KafkA On Request! Tokyo!

in #travel6 years ago (edited)

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Before heading down to Tokyo for this latest trip, I polled my followers to see what they wanted to see.

The results:

  • GODZILLA
  • CUTE SHIT LIKE PIKACHU
  • GEEKY STUFF - VIDEO GAMES AND ARCADES
  • TOKYO SKY TREE
  • NEON LIGHTS
  • “TOKYO HENTAI CLUB”

...AMONG OTHERS!


Well, here at KafkA Blogs, Inc. we aim to please! Come along with me as I take Tokyo as per my fellow Steemians’ request as best I can!


Godzilla


This request from @sulev may have been meant as a joke. But it just so happens...

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...that he’s hanging out in Kabukicho right now.

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Kawaii Culture / Geek Culture


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A bevy of Kirby’s at the arcade.

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Cute animé chicks inviting you to blow all your money on Japanese pinball.

I actually made a short vid for the Steemian (@kaliju) who requested this! This one also includes some neon lights and geeky stuff. Pikachu was also requested by @cryptic-cynic. Looking back now, though, I should’ve actually jumped in and played a few video games! What the fuck was I thinking!? Well, probably about a million different things like: I’m hungry. I have to pee. Wow, lights. Video games. I need to find a Pikachu hat. There’s a maid speaking English now, trying to get me to come into that maid café over there. Lights. Loud, high-pitched voices instructing me to buy all manner of shit, loudly. Too many tourists. Do I look as dopey and fucking clueless as they do? SHINY LIGHTS! I should go to the owl café. No. They just fucking keep the owls tied up in a room. Fuck that. Wow, sexy animé chicks. Shiny lights! Anyway, all that notwithstanding, here’s a tiny glimpse of Akihabara’s “Electric Town.”


Skytree, No See.


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Really sorry about this, @muhasib, but when I got to Skytree today, it was shrouded in an ominous mist. I was gonna go ahead and go up anyway, but the woman at the ticket counter spoke to me in English and made me laugh:

One?

Yes. One ticket, please.

You can’t see anything.

Okay. Thank you for telling me that. No ticket please.

I ended up leaving, not wanting to spend the 25 dollars I would have to pay for admission to stare at the inside of a cloud.

I did take this pic though, from the base. It’s an absolutely massive structure, and the tallest tower in the world.

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Tokyo Hentai Club


As I am a happily married man, I will have to leave that exploration up to you, @funbobby. In lieu of that, here’s a pic of some potatoes because some reason.

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That’s it!

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No Bitcoin ATMs this time or Tokyo Disney (I can’t really stomach Disney to be honest) but I hope the documentation was at least somewhat satisfactory!

~KafkA

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Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DLive and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)

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I LOVE KafkA Blogs, Inc.! This was awesome

  • I was smiling like a child the whole post through! Thanks for this and especially the video! Maiddreamin'...That's EXACTLY where I want to go! lol (̶◉͛‿◉̶)

Seeing anything SEGA makes my day, every time.

Yeah! Maiddreamin'! Lol. Glad you liked it man.

I'm kind of a geek for SEGA myself!

Thank you for the Godzilla shot!

Hey thanks! I love him to death.

I didn't realize you were on here. Just saw your moist-o-meter taxation is theft meme and fucking loved it! Haha.

Great to see you here man.

😍❤️ thanku for taking my request into consideration... Sky Tree is awesome and all the others too
happy travel @kafkanarchy seems you have had a lot of fun ❤️

Sure thing. Hopefully the weather's a little better next time!

Hi Graham. Shame about the view, would have been some nice place to do a vlog. Reminds me of Amsterdam mixed with London. I bet it looks impressive at night time?
I wonder if you know the whereabouts of 'StarFleet' products? It was a show that originated from UK, but was sold to a Japanese company. After that it never aired on UK TV again. Was a childhood favourite for my bro and I, so would be great if you had seen any.

Hey, @article61. Thanks for commenting. Yeah, Akiba is amazing at night time.

Regarding the StarFleet products, I've never heard of them. I might be able to locate something though. Do you have any pics?

Japan looks a more varied place than I imagined. Will look forward to seeing more.
Thanks for the offer. I tried to find a picture when I messaged you last, but couldn't find it. Has since turned up in a random file. Here is a pic of the videos I have managed to get, but I suppose there could be other merchandise out there. Thanks a bunch for taking a look.

Hope the homeschooling life is getting easier mate. Sounded like you were going through a bad patch a few weeks back.

here’s a pic of some potatoes because some reason.

Hahaha that was epic man. If you ever decide to something like this again i have a Goku request in advance. :D

Haha. Thanks! I will most likely be doing this again, so lemme know next time!

I sure will! :)

Re fucking steemed because Random Potatoes 🥔

a perfect document and satisfying, thanks for showing us

Haha! That Godzilla is awesome! :D

Nice

No more words for me describe your post and photography

Kept it up

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