much airbrushing, make your eyes bigger, and write stuff on them. You get a printout at the end.

You can always find Street Fighter II in the arcades in Japan.

We head down the road the river to get some refreshments

Seasoned Pork

Various scenes from around town

6 Story shop of figurines and toys

This go-kart tour company were sues by nintendo for dressing their customers up as Nintendo characters. The karts are now stamped with “Unrelated to Nintendo”.