623 wrote...
I live in Tokyo. In Shibuya actually. And everything everyone's said so far will drain your wallet so fast you will be gone in 3 days. Let me tell you why:
-real yukatas cost at least, like, $150. You can get cheap shit ones for like $40.
-katanas...duh they're expensive
-Tokyo is different from the rest of Japan so you can get away with being American for the most part with young people
-there's no sales tax or tipping in Japan. don't even do a voluntary tip they don't take it (these are actually good things for your wallet)
-maid cafes are actually pretty expensive too--it's about $10 to get in, then the food is around $20-$40 depending, but still go to at least one--I don't disagree
-run-of-the-mill love hotels are at least $70 for only a half an hour or so and if you go over the time limit you have to pay another $50
-soap lands are just as, if not more, expensive than love hotels, probably adding up to over $100 depending on what you want them to do to you
Anyway, I know some cool bars around Shibuya and this store in Akihabara that has slightly used figures that are super cheap. My friend got an Asuka figure still in the box for only $10 and you can't even tell the difference from a new one. There's also a normal figure store that's like 5 stories high. Suffice to say, Akihabara is an awesome place in general for geeking out. Oh yeah in terms of train groping, you'd have to go on the subway. I take the train all the time and it's not crowded, but the subway is probably the crowded place.
were you talking about Rajikan in Akiba? it's true it has one store that has all Revoltech figures but sometimes when you want to search some obscure stuffs,you can find some at around the end of Chuo street or at Ura Akiba.even though the prize could get way expensive than you bargained for.
since 623 already gave some tips,i don't have anything to add for now.
but if you wanted to visit Mandarake other than in Akiba,you can go to the one in Nakano since i remembered Jacob were hauling some huge bags full of doujins back when he asked me for being the guide for Winter Comiket last year.
and speaking of Comiket,too bad you can only visit for 2 weeks because if you stayed long enough till August,i can give you some tour during the Comiket......if you have the stamina and can endure the battlefield that is.
it's held at August 10th-12th but if you want to have the Catalog,it'll be on sale from July 20th and if you buy it at Tora no Ana bookstore,you can get some delicious freebies for it.