Blogs from Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 3

Continuando com o relato nipónico, outra área essencial para quem quer sentir o delírio e epicentro da cultura anime é Akihabara (ou Akiba em diminutivo). As lojas de desconto e segunda mão são bons sítios para se comprar merchandise, cds e dvds a bons preços, excelentes preços por vezes. Foi em Akiba que jogámos dance dance revolution e fomos a um maid cafe. Nos salões de jogos um sujeito que chegasse lá e começasse a jogar muito bem era logo rodeado por um monte de pessoas que o tentavam filmar e tirar fotos com o telemóvel. *crazy japanese people* sim, em Tokyo há sítios onde é possível percepcionar a loucura dos tokyohitas, eles não tentam esconder a sua loucura, eles tentam sistematizá-la, formalizá-la e dar-lhe uma estética, de forma a integrar todo o restante sistema. Isto ... read more

We left Yamanaka and took a old train towards Gotenba to catch the Shinkansen to Tokyo. It was a lovely train journey passing by all these lovely houses up in the hills that had vegetable patches in the front garden. The train journey took just under a couple of hours and then we took the Shinkansen to Tokyo which took just over an hour. We both had chosen to go to the neighborhood of Akihabara that is situated in the Northern area of Tokyo. It is known as the electric district of Tokyo for all the electrical stores that are based there and also for the sleeping capsule hotels there. We went and reserved a capsule each for two nights for around £40 each a night. The capsules themselves are very spacey with a T.V and ... read more

Yokoso Japan It was a usual day in office for myself & Sonu. She was transitioning frm her erstwhile NA Equities team to EMEA Swaps Team for a week or so. And then that day she same timed me & told me she has something very imp to tell me. We decided to catch up in Bandstand breakout area. There she told me that she was being asked if she is willing to go to Tokyo for a approx. a month long migration of Asia FX MO/Accounting functions.We both were excited initially abt the thought of she visiting Tokyo and possibly me too for a week or so.But need of that time was to arrieve at a decision of yes or no.And it doesnt took us long to decide in favour.Siddhath Dhanjani who manages Global Rates ... read more

Ahoj,vola Tokyo.Vcera som uz nestihol nic napisat bo som prisiel neskoro, tak to napravam teraz rano.Vcerajsi den nezacal prijemne.Asi do jedenastej prsalo, tak sa nedalo nikam ist.Bol som aspon nieco nakupit na ranajky/obed a veru moc zaujimave veci maju v obchodoch.Okrem aj u nas beznych a identifikovatelnych protravin aj vselijake hlavonozce - cerstve aj susene (miestna lahodka je chapadlo z chobotnice), a neidentifikovatelne rastliny.Mal som vecer rezance s "cimsi" takymto a boli fajne.Problemikom v obchodoch byva, ze na nicom nie su anglicke napisy, takze treba trosku odvahy.Kupil som aj akesi cukrovinky plnene asi sojovym kremom a chutili skor ako surove cesto.Zjedol som dva, nic sa nestalo, tak som zjedol aj zvysne dva...veru dost zaujimave.V jedalnach, stankoch a restauraciach je objednavanie pomerne jednoduche, vsade su obrazky alebo verne plastove makety ponukanych jedal.Na ti... read more

Wow, I had heard that this place was expensive, but it is completely insane. You can't breath here without paying. It is a crazy hectic, fast paced city, where everyone is in a hurry. Such a change from the Asia from which we just left. In Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, life is a slow calm pace. A, when it happens it will happen type of attitude. Not so here......we arrived amidst rush hour, and caught the train from the airport to Tokyo city center. We are staying at the Shanagawa Prince hotel, which was the only available place under 200 bucks a night. Seriously. So the place is some kind of entertainment resort full of eateries, bars bowling alleys, (over 80 lanes), and completed with a Dolphin aqua center and show, oh and a huge theater ... read more