Ari & Nici in Japan: Akihabara!

Hey guys,

I'm happy you are back!

This is the fifth entry on holidays in Japan x3

This time's topic:

Akihabara!

Isn't that awesome?!

To finally be able to visit a place you saw so many photos of?

It was so so cool to be in Akihabara myself ♥ 

 

Of course we did some shopping and played Ufo-catcher xD

And we also had the chance to visit a Maid Cafe ♥

One of the maids in the streets of Akihabara spoke to us and

invited us to her cafe Maidreamin' ^.^

In the end, she also showed us the way ^.^

Sadly, it was not allowed to take photos inside..
I would have loved to take a pic of my super-cute
chocolate-bear icecream x3
It was so delicious ♥
And all the maids have been so nice and tried
their best to talk to us in English.
They were pretty good at it and at the time we've been there,
most of the costumers were foreigners.
One of the maids even did a show for us with singing and dancing *-*
And as we had ordered a menue,  we were 
allowed to take a photo with one of them in the end ^.^

Of course Nici tried once again to catch 
the figure she wanted so badly.. 

 

Look how close it was!
The machines are really mean and weak..
But instead she managed to catch a keychain for me \(^-^)/

It still is attached to my bag ^.^
I even lost it one evening in Japan, but some people passing by
were so nice as to hand it back to me ♥

Before we left Akiba, we took a small look at the Gundam Cafe:

I have loved the season of 'Gundam Wing' 
and I'm still searching for figures of some gundams
but I have not found any until now q.q

But yeah, it was not late yet
so we made our way to visit Tokyo Skytree x3

It is really huge O.O
but it was so expensive to go up..
But the scenery in front of the tower also
became beautiful when the sun set..

After watching the fountains for some time
and doing some shopping at the souvenir's store,
we went back to the station to go home to our host family.

I really miss Tokyo and Akihabara already 
and wished I would have had more time there..
But I hope I can visit it again in the future ♥

So, that's it for today x3
Thank you for reading and see you next time (^.^)v

Ari and Nici in Japan: Arcade Games and Pachinko!

Hey guys (^-^)v

I'm so so sorry for having been absent for so long q.q

my boyfriend and I moved to another city and had some 
serious issues with our new internet provider

and no access to the net for like a month >.<

but now, our internet is back! \(^-^)/

and I can continue my reports about my holidays in Japan ^.^

So this entry is about:

Japanese Gaming Halls!

We often visited some arcade game halls 

and also sometimes a pachinko hall x3

I often heard it should be really loud in them and I was prepared

for a lot, I thought ...but not for this o.o

I experienced Japan as such a quiet country and then...

you walk into a pachinko hall o.o

it was so much louder than I have imagined!

The staff member even had some paper sheets with useful sentences
 to show to the costumer, in case they couldn't understand them due to the loudness xD

the first pachinko hall we entered in Akihabara ^.^

excited Nici x3

 Since we thought the game looked funny,
Nici wanted to give it a try xD

We were quite confused and didn't really know what to do though x'DD

After this we went to some arcade gaming halls
and tried the Ufo-Catcher and other stuff xD

Taito Game Station!

Ufo-Catcher

Searching for coin money x3

I wanted to get this Monokuma, but I failed q.q
Nici also tried her luck and wanted to get one of these pretty anime figures:

 (sorry, but stupid youtube deleted the sound q.q)

 After we all had no luck with the Ufo-Catchers,
we wanted to try something different and saw
some kids playing an interesting looking drum game:

Also Jan, a friend from my university who stayed in Japan
at the same time, played some shooting games.

After strolling a bit trough the darkening streets of Akihabara,
we couldn't resist but going right into another arcade gaming centre..
All the colourful lights were just too flashy xD
So, we gave the Ufo-Catcher another try...
And this time Nici also won something!

We won SWEETS! ♥

Yaii \(^-^)/
This was our funny day at Japanese Gaming Halls ♥
I really enjoyed it and since I'm back in Germany, I really miss these Arcade Games..
It's pity we don't have them here.. another reason to go back to Japan some day ^-^

So, that's it for today.
Thank you for reading and see you next time (^-^)v