Japan Trip 2013 - Akihabara Night Visit
It was already about 11pm once we settled down in our hostel. Our first destination of the night was to visit Akihabara which was about 1.5 kilometres away by foot. The weather forecast was spot on as the skies opened up to a torrential downpour once we were about to start our journey. The tiny umbrellas were certainly not enough to keep us dry. Nevertheless my group still marched on to Akihabara despite the heavy rain.
By the time we reached our destination, we were already pretty much drenched and very hungry. Our first stop of the night was some ramen shop nearby the Akihabara JR station. This has got to be the best ramen I've ever tasted in my life. A plus point for this shop is that the worker knows how to speak Mandarin so we could at least communicate with him on what's the best choices of ramen.
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| Vending machine to place your order |
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| BEST RAMEN EVER! |
The ramen in Japan is really so much better than the ones back in Malaysia. Not forgetting the price is also cheaper than a typical Japanese restaurant. The soup and the materials is just so much better. After the hearty meal we then continued to explore parts of Akihabara. Sadly most of the shops that we planned to visit that night were closed. :(
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| Designated place to smoke. Impressive |
So the only place that we managed to visit was Don Quijote. Basically it's a mini supermarket in a building. Every floor there are different things that you can buy at a relatively cheap price (for the Japanese). This shop is not unique to Akihabara though as it has many branches all around Tokyo.
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| Lolita fashion |
I bought 2 boxes of Gatsby hair wax (¥896) and 2 packets of Green Tea Kit Kat (¥596). These items were on sale hence they were very, very cheap. At about 1am we then depart back to our hostel to end the night, for awhile.
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