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Ducky Duck
the restaurant's we had lunch at Our sixth day we started off a little sluggish. Once we finally got some steam we headed out to grab some lunch as it was right around 11:00am. We went to a place called Ducky Duck, which didn’t have any English menus or very good English speaking staff so it was a bit tricky, for Steve anyway. Shawn and I simply pointed out what we wanted and somehow I lucked out getting some kind of lunch special which was meal, chocolate cake (damn that was some good cake) and a drink all for one low price, wohooo! Shawn got some pasta with shrimp and fresh cubed mozzarella, while Steve got a plain pizza with some basil on it. Next we were off visit Akihabara Electric Town. We weren’t overly impressed with most of the shops but there was a really cool one that was several stories tall, complete with an Xbox 360 hooked to a 65” high definition TV (talk about heaven) we ended up sampling the game Devil May Cry 4 which was cool. They had a whole floor dedicated to cel phones and damn they have some awesome stuff in that category. Too bad they don’t work here
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menu, no english version in the states, at least for another 3-5 years.
As we were killing time until we met up with a friend of a friend, Yuriko, we decided to take in the Tokyo Anime Center to see what it had to offer. Not a whole lot was going on there. Some statues of popular characters were on hand as well as how some anime sequences are created. There were a bunch of story boards but we had no idea what they said and going just from pictures was a little tough to decipher. There was a pretty big shop filled with a large assortment of different character items.
By the time we were done goofing around there it was time to meet up with Yuriko to go grab a bite. Luckily the three white American tourists were easy for her to spot. After the introductions she took us to the @ Home Café (http://www.cafe-athome.com/), which was a very interesting experience. Think of it something like good ole Hooters in the states, where everyone has a uniform. Only at this café, all the girls dress as maids. Upon being greeted “Welcome Home Master” in Japanese we were shown
to our seat where we were asked to remove our shoes and then have a seat on a big couch in a living room atmosphere. We were presented the menu and off the maid went. Upon being ready to order, we simply rung a small bell (I had the honor as it was next to my seat) and a maid came running to our service. The interesting thing was it was never the same maid. When they brought our food, they did a little chant to bless the food and asked us to join in. I forget exactly how the chant went, but we had to create a small heart with our hands and move it side to side. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed to be taken, yet we managed to sneak a few of our desserts when no one was looking J. Afterwards we perused the small gift shop where you could buy glossy pictures of any of the maids among other things. On the same floor as the café, you could buy your own maid outfit or any other kind of costume you could think of, hell if you wanted to dress up as a hamster they had
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shawns lunch a suit for you. Just browsing through the stuff was definitely a nice chuckle.
Next stop was the Kabuki Theater, unfortunately when we arrived there was already a line and we were like the 37,38 and 39th people in line. Needless to say they only had 40 available seats and some more people appeared in front of us. So we didn’t get to actually see a traditional Japanese play, which even the female roles are played by men. We did get to see the theater from the outside and it was very ornate. Getting a picture was tough as you had to do so from across the street and it was a rather busy street. I think we managed a couple good shots nonetheless. Since we were unable to get into the show we headed back to the subway station to jump on a train to the hotel to clean up and relax a bit before our 9:30pm dinner reservation. Along the way we saw a sweet ass mini cooper all tricked out. We also made a pit stop at a big ass toy store, Hakuhinkan Toy Park. it was several stories tall and had a bunch of
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steves lunch neat stuff in it. it was conveniently located next to our hotel too which was nice.
After relaxing for a while and freshening up, we headed out to the Roppongi area where we met Yuriko at the subway station and then we high tailed it to the restaurant in order to not miss our reservation. Apparently we walked a little too swiftly as we arrived early and had to wait for a bit, haha. The restaurant we went to was Gonpachi (http://www.gonpachi.jp/en/casual/home/index) and was very elegant. We got a nice second floor booth, where we had to remove our shoes yet again. The food was delicious. I had some yakitori, which are skewers, an opted for the pork, wasabi duck and minced chicken (that was nasty and dry) along with these croquets which were breaded with mashed potatoes and beef. I also stole a piece of Shawn’s swordfish which was highly delicious. Oddly enough there was no room for dessert, so back to the hotel for TV and sleep.
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Oh, I know who that cat guy is! He's very popular in China and Japan. His name is Doraemon ^^