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Light Saber Chopsticks

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:07:31 -0700

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...these light saber chopsticks! They were much cheaper at the toy store than they are online.

Uniqlo in Akihabara

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:09 -0700

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To wrap up the evening, I went to another Uniqlo and gave them more of my money.

My Dinner at Pepper Lunch

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:08 -0700

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For dinner, I went to another place I had heard so much about called Pepper Lunch. It's good quality cuts of beef served raw in an iron hot bowl. It was incredibly delicious, and as you can see, they do use a lot of pepper. Yummy!

Gashapon

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:08 -0700

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After Mandarake, I went inside Yodobashi-Akiba. Man, I wish we had an electronics store like that in Seattle. It has everything you could possible need. Saw tons of these "gashapon," which deliver little toys in plastic balls. Obviously we have similar things in the States, but these have much cooler things inside.

Kotoura-san Animate Employee

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:07 -0700

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I was so giddy to see this standee of Kotoura-san as an Animate employee promoting the release of the DVD. She's pretty adorable in her "koshi koshi koshi" mode.

K-On Merch in Animate

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:07 -0700

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I went into Animate as it was closed the previous night and found their K-On section. Unfortunately, there wasn't really anything I wanted there, but it was the most I had seen so far. A lot of the K-On merch is gone because it has been out for a while now.

AKB48 Cafe & Shop

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:06 -0700

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Sorry for the smearing on this picture as the camera lens on my phone must have been smudged, but I wanted to mention AKB48 really quick. They are a J-Pop group that I've featured on my top three before. AKB48 has 91 female singers in it. Producer Yasushi Akimoto wanted to create a girl group that, unlike a regular pop group, would have its own theatre and perform there on a daily basis, kind of like Broadway musicals. I tried to get tickets, but it's a lottery format and I wasn't lucky enough.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Display

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:06 -0700

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There was a neat display for Space Battleship Yamato 2199 at Akihabara Station.

Ultraman Figures

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:05 -0700

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Ultraman figures that I bet Andrew would have liked.

Torii Gates in Ueno Park

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:04 -0700

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Torii gates in Ueno Park.

Ueno Park Main Path

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:03 -0700

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That doesn't mean I stopped taking pictures. I was able to use my much more manageable Windows Phone to get more shots. This is that main path in Ueno that I mentioned earlier that I bet looks gorgeous when the cherry blossoms are out.

Prince Komatsu Akihito

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:02 -0700

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Bronze statue of Prince Komatsu Akihito in Ueno Park.

Whale

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:01 -0700

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Having a whale of a time in Ueno Park.

Ueno Station from Ueno Park

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:01 -0700

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Ueno Station from Ueno Park.

Steps to Ueno Park

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:00 -0700

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Steps up to Ueno Park.

Ichiran Ramen

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:00 -0700

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After your ramen arrives, a bamboo curtain is lowered so that you can enjoy your ramen in peace. It's truly a different way to consume ramen in a restaurant. The benefits are that you can slurp away as loud as your want without other looking at you. Slurping ramen is a normal thing, yet women seem to still be embarrassed about it, so they love places like Ichiran. Also, if you're visiting the restaurant solo like me, it's a nice way to not make you feel like so much of a loner. And the ramen is top-notch. Really tasty, highly recommended!

Water and Button at Ichiran

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:01:59 -0700

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Water is free and each cube has their own little tap. That red button in the background is pressed when you want to call the server to you. Also, if you purchase the kaedama option, you get a small dish that you place on top of this button to get a refill of noodles as long as at least half of your broth is left.

Ichiran Card

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:01:58 -0700

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Ichiran is a unique ramen shop in that you sit by yourself at a tiny thin cubicle. There are dividers on both sides of you, which can be removed if you are there with one other person, but I never saw anyone do it. You buy a meal ticket at a vending machine and then fill out this card circling what you would like or not like in your bowl of ramen.

Fujiya

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:01:58 -0700

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The Fujiya building in Ginza.

The Sony Building

nobody@flickr.com (camknows) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:01:57 -0700

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The Sony Building in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.