Japan Day Three: Akihabara...

Well, day three began with Woo and I trying to peice together what the fuck happened on the evening of Day two....

That took a while. When we both woke up the first time we felt okay, as we were still massively drunk. However, as the day wore on, we got less drunk and hence more hungover.

I had a little bit of trouble explaining to the housekeeping lady that we would not need our room made up today, as Woo was dead, and I was in no state to leave.

At about 3pm Woo got some motivation and made me leave the hotel. I felt surprisingly well while moving, though very nausious when statonary. I was grateful to Woo for getting me up off my ass and out of the hotel, as it would have been a wasted day otherwise.

We went to Akihabara, which is also known as tech town. Woo wanted to buy a camera, and this was the place to come. Akihabara probably has an area as big as Perth city, totally devoted to tech stuff. Awesome.

We got some food at a little Japanese place that served Gyoza (Japanese Dumplings) They were delicious, though not as good as Belle used to make.

We looked at lots of camera places, Woo finally decided on an Olympus shock proof model. And then he forced the Japanese salesman to throw in a free 8gig memory card.

Before we got to Japan we heard stories of the Vending machines. How you could buy everything from hot meals to used underwear. Well, we have yet to see any of that. They are everywhere, but they are just drinks (some have beer) and cigarettes. Although last night in Akihabara I wanted a drink, walked up to the vending machine, only to find it sold food in a can. Like peas and sausages.... in a can. hmmmmm not what I was looking for...

We walked into a little coffee shop near the train station and went to sit down at the counter, the lady informed us we needed to buy a ticket for food. There was a ticket machine near the front door, but unfortunately it was all in Japanese. Woo and I looked at each other and laughed, and then decided to meekly leave the shop.

We got back to the Hotel in Shinigawa a bit before 10pm. We thought it might be worth exploring the hotel itself, as Woo had read somewhere that it had a bowling alley.

We went to the bowling alley (which is massive. 40 lanes on each floor, and two floors...) but it was closing at ten. There was a little video game arcade there, so I had a quick go on a bongo drum game. Kind of like Guitar Hero, but you bash a drum. Very fun, and full of crazy Japanese characters and screaming voices.

We then continued to explore the hotel. It has a cinema, a few clubs. And Aquaworld. Like a mini seaworld show arena with dolphins and seals and stuff.

Then we walked North of the hotel. The opposite to where we had looked around Shinigawa on the first day while wewere waiting for check-in. It had heaps of stuff. TGI fridays, and other hotels and places to eat and drink.

We were a bit hungry by the stage, so we stopped at a place called "Outback Steakhouse". Yeah, you guessed it. An aussie themed restaraunt. It was actually pretty decent, although we didn't get a discount for being true blue aussie blokes.

Something we learned. Explore both sides of the area around your hotel. And possibly the hotel itself.....

After eating we headed back to our hotel, with the plan being to go to sleep reasonably early in order to get up and go to the famous Tokyo fish market the next morning.

I've been here a few days, and these are some things you should know about Tokyo.

The women are freaking gorgeous. You dont go 50m without seeing a smoking hottie.
There are very few bins, although the streets are very clean.
There are no public toilets, although nearly every place where you can buy food or drinks will have a toilet. Or if you are really busting, just go into Macdonalds and use theirs. Thats what we've done. The golden arches might as well be a symbol for "toilet" in Japanese.
Train system is exceptionally easy to use, it runs on time and is very clean.

Thats it for now. Sore Dewa mata (see you later)