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ezurbub

Japan - Akihabara

Apr 10, 2007 23:58

Akihabara, aka Electric Town, is the Tokyo district famous for its incredible variety of electronic goods and for its steeeeeeeeep discounts. Not less than 25 years ago, folks across Tokyo came to Akihabara almost exclusively for great deals on household appliances, consumer electronics, etc. The opening of several major electronics stores (" ( Read more... )

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anywhereanyone April 11 2007, 06:18:21 UTC

I love that pink vehicle. I for some reason pictured Tristan driving that on lower wacker.

ezurbub April 11 2007, 15:30:41 UTC

lol...he said he'd be happy to drive it. :)

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ezurbub April 11 2007, 15:41:20 UTC

OMG...worse. lol. And it wasn't the smell that was so bad (we had ours served at a restaurant in Shibuya in a soup that had LOTS of gooey stuff in it...so maybe that cut down on the smell?), it was the consistency...holy cow. It was like a giant lump of rotting, congealed snot ("here, eat this!") We tasted it once, paused to find our centers, tasted it again and realized, "Nope. Nah gahn do it." Our friends in Nagoya said even the Japanese consider it an acquired taste, so I guess we shouldn't feel too bad, lol...

rebeccamarie April 11 2007, 17:12:44 UTC

heh, i was just reading a little article about nato. it looked really tasty in the picture, so i'm really glad i read this. maybe i'll wait on trying that..

ezurbub April 11 2007, 18:07:40 UTC

If ever looks have been deceiving...

I don't know that there is much else like it, so it's probably worth at least ONE go...but, yah, definitely proceed with caution.

projectsen April 11 2007, 15:31:55 UTC

Japanese Fine Burger? FRESHNESS Burger!? Haha. I like those names.

Great photos!

~sen

ezurbub April 11 2007, 15:50:13 UTC

Yah...we HAD to eat at Freshness Burger just for the name, lol. I generally dislike fast food, particularly when on vacation, but MOS was actually pretty tasty...Fine Burger, indeed. ha.

Full disclosure ezurbub April 11 2007, 16:28:53 UTC

Wait...I'm not a huge fan of fast food EXCEPT for McD fries, of which I can't ever get enough...

Which reminds me...I thought the Freshness Burger fries were great, better than the MOS fries. But the MOS burger was, by far, superior to Freshness.

anandaphoenix April 17 2007, 15:30:49 UTC

My goodness, the lightbulb vendor photo is certainly staggering and vivid! (In a really good way mind you.)