Peter and I decided to stay one more day in Tokyo proper to see all the cultural differences of Japan before we leave the Tokyo area. We headed off to Odaiba, one of the man made islands off the coast of Tokyo. (It is still connected by roads and monorail and people do live there.) After laughing ourselves silly with Japanese quiz show like games we then headed down to the AKIHABARA district.
Dun Duh Duh Dunnnnn . . .
This is truly the land where all geeks unite: endless anime stores, electronic stores, cheap eats and some good ole fashioned sex shops. What more could one need?
A quick shot of a Maid Cafe girl on the streets. Maid Cafes are a huge phenomenon here in the Akihabara district! And just as they sound they are nothing more than waitresses dressed up as maids - and not even scandalous French Maids at that!
Believe it or not that really is an ad for an ear cleaning salon! Who would have guessed?
One of the many anime shops in the Akihabara district.
Japan is getting serious with the Green Movement with electronic crying polar bears of course. All I can say is that they best be using energy efficient light bulbs for those tears!
View of Tokyo from Odaibi - the man made islands in the port of Tokyo.
Peter and I hang gliding at Sega's Joypolis on Odaiba - all I can say is 3 stories of 3D madness and then some!
Nothing but watermelon goodness at this food store!
Peter racing through the ninja challenge at muscle beach. What a stud!
Suck the balls up with a tube and catch them in your bucket game. Japan is really giving Chuck-E-Cheese a run for their money.
The slipper throwing game - sort of a shame you don't aim at people.
Turns out behind this giant cat was a giant store full of all things cat.
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