Shinjuku
Today, after class we went to the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government Building to see a panoramic view of Tokyo. It was really cool to see
the city that way. They had a map pointing out the main landmarks. I’d like to
go back at night to the North tower and see what it looks like then. There was
too much fog to see Mt Fuji. I am hoping to go there when we get our JR pass
the last week. Its about 3 hours away from our hostel. I’d also like to go to
the amusement park there and ride some roller coasters….its been way too long.
BIC Camera, Superstore
I had no idea BIC Camera was a mall in itself. One of my classmates
needed to get a SIM card there, so I just assumed it only had things like that.
We were trying to stay together as a class so we could do our assignment
together, so I decided to go here too.
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We had trouble finding it, so I used Google Translate (love it!) to ask someone. Let me tell you, Japanese people are so helpful! If I could draw better, I'd design a cute superhero to represent how amazingly helpful and nice they are. An employee from a different store gave us directions. As we were walking off, she realized she gave us the wrong directions, so she ran after us and walked us in the right direction. This is not the first time this has happened and I know it won't be the last. I can't think of a time in the US where this has happened to me. There is some great customer service in the US, but I don't believe someone would leave their post and walk me to where I needed to go.
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I'm glad I went to BIC, because its incredible
the things I saw there. It has 4 or 5 floors separated into categories such as
Electronics, Video Games, Housewares, and Clothing. I just went to the
Electronics floor and the Video games/Toys floor. I was amazed to find a
cassette-CD combo player, and it was about $40!
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Then I pretty much stayed in the toys section the rest of
the time. We had to compare US products to Japanese products, so it was easy
for me to pick out things here (I have a 6 yr old daughter). They have LEGO “Elves”
here, which I just discovered via Google that it is in the US too. It’s a new
theme for 2015. I haven’t seen it in the stores in Nashville yet, but they are
on Target’s and Amazon’s sites.
They pretty much have the same LEGO toys here, but I did see a few things different like this "Creator" Edition.
The neatest thing in there was the arcade area for kids. Its just so different looking from the states. Check it out. This is just one side of it. My memory was too full to do any more video.
Mario and Lugi gum
Stopping real quick at a mini convenience shop in the
station, I see lots of unique things. I forgot to take a picture of my hello
kitty water, but here’s a picture of some Mario and Luigi gum.
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