For continuity’s sake we decided to get all the nerdy stuff over with in one day. Our next stop was therefore Akihabara, the nerdville of Japan. Akihabara is the tech district of Tokyo where all the video games, comic books and memorabilia can be found. And boy is there memorabilia- buildings and buildings and buildings full of it. For each character of each comic/anime etc. you can buy enough useless shit to fill a house with- keyrings, curtains, dolls, pillows, books, random plastic stuff and more. And to balance out the tons of produce there was tons of consumers- Japanese nerds, European nerds, American nerds, lady nerds, male nerds and of course our favourite demographic- you guessed it, middle-aged Japanese men (nerds). Anna and I didn’t fit into any of these categories so there was not much reason to hang around.
  
  
  
 
 

if you want a yellow rat to attach to your iphone this is the place to be

i wonder what princess is their favourite

  
 
We swiftly made our way to neighbouring district, Ginza. We were getting hungry and we had been recommended a good restaurant where we could eat our favourite black cod in miso. Dressed in my hiking boots and bright pink waterproof I looked more touristy than a visor-clad Japanese visitor in Oxford street donning a selfie stick, and definitely not classy enough for this district. Ginza was like the New Bond Street of Tokyo and one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. While we appreciated being somewhere without neon lights and wax food displays everywhere (which are very realistic by the way), next to the very smartly dressed and elegant Japanese ladies with high heels and posh jackets we were serious gypsy material. But we were determined to have our food, and let’s face it it’s not like we were gona fit in whatever we wore so we made our way to the restaurant ready for our fish fish and Shabu Shabu.

shout out to my momma