Let's go to Akihabara

Thursday was a national holiday, so we had no school, and we decided to venture to Akihabara, the electronics district of Tokyo. Akihabara is... an experience. I have a lot of FEELINGS about Akihabara, and not all of them are good, but I don't think I'll go into that too deeply here because this is primarily a picture blog and also because I feel like some of these pictures can illustrate the reasons for my feelings fairly accurately.

The following pictures illustrate what I like about Akihabara.

Arcades!

A guy with a ferret!

Game stores!

All sorts of electronics shops!

The Gundam cafe!

The next pictures (and accompanying video -- watch at your own risk) accurately describe the things I DON'T like about Akihabara:

The commodification of young girls! (Please see here for additional info)

More objectification!

This is why we can't have nice things.

All that aside, though, I did end up having a very enjoyable afternoon with Margaret and Eric, even though I had to leave early because I got a headache (I forgot how NOISY Akihabara is). Here are the remaining pictures from the day!

Wearing my Star Wars shirt to Akiba. LIKE A PRO.

The view upon leaving the train station

We found a shrine!

Another view. It was pretty.

Not sure what I'll be up to next weekend, but I'll probably hit up a museum or go exploring or yarn shopping or something. I'll let you know. :)