Akihabara

I can sum up Akihabara in two word:

electronics and porn

And with that, here's the limited photos I took:

That's actually a skin-colored body suit, which I think my flash in my camera picked up. But these two people (yes, there's a guy in the gundam suit) were inside the Akiba Department Store.

A picture of one of the areas in Akihabara. Took me awhile to find it... I came out of the train on the other side.

And this is um... one of those stores. I made it up about 1/2 a floor before I turned right back around desperately wanting to laugh at the sheer perverseness of it all.

So... I get the feeling Akihabara is a place a girl shouldn't walk around in alone. Especially at night. Definitely almost walked in to a Maid Bar... and not the cutsey one, mind you. And then there's that store I walked into, thinking it might be a cosplay store like in Harajuku.

But my experience of Akihabara? Lots of porn and anime porn everywhere.

Although I will say in Akiba Department Store, it would be heaven to few friends I know (Hi Danielle!). An entire floor dedicated to photography with sections devoted entirely to Canon users. As well as others. But that was where I was. ^_^

But yeah, I can't say it was too special going. Mostly b/c it was pouring (those photos were taken between 3:00PM and 5:00PM) or threatening rain. So less people around. There were porns shops, and electronic stores... and food. I love electronics. I guess if I was only here a week, I would definitely take advantage of all the duty free shops and discount electronic items, but for the most part, I'm sick of shopping. Seems to be the only thing you can do here. Time for a change, yes?

Anyone know of where I can see some temples?