Headed to work this morning did lessons till 1 and then had a bunch of open slots till 5:30 so my friend Mason and I headed to Akihabara the electronics town of Tokyo. For some reason French people love Anime and there are always a lot in Akihabara looking for that specific show or figure of their favorite character, such dorks. Akihabara is known for "Otaku" which is a word that means "house" in Japanese and generally refers to people who are obsessed with Anime, computers, or video games. Akihabara is a interesting part of Tokyo that is popular with cos-play fans and home of the Maid Cafe, coffee shops where all the servers are dressed as maids and use very respectful Japanese almost as if the customer was a king. Anyhow we stopped at Mr. Donuts and stopped at a store where Mason picked up a accessory for his Nintendo DS.
After that I headed back to work did my lesson and Mason and I headed to Shinjuku in search of a restaurant for him to take his girlfriend to on Christmas. Tokyo has more variety in places to eat than probably anywhere in the world. Of course there are chain restaurants but there is also an abundance of non-chain restaurants that often have to set themselves apart with more than just their food. Since I had been to Issa in Shinjuku I recommended it and it looked like a good option but they had a "special Christma
s menu" which was about $80 per person so we checked out a couple other places in the building but the other ones that looked good were booked up on Christmas. Christmas is a big holiday for couples in Japan and if you want to eat at a good restaurant on Christmas it's best to make reservations a month or more in advance. Next we headed to the 45th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building and checked the restaurant there which was awesome and had a live Piano player and singer but of course was booked up. Since it was about 10:00 and we still hadn't found a place that worked we looked around at the other buildings for places that looked good. The Sumitomo building near by has the top four floors filled with restaurants so we headed down and back up. We headed to the top at the 52nd floor and worked our way around and down finding out that most places were booked up, had a extra expensive Christmas menu or just didn't have the right atmosphere. Finally we found a place on the 49th floor called at Win & Dining and it was really nice. Headed home and got some sleep.
s menu" which was about $80 per person so we checked out a couple other places in the building but the other ones that looked good were booked up on Christmas. Christmas is a big holiday for couples in Japan and if you want to eat at a good restaurant on Christmas it's best to make reservations a month or more in advance. Next we headed to the 45th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building and checked the restaurant there which was awesome and had a live Piano player and singer but of course was booked up. Since it was about 10:00 and we still hadn't found a place that worked we looked around at the other buildings for places that looked good. The Sumitomo building near by has the top four floors filled with restaurants so we headed down and back up. We headed to the top at the 52nd floor and worked our way around and down finding out that most places were booked up, had a extra expensive Christmas menu or just didn't have the right atmosphere. Finally we found a place on the 49th floor called at Win & Dining and it was really nice. Headed home and got some sleep.
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