The Otaku/The Weird
Akihabara, electronics city. Dreamland of Japanese sub culture lovers.
Videogames, Manga, and related pornography
I spent here en entire day just strolling from a shop to the other, climbing up every floor, looking in every corner
This is allegedly the most competitive Arcade in all of Japan (world?) so I had to go there and have my ass kicked at Street Fighter
While usually first, second and third floor where used for electronics, videogames and mangas, fourth and fifth floor where exclusive for animated and real pornography (no prostitution)....not sure what the date at the corner of the poster means...
The Traveler/The Eater
After that, I moved to Yanaka, a part of the city known for street food and temples!
It was interesting to walk the quiet streets and the empty temples, so close to the crowded center...
here's some people playing with spinning tops
Here's the beginning of the street food area
this shop had a lot of photos on the wall, apparently it was famous
It served some fried meat things...quite good actually!
And what follows it's a magical moment.
I found this cozy, family runned, small okonomiyaki resturant
Inside the small restaurant, mom, dad and son were working together, and despite they could not speak any english they were very kind helping me having an amazing okonomiyaki experience
You are supposed to cook the thing yourself...but I asked for help!
Delicuious!
I ended the day getting lost in the small alleys walking my way through temples on my way to the metro
Hot corn and onion soup...no thanks!
...and this is the view from the terrace of my hostel!
Thank you for reading, next episode the most (and last) japanese day ever: Sumo, Ninjas and cosplay!!!
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