Japan Update 2
Yesterday we started the day by going down to Harajuku and looking at freaks. Unfortunately, there were not very many freaks there. Normally, the quantity of freaks in Harajuku is very, very high on Sundays since that's the weekend day for the school kids. I concluded that since it is currently spring break in Japan, the freaks were off doing other things or perhaps sleeping in. However, we did manage to find a few freaks. A picutre was even taken. We then moved on to an alley filled with shops that were Clair's and Hot Topic alternately. There were a few other generic clothing and knick-knack shops thrown in for good measure, but they were by no means the norm. In fact, we came across not one but two actual Clair's in this particular alleyway. There was some pretty funny Engrish, but we decided not to purchase it, instead holding out for the possibility of more hilarious Engrish. At the end of this alley, we came to another used CD shop. I did not find anything I wanted (save some video games that would not play on my system anyway), but gut found some cheap Garbage and bought it. As we were leaving Harajuku for Shinjuku we noticed that the quantity and quality of freaks was beginning to improve, but we could not stay as we had an appointment to keep.
We encountered Chook at the Shinjuku station and moved on to Kunitachi for Sushi Kaitan. For those of you not in the know, Sushi Kaitan is essentially conveyer-belt Sushi. It's far more delicious than it sounds. Basically, the conveyer belt carries the sushi around to all the people at the resturant and you take what you want off of it. It was very, very tasty, like all Sushi I've had in this island nation. However, I got one piece of fish that had what is essentially gristle. It was very odd and mildly annoying. But I survived despite the fish's best effort. Curse you fish! Once that was done, we headed to our next stop in Fuchu.
Rumor had it that there was a section to a particular arcade that was populated by old and odd games. In this section, one could pay $10 and play all the games one wanted for as long as one wanted. This was no longer the case. The section had been taken over by Print Clubs. We were disheartened by this, but there were still fun games. There were some seriously old-school games and a few newer ones. Several of the newer ones involved reading instruction manual pamphlets located next to the machines. There were games that even involved collecting cards in order to play them. It was very strange. But, by far the best game, was the casino-esque game where you tried to create lines on a hexagonal grid using "cards" with three colored lines on them. We spent $25 playing it before Mike realized that it would be cheaper and faster to just code it. I'll have to see if I can get a game company to make it. *Cough*
It's cold and rainy here, so we're taking it easy today. More later.
We encountered Chook at the Shinjuku station and moved on to Kunitachi for Sushi Kaitan. For those of you not in the know, Sushi Kaitan is essentially conveyer-belt Sushi. It's far more delicious than it sounds. Basically, the conveyer belt carries the sushi around to all the people at the resturant and you take what you want off of it. It was very, very tasty, like all Sushi I've had in this island nation. However, I got one piece of fish that had what is essentially gristle. It was very odd and mildly annoying. But I survived despite the fish's best effort. Curse you fish! Once that was done, we headed to our next stop in Fuchu.
Rumor had it that there was a section to a particular arcade that was populated by old and odd games. In this section, one could pay $10 and play all the games one wanted for as long as one wanted. This was no longer the case. The section had been taken over by Print Clubs. We were disheartened by this, but there were still fun games. There were some seriously old-school games and a few newer ones. Several of the newer ones involved reading instruction manual pamphlets located next to the machines. There were games that even involved collecting cards in order to play them. It was very strange. But, by far the best game, was the casino-esque game where you tried to create lines on a hexagonal grid using "cards" with three colored lines on them. We spent $25 playing it before Mike realized that it would be cheaper and faster to just code it. I'll have to see if I can get a game company to make it. *Cough*
It's cold and rainy here, so we're taking it easy today. More later.