Our last full day in Japan we went to the electronics district. Satoshi Takahashi and Yuka Nomura helped guide us around Akihabara, the electronics district in Tokyo. You're immediately inundated with video games, manga, anime and other characters on signs, in stores, etc.
Here you can buy actual electronic parts (wire, motherboards, and circuits), or electronics themselves (computers, cell phones, robots, etc.). Like this little robot dinosaur! He reacts to being pet and eats the leaf!
We also searched a bit and our Japanese guide got us into a maid cafe.Basically, the idea is you order a dessert of some type and a drink (tea usually) and are served by girls dressed as maids. The idea is that you have come home and are being served in your actual home. It's a bit strange, but it was fairly entertaining with 10 tourist Americans trying it for the first time and only two native Japanese (one of whom had never been to one either).
Later that evening, after a bit of rest. We enjoyed karaoke, Asian style! Basically, rather than being in a bar in front of a bunch of random strangers, you get a private room to yourself with your own screen and music selections. It's a TON more fun because you're just with your friends! You order food or drinks through a telephone in the room, so you don't even have to wait for a server or be disturbed if you don't want to be!
A classic way to end a trip in Japan.
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