Akihabara

My computer crashed before I published so now I have to rewrite this...
So anyway. Akihabara. Or Akiba for short. The center of electronics of Tokyo.
After being awoken at the crack of noon, I joined a group of about 12 other foriegn students on a trip to Akiba.
Geh, I'm really tired and I forgot what I wrote the first time through...
Oh yeah. We ate at this ramen place, checked out Akiba Plaza, did some sightseeing and shopping, ate a light dinner, and went back. I also FINALLY got a memory stick for my camera. I can start taking more pictures and make longer videos. =)
I'll just paste all the pictures and explain each one as I go, I can't remember the whole day at once right now.
First few shots of the city.










Akiba Plaza! Lots of stuff going on here. Check out the Disgaea booth with the guys with the Prinny hats. Dood!





















I also want to point out the ramen I had for lunch. It was one of those restaraunts where you buy the ticket for the food you want and hand it to the cooks when you sit down. Just struck me as different, if not odd. Makes it easier and faster that way though, no need for a register and cooks to handle dirty money.

How about some more city shots?















Two last things... such as the smallest iron I've ever seen... and a pretty scary UFO catcher... it had... dancing hampsters or something...







Youtube was being stupid, so here's the other 2 videos I made today.
Click here to watch 'Akihabara-Street'
I woulda made more, but my camera's batteries died again. A nice new memory card and no batteries! And... no stores seem to sell 1.2 volt batteries... just 1.5. Can someone in America pick up a AA battery and tell me its voltage please? I wonder if 1.5 is the normal rate, cause my rechargeables are 1.2 volt. I just wanna know if 1.2 volts and 1.5 volts are really so different. Could my camera handle it?

The second video.
Click here to watch 'Razor-Advertising'
I'd like to point out something here. In Japan, they are VERY big on advertising. In this video, you can see some people back there trying to sell BrAun electric razor products. Many people in Japanese cities try to advertise their store outside. Repeadedly. Loudly. And never giving up. How do they do it?
Besides the outside yellers, there are 2 other kinds of advertisement I've seen. In Shinjuku, there was a guy on every block trying to foist you with a menu of a nearby restaraunt. In almost every place I've been to, its a common sight to see a girl in a maid dress or something passing out tissue packs with advertisements on them. I've seen tissue girls at TUFS University bookstore too! As I said... adverstising is EVERYWHERE. I think half my bag is filled with stuff I bought, the other half free tissues, pamphlets, magazines, and advertisement cards. On our way to Akiba Plaza, nealy everyone tried to stuff a Plaza Event Book in our hands. They didn't seem to mind the fact that I was already holding one.
Ugh... just killed a bug. Nice. I hope that's not a roach. Better clean it up with my free tissues!

One last thing before I go. Ultra Jump. A montly manga my dad ordered for me in America from Japan. I FINALLY found an issue in Akiba. It costs 550 yen to get there by train... will I have to go there every month to get it? Not worth it. Maybe I can make a subscription here... dunno... I only found volume 10. Did I have 9 at home?
I'm goin to bed. Night!