Department store food

Today we hit Shibuya Crossing - one of thenbusiest cross walks in the world (2pm well out of rush hour).

Then Akihabra (aka Electric Town) the most hyper Japanese place on the planet. Words cannot explain. Only videos. See below. 

Finally, Ginza station for dinner and a peek at Tokyo lights at night.

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At Shibuya is a department store where previously Matt treated me to what was then the best sushi of my life. Previously it was 7-eleven Teady-made sushi. Previous to that was a $300 tab at a sushi place called Kinki in Ottawa. 

Sadly the girls are not up to sushi. So we got them dumplings and noodles. 






Then to Akihabra - video game town. There was a pit stop in the subway for bathroom and canned coffee. Excellent canned coffee. The girls tried a grape drink. 




We went directly to the Sega arcade in Akihabra. The VR games (7th floor) were only for kids 13 years and older. Girls were disappointed. 

We proceeded to the 1,000,000 decibel music game level (6th floor). Josephine tried her chops on the piano game. She did pretty good!  Check out the person on her right who probably paid 4x more in archade coinage for their skills and probably can’t play a real piano. 😜. Still darn impressive and makes us “Round Eyes” look like we belong in the short bus. 




All in all it was a great day. Tokyo is amazing. You can spend $30/day on food or $3000 - your call. But as a westerner is is just amazing to see the level of efficientcy and planning operating on so many levels everywhere. 

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