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| AKB at 9 p.m.at night |
After the ancient art of Kabuki, we decided to round out our Japanese experience with a visit to the Akihabara (AKB) district of Tokyo, a weird wonderful mix of manga, arcades, and electronics. Manga are Japanese comics and cartoons, and it's big business. We wondered into the first manga shop we saw off the JR train station. It was seven floors of manga books and merchandise, including comic themed snacks. I was thinking of buying one of these snacks, but the line for the cashier was practically out the door. The store was filled to the brim with well, geeks.
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Benjamin surrounded by 100% Manga
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AKB is also home to the AKB48, an all girl group, and "MaidDreamin," a chain of restaurants with waitresses dressed as maids who serve food in the shape of bunnies and other cute creatures. The restaurants had a few maids stand on the street handing out brochures. They looked very cold.
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| Another billboard clad building in AKB. Note the advertisement for girl group AKB 48. |
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