Akihabara – our last day in Tokyo

We didn’t want to go far on our last day and so headed to Akihabara just a 5 minute train ride away.

This is a district in central Tokyo famous for electronic goods and is the centre for the anime and manga culture.

Akihabara is also the major centre for J-Pop the teen music industry.

Diane was doing her best to mix it with the all girl teen bands!
Plenty of small electronics shops and thousands of vending machines.
The area also has plenty of ‘maid cafes’ where the waitresses are dressed up as French maids and chat with customers whilst serving their food.
Maid cafe in Akihabara
Plenty of big multi floor electronic stores
This store was selling second hand cameras
Thousands of pre owned video games
These were £2 each
Action figures were everywhere, this shop had an original Robbie the robot giant toy from the 1960s.
In the huge amusement centres were rows and rows of slot machines, the noise was deafening.
Freshly baked donuts and cakes
In one store Diane spotted a super fridge but Gary was not impressed.
Smoking is not allowed in the street and I noticed this sign on a door
Inside was a smoking room!
And so, too soon we were on the 10.33 train back to the airport
Plenty of legroom
The tower we visited a couple of weeks ago was shrouded in cloud on a dull rainy day

And that was it. A long tiring journey ahead of us as we thought back over a super 3 weeks in Japan. Time to plan my next holiday!

TTFN

Bibbley

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Recently taken early retirement and taking the time to travel and tick off items in my bucket list.

2 thoughts on “Akihabara – our last day in Tokyo”

  1. It certainly was a truly amazing trip, and so pleased that we joined you, truly amazing lots of fun and laughter along the way,, thank you Bob x

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