Tokyo Trip - Day 3

Day 3 - Our most favorite day of that week. :)

03/11/2011

Woke up early that day. Was really excited about goin to Akihabara. I've heard about the place so many times before. I would be lying if I said that I never once ever dream to walk around in Akiba to search for weird Otakus just for the Lulz. ;p

So that morning, as usual, we walk to Minamisenju station. I surprise myself by walking on the streets to the station and buying the train tickets like an expert. Well, thanks to google for all the in before research. *wink*

Luckily our line, Hibiya Line, has a direct line to Akiba station. So we don't need to change our train line to get to there. It took us less than 20 minutes to reach Akiba.

The first thing we did when we got there was observing and enjoying the view of Akiba. Sumpah! This is like a dream come true. Sebab sebenarnya, Akiba was our main purpose of coming to Japan. This is like the ultimate reason why we wanna come to Japan.

Sebab kami sebenarnya peminat manga dan Anime. Dan Akiba is a sanctuary for people like us. Even though kami sekarang dah tak layan manga dan Anime like we used to back then. But still, remembering all those good all days while walking in Akiba is the best feeling ever!



We arrived at around 10am and most shops open only at 11am. So we decided to had our breakfast somewhere there. We did search for a normal coffee shop. Found a few but were reluctant to enter them. We were afraid that the barista can't speak English. To our luck, we found a familiar Starbucks in the middle of Akiba. We entered the shop assuming that every Starbucks barista can speak English.

And we're right! They do! ;)

And nak tau tak apa yang best pasal Starbuck dekat Jepun ni? Sebelum order air, sila cop tempat dulu. Letak je beg dekat atas kerusi or meja. Selamat. Takkan ada orang ambil. Serious! Everywhere in Japan is like that.

Cuba kalau buat dekat Malaysia, tak sampai 10 saat, hilang!

In Japan? You can leave your bicycle anywhere unattended and nobody will steal it. Gempak kan? Boleh nampak tak betapa hormatnya orang-orang Jepun ni dengan harta benda orang lain?

Anyways, lepas dah kenyang breakfast, we started to wanders around Akiba. Otaku's everywhere. Anime's everywhere. Porn's everywhere. Yes. Porn. And by porn I mean AKB. Sorry fans. But walking in Akiba made me feel that way. ;p

Segala shop yang jual AKB's merchandise and photobook fills with soft porn stuff. Which I find kinda disgusting and weird. The worst part is, all those Wotas and Otakus, smells!! LOL! Busuk okay! Wakakakakak!

But the best part of beeing in Akiba was the gadgets shop, the games shop, the huge arcade shop and lots of lots of duty free shops! Rambang mata kejap. Semua rasa macam nak beli! Tapi tak beli pun.

Saya bukan kaki shopping! ;p

The whole day kitorang duk sibuk mencari arcade yang ada Print Club best2. Pusing satu Akiba sampai kaki sakit macam nak tercabut. Finally we found the best one in Sega World Arcade Shop. It was awesome! There's a whole floor dedicated only for purikura!

And FYI, the whole 7th floor building is an arcade! I know~ Madness!! LOL!

For lunch, we bought Takoyaki from the nearby Takoyaki shop and I surprise myself again how well I can communicate with the person behind the counter. Walaupun tak banyak sebut, but still, I know what he asked and what to reply. LOL

And then, sebab penat sangat berjalan, we decided to lepak and hangout at this one park. Just sits there and talk. Sambil makan Takoyaki.

The most awkward moment for us at that time was when all of the passers by or those people who sat besides us will look at us probably wondering where we came from. LOL! Cus after almost 3 days in Tokyo, everyone we met seems always assume us a local and when we speaks Malay, everyone will gave us this weird look, like "What language are they using?"

LOL!

But I can't forget this one Ojii-chan who sat near us at the park. He was drinking his beer and smoking his cigarettes when he notice us talking. He kept staring at us probably trying to figure out the language we're using. And we just kept talking normally as if he didn't exist. Tapi sebenarnya kitorang tengah cakap pasal dia! ;p

We went back to the Inn around 5pm that day cus I don't wanna miss watching VS Arashi and Himitsu no Arashi-chan. Yes. I still need my Arashi!

We bought our dinner at the most convenient 7 Eleven ever (well, at least to us!) and had dinner while watching to my very first live broadcast Arashi's TV Show on Japan TV! And yes. It was damn awesome! Thankyouverymuch!

Oh and by the way, we experienced our very first earthquake that day while having dinner. Instead of getting scared, I was giggling like it's a no big deal.

Weird huh? ;p

So yeah. That's it! Finally, Day 3 report is done! (^o^)/

Jaa..mata ne?


End of Day 3.