No Postcards in Akihabara

The weekend was great. Capoeira on Saturday was lots of fun. We made a big roda and practiced playing the instruments. My little finger is still sore from playing the berimbau. BTW, Lucien told me some of his experiences driving in Japan. Seems like Japanese drivers are not as polite as I thought they were. And I also learned that Japanese use the same word for different and for wrong. I also heard that there is no word for privacy in Japanese… talking about cultural differences... it seems that a customer can’t just put the money in the money tray (the clerk will ignore it – even if it’s the exact amount) what is required is to point at it (I had another similar experience to the one mentioned in my previous post). Well I guess I’ll be able to report more on Japanese culture after a few more months here.

On Sunday I went to Tokyo to buy a second hand guitar in Ochanomizu. It is an amazing place. There is one music store right next to the other. Each of them is so full you can hardly walk through the aisles. Anyway, I got a more or less cheap (Yamaha steal string acoustic) guitar now, and my fingertips are sore :-)
Here is a picture of my new roommate.



And here are two pictures of Tokyo. The first one I took in Ginza. I guess that is where the snobs go shopping. (And where there is a huge Yamaha instrument shop.)



And this picture I took in Akihabara. That’s where the final stop of the Tsukuba Express is, and that is where I couldn’t find any postcards (but an umbrella). Akihabara is amazing too. You’ll find high-end laptops (and digital cameras, and network equipment) in small stores on the streets right next to umbrellas for 500 Yen. There is high-tech everywhere, and so many people that I had a hard time moving around with my new guitar.