My trip to Akihabara (video and pics inside!)

[y-bot]

Hmmm any price for that Bandai Vectrex?

I would guess it was $800-$1000. They're probably cheaper when they pop up on Ebay than what they want for it in retro shops in Japan. I've never been to the arcade floor of Super Potato, I can't believe I missed the Famicom throne. Hard Off rules and of course the name is hilarious. I love reusing their bags here in the US.

y-bot

[ooXxXoo]

Congrats on your trip to Japan!.....Am I the only one who started to feel sick by looking at all of those pics with all sort of games?...
If this is what heaven looks like, please count me in.....

[Volcanon]

A true Otaku takes the Shinjuku line to Iwamoto-cho, just so he can get to a station 2 minutes from Akihabara but pretend he wanted FROM A DISTANT STATION to get there.

[eskobar]

Thank you so much for sharing this experience

I am planning my travel to Japan for at least 8 years but the costs involved are still out of my budget

Hope to get there in my Honeymoon next year

[Iron Draggon]

I would think a true otaku would get there by bicycle... he has no life, right?

[ice1605]

They were sold out when I was there.

They were sold out when I was there, too. I got mine from a different store in Akiba. Anyway, I was in Japan last spring with two of my friends and my Japanese teacher. We stopped by Akiba, and we went to some of the awesome electronics stores, like Super Potato. I flew back to Columbus via Detroit, and when we had to go through security, they searched my bag (the AV Fami and the FDS probably made them suspicious...). My friends just laughed after it was over, but I was scared. What if they thought my FDS was a bomb or something?

[k8track]

Maybe I should have made the text bigger in the video--you can see it if you squint It's Lonely Rolling Star from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack.

Yarrg! Should have looked more closely... reading is fundamental! Anyway, I'm grabbing a torrent of the various Katamari soundtracks right now, can't wait to listen!

I want to roll around naked in a kiddle pool filled with Famicom carts. Is that wrong?

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I want to roll around naked in a kiddle pool filled with Famicom carts. Is that wrong?

Very. Please at least have a towel across your lap.

[Volcanon]

I would think a true otaku would get there by bicycle... he has no life, right?

Lol biking in inner Tokyo is not all that exciting.

There IS a bike parking, but you have to pay after 2 hours. You can be like most Japanese and just leave it sitting somewhere on the street (usually in the way of everybody), and it will get a "We humbly request you to stop being a jackass" sticker, but no cash fine.

[Volcanon]

oh and in case anybody cared, game prices are infinitely better if you buy them on yahoo japan. How much did potato want for rockman 2? something like 3000. I got it off yahoo for 100 yen. go me.

[boatofcar]

oh and in case anybody cared, game prices are infinitely better if you buy them on yahoo japan. How much did potato want for rockman 2? something like 3000. I got it off yahoo for 100 yen. go me.

You mean you can get better deals on auction sites than you can in stores? I can't believe it!

All my Japan game finds are here.

[smork]

And why did you take the Giza-subway line. A true Otaku takes the Yamanote-Line :P

A TRUE otaku knows Akihabara is on the Hibya line, not the Ginza. Nearest Ginza station is Suehirocho.

Of course, the real otakus drive Evo VIIs covered in anime graphics and filled with plushies. Check out the UDX garage sometime if you're ever there and you'll see.