Tokyo Trip 2011

In October 2011, I took a trip to Tokyo and spent a little over week there with my fiancee and best friend. We spent time in a variety of places, including Shibuya, Ueno, Roppongi, Asakusa, Odaiba and Akihabara. We went to shrines and temples, arcades and video game stores, and ate a lot of great food.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• tokyo
• japan
• tv
• and
• lust
• tvandlust
• travel
• akiba
• akihabara
• odaiba
• joypolis
• ginza
• ueno
• arcade
• video
• game
• gaming
• shrine
• temple
• food

[KingDevilX666]

hey great video but what is the name of the adventure game you were playing in the arcade where the guy touched it with his finger?

[tvandlust]

@KingDevilX666 Shining Force Cross Raid from Sega. You purchase a plastic card to save your character's data so that you could pick up your game at a later time.

[KazMux]

Man.. I've always wanted to go. How well do they understand english over there?

[tvandlust]

@KazMux In Tokyo? Probably better than rural areas, but most people are not fluent and generally do not understand foreign accents well. That said, patience and a smile transcend language barriers. Japanese people are almost always willing to help if you are not a jerk.

[SlipperyMooseCakes]

You have lost a good amount of weight man. Keep it up. And of course this was a very interesting video. :)

[kota11051991]

You are ambassador of Japan!

[Zlykin]

@tvandlust Well. this is interesting. Ive got a bit of money saved up anyways, so I think Ill be fine, but this is interesting to know. ill keep in mind that i wont be getting my fill of 'cookies'...

[tvandlust]

@Zlykin The last time I was in Japan before this, it was about $1 USD to 112 yen. This time it was $1 to 77 yen. If you change the word "yen" to "cookies," you can understand the situation more clearly; my dollar was buying far less cookies. In this case, it represents a purchasing power decreased by more than 25%.

I would define that as "shitty" myself, but your interpretation may vary.

[Zlykin]

@tvandlust Shitty rates? A yen is around about a usd penny. It used to be more than that? Thats what Ive always been told, was to think of a yen as a penny.

[orz4567891]

Next time you go instead of rum and coke, I recommend a High Ball. They have a lot of different flavors and are a lot cheaper because rum isn't as possible as whiskey. Also Chuhai is pretty good and as cheap as beer (not sure if they carry it in restaurants though).

By the way, what was the name of that table flipping game? The top is cut enough that the only part I can catch is 遊び. I am suddenly gripped with the desire to play it (and I'm going to Akiba tomorrow, so...).

[nym56789]

@zengeng1991 You can stay at my house in Germany and I will stay at your house in Japan. Sounds good?

[RPGgAmErRr22]

Craig, the statue of the dog you were standing next to, was that Hachi?