Day 7: I might as well live here

Sweet breakfast again today. Man I missed sugar. I did not know when I booked the apartment that Asakusa was known for Japanese sweets. Headed to Akiba again because I love it.

I went to a maid cafe and it was awesome. It is calledhome, I went to the first floor. The maids were all super cute. They could tell I am otaku and talked to me in (broken) English. The food was okay. I ordered omurice , did not quite look like it SHOULD, but the maid Drew a bear and it WAS super cute. I'm thinking I SHOULD Go back on Christmas though it'll probably BE super busy. I think I ' ll try maidreamin next.

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Day 6: Chichibu Festival

So many food stalls. I ate kurage and Takoyaki and
Zaku zaku and taiyaki and yakisoba and what I think was imagawayaki with a strange green filling. With warm sweet sake. Yum.

Girl kept staring at me until I smiled at her, then she came up to me to practice English.

And floats.
And.
Fireworks on way home that shook the train.

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Day 5

Knees hurt. Relax. Conbini food.

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Day 4: Losing track of days

Tokyo DisneySea in the nighttime, so what to do during the day? AKIHABARA. Second time here, still not nearly enough. Amazing how many stores they can pack into these small spaces. Japanese really know how to utilize space efficiently. If you're into something nerdy or techy, there is literally nothing you can't find here. 90% of the things I order online can be found in this one small district, plus many more I never seen nor sought out.

Tired of walking. Ate a delicious crepe. Had Mos Burger, kurage sandwich. It was good, not great. Want to try rice patty but it needed meat.

Those who said short lines at Tokyo DisneySea at night lie. Unless its a bad ride.

Ate a smoked chicken leg and a sausage gyoza bun.

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Day 3: Shinjuku

Headed to Shinjuku to see the Robot Restaurant show that evening. While waiting, hit up some arcades, visited Shin-Ōkubo, japan's Koreatown.

Kabukicho is part of Shinjuku, gets kinda sketchy (for Japan) at night, but that's where the robots are.

Robot show was totally bonkers. Too loud. Looked like it was cobbled together at times (though so many costumes, would like to meet who made them), but the performances were really good. Think of a live performance of an 80s Japanese B-movie cross JRPG,  complete with lousy effects, cheesey dialogue, lasers, and monster battles. I think I even heard Attack on Titan music at one point. Didn't eat, sushi bento no thanks. Totally awesome, would definitely recommend, one of those things truely that can only be seen in Japan, mostly gaijin, but even some Japanese people came. No need to book early shows online, get tickets at door,  not even close to full. Not sure about late shows or weekends.

Ate melon bread and pudding (like an anime school girl) and they were delicious.

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Day 2: kaminarimon, sensoji, Akihabara

There was a fair (festival?) featuring food from Fukushima. Ate a whole bunch. Visited the temple, drew for luck. Highschool girls interviewed gaijin for school. Headed to Akihabara. Ran into hobby shop right outside train station. Of course had to buy stuff, I'd be broke if I lived near one, all the paints and supplies for any kit or model in one place. Proceeded up and down many stores. Animate. Sofmap. Gamed in Taito and Sega arcade. UFO machines are addicting, they know what they're doing. Not enough time, need to go back.

Tried calpis, was delicious.

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First meal in Japan

So I had planned to eat at BK while here in Japan because I heard it's different. I didn't now it be my first bite of food after stepping off the plane, but it turned out it was literally right outside the subway exit where I was supposed to meet with up with my apartment renter and I had some time to kill, so... It was good, actually it tasted really good after traveling for so long to get here. The differences: I can't recall what Whoppers taste like in America because its been so long, but it definitely wasn't smothered in this much ketchup and mayo (they taste different btw: the ketchup tasted less sweet and more tangy, and we already love Japanese mayo back home). The proper way to eat a burger in Japan isn't to unwrap the whole thing but just enough to bite (i.e. how we eat burritos) and know I know why. Good thing I packed napkins. I think its so saucey because the patty is drier, but again, hard to remember.

Also tried Pocari Sweat from a vending machine in the airport (like Gatorade).

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