Hey all,
I've finally gotten around to loading some pics for y'all. Right now I don't have time to write too much, but sit back and enjoy the pics! Remember, you can click on them to make them bigger. Tomorrow I'll do a post detailing exciting weekend activities. Here goes~
The famous sample (plastic food) store! There were two big ones on that street, and this is one of them. Note the extensive collection of fake beer.
Another shot of the sample store! Don't they look realistic? They really had everything under the sun, I tell you..
Hardcore cosplay outfits found in the back of an anime store near Mandarake. Yes, that's Chii from Chobits...these outfits were expensive!
A nice candid of junior high school girls playing DS. They really all had their own DS and they brought it out at the same time and started playing the same game! It was kinda funny...that's a Nintendo DS to all you who don't know their systems. It's really big in Japan, really big. I keep telling Haley she should get one...
I don't think I need to explain this one. In fact, that's why I took this pic- the store explains its purpose quite matter-of-factly. I wish some American stores were this forthright about their wares...
Mandarake, the Largest Anime Store in the World! Yay!
"Harajuku Girls you got the wicked style
I like the way that you are, I am your biggest fan"
- Gwen Stefani,
Harajuku GirlsYes, the famous Harajuku girls. Unfortunately I didnt get any really good pics of them, but here's your standard Gothloli. Yes, it is actually pretty normal for girls to dress like that...
A Harajuku outfit on display in front of a store...
More ridiculous Harajuku outfits...and they're expensive too...
A cool looking blue building in the Times-Square-esque Ikebukuro.
The famous jewel black egg of Hakone! But it tasted like a normal boiled egg...
Sulphur rises from the Hakone hillside, and Kim rides forth on the cable car, seeking black eggs.
The cable car in Hakone!
Majestic Mt.Fuji as seen from our bus, with the clouds rolling in.
The summit of Mt. Fuji as seen halfway up the mountain from the 5th station.
Your ever-popular tourist trap, Tokyo Tower! Yes, its higher than the Eiffel Tower by 8.6 meters.
A sampling of normal afternoon activities in Akihabara. Here's some fine (not!) Akiba cosplay. Yes, those are men. Don't ask.
A display at the Sony building, which was full of exciting electronics. Unfortunately, this picture is not very exicting.
The sushi restaurant at which we ate breakfast in Tsukiji. I tried ootoro, and it was good, though expensive.
That's all for now! More pics later. Uploading them all is rather tough.
As always, comments/tags plz~
