Nihon - Day 5

Day 5 - Akihabara and Ginza

Well the plan was for Akihabara anyway, sort of fell apart when i exited the subway and realised I had left my printouts back at the hotel. BUMMER!

I did have a quick look in a big department store though.
On the sixth floor was thosands and thousands of Manga! Also on this floor was tower records, a cd shop. I bought a cosplay magazine and a manga called "cat shit one" with little commando animals on the cover. I wont be able to read this but I just couldn't leave it in the shop, not with a cover like that!
I also bought some JReggae and an anthems cd from tower records.

I then hopped back on the subway and headed back to Ginza.

The subway exited straight into a busy department store and eventually when I found my way out I was right on the main drag of Ginza.
This place also has all the big name shops in it, right on this street. I saw the apple store as soon as i exited the department store, another louis vitton and a Swarovksi store.

I want inside Ito-ya a multi-story stationary store and bought a few things. However, when i came out of the store the entire street had been closed off to traffic and tables and chairs where being set up in the middle of the road.

I headed back down the street, making my way to Shimbashi station and found the Toy Park. 6 floors of beeping, singing, barking, purring, laughing and music toys. The first floor was crazy! so much happy noise! and Halloween! "this is halloween, halloween, halloween".

I put some coins into this bizzare machine that photographed my face then made a little plastic copy of it. You then pick a body from the selection and take your face up to the counter and tell them the number and they stick your little face onto the little body you selected! I chose a pink panda. So strange and so cool!

The second floor had soft toys, disney merch and ghibli toys. I bought a cat bus! (I know...... I'm going to the ghibli museum monday why buy stuff now? well peeps this frees up more money to spend at the museum.) I got some tokens when i paid for my stuff which I assume was for the games part on the top level, but I never went all the way up. Too many toys!

I got some alice in wonderland stuff and a present for my bro and some halloween stuff. I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!

I had some strange, but delicious, burger with potato salad in it for lunch. Then headed back to the hotel for an early day.

They are setting some things up on the street around my hotel, which i assume has something to do with the autumn festivaties, but cannot find any info on this.

Tomorrow is harajuku part 2!