{"id":1006,"date":"2007-12-24T21:18:31","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T13:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2007\/12\/24\/lost-in-asakusa\/"},"modified":"2008-10-19T12:13:01","modified_gmt":"2008-10-19T04:13:01","slug":"lost-in-asakusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2007\/12\/24\/lost-in-asakusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost in Asakusa"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m now lying in my bunk bed at K’s House Tokyo<\/a> in Asakusa<\/a>. We just reached Tokyo this morning after an overnight transit flight via Bangkok.<\/p>\n

Tokyo Day 1<\/a><\/p>\n

After leaving our luggage at the hostel, the group of us proceeded to take a long walk (longer than it should be due to various detours) to Akihabara. Pictures after the break.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Photos are in chronological order. (More or less.)<\/p>\n

Airport to Hostel<\/h3>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTrain to Tokyo from Narita Airport<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nMiscellaneous buildings near our hostel<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nMore miscellaneous buildings<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nFallen leaves<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nLook, it’s sakura!<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThe source of the fallen leaves<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThe twilight zone — or when I forgot to set white balance<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTrain tracks<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nCamera over shoulder<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nCamera is heavy<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nKitties!<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nCoffee<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nNice boats<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nTraffic accident tallies for yesterday<\/p>\n

Akihabara<\/h3>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nRobots in disguise!<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nLost hope<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nAkihabara main street closed to traffic due to holiday<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nBut not many cosplayers as it’s not Sunday<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nSofmap; new Yamigawa building to be photoshopped in soon<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThe Akiba wanderers<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nAnimate<\/a> — now in orange!<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThe pathway to heaven<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nChild abuse<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\naipoddo<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nFlesh sin and general decadence abound<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThe giants of Akiba<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nI want to catch this in cinemas<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nKonata is big<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nIt’s 4pm and the sun is setting<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nNyo~<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nThose signs are each about three-floors tall<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\ntoki wo kakeru konata<\/em><\/p>\n

Back in Asakusa<\/h3>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nJR Asakusa-bashi Station<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nAnpanman<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nDoraemon<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nUltraman<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nKamen Mask Rider<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nSD Gundam<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nNighttime<\/p>\n

Bandai’s headquarters used to be in Asakusa and they still maintain a presence here in the form of two office buildings. We happened to pass by them during our after-dinner stoll. May drop by again later during office hours to look at their showcases.<\/p>\n

As for the title of this post: we lost our way for 15 minutes or so during our little night stroll. It was an interesting experience…<\/p>\n

Heading to Tsukiji fish market in the morning tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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