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この旅行の前に漢字を勉強した理由だよ！ 今回は迷わなかった. 笑。
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| strolling into
竹下通り. maid cafe employee on the right?
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| and here we are. |
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my umbrella-selling nemesis had the day off apparently. |
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| combinatorial
accessory explosion. |
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| er . . . |
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| old school graffiti. |
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| building. |
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| long stationary line of
japanese girls = sale. |
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| more. |
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| sandy preparing for
the frenzy that is the "laforet grand bazar". |
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| random assortment
of cafe goodness. slurp! |
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| missing in picture: 727918873 swarming, bargain-seeking japanese girls. |
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| aforementioned
pre-swarming, bargain-seeking japanese girls.
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| 準備中 |
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| la la la . . . 1000 degree heat, unknown wait time . . . |
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| more waiting. |
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| and the feeding frenzy begins! |
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| unlike your typical
apathetic salesperson in the us, here you are greeted by
megaphone-wielding, sometimes dancing, happi coat-wearing
girls shouting ご覧ください！
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| also: clapping. |
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| megaphones? check. happi coats?
check. |
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| high velocity walking blur. |
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| sandy perusing the racks. |
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| more. |
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| for your lolita shopping fix. |
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| more. |
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| classic. |
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| done! |
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| back to shibuya. |
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| immense numbers
of people, as usual. |
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| enjoying a comfy ride
on yamanote sen during non-peak hours en route to
akihabara. |
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| non-bart riding sandy. |
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| business as usual in akihabara. |
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| sashimi izakaya time! |
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| the real reason for learning
kanji. |
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| of course, it still takes me
10 million years to read this. |
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| maybe next time i'll ask if they serve california roll. ho ho ho . . . |
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| 決めたんだよ! |
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| asahi. |
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| giant-sized food isn't
the image that normally comes to mind when thinking about
japanese food. in contrast . . . |
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| and here it is! |
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| fantastic. |
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| this entire spread
was only about $20, unthinkable in san francisco. |
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| anago tempura with curry powder.
yum! |
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| again, giant. |
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| for perspective. |
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| ah, only in akihabara . . . |
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| the original family computer! |
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| cell phone bling. |
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| in detail. |
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| sandy as ayanami rei. "zankokuna tenshi no thesis . . . " |
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| more neon genesis |
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| sandy, rei. |
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| sandy trying to decipher
some text. |
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| still deciphering . . . |
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| heading back to shibuya. |
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| frys x 100000. |
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| curry and wasabi ramune! mm . . . a must-try next time! |
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