A WEEK IN JAPAN (part 2)
Aug. 9th, 2009 10:06 pmAnd so, the tale of the Tokyo trip continues.
Saturday
Cicadas were out in force, and even though it wasn't that hot, somehow gave the illusion of it being sweltering. Also, Japanese cicadas are surprisingly LOUD. Must have been registering around 80 decibels at a guess. o__o
First order of business on Saturday morning was Books Kinokuniya in Shinjuku. It is 9 stories of books. Spent most of the time in the artbook and design section, came away with a Kusanagi artbook and now deeply regret not purchasing the Summer Wars book when there. Did some window shopping in the ritzy department stores too. Window shopping is a lot more fun when you have displays like this one: