Japan: Highlights

So my trip to Tokyo is over. What a wonderful place to visit. The cultural difference is huge, of course, and coming home is always the best thing.

Besides working, we visited Shibuya and Akihabara. Below is a video I took with my camera from Shibuya:


Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me when we visited Akihabara, but it was a great experience for tech-guy like me. A lot of small shops packed with electronics. As a contrast, we also visited Japan's largest electronic store, Yodobashi Camera. With 8 stores of only electronics, I was quite impressed. Wow!

Of course, you might not be able to leave Akihabara without exploiting the possibility to buy cheap electronics. So I just had to buy myself a proper DSLR camera; Nikon D40 with extra lens (55-200mm). It was almost exaclty 50% chepaer there than in Finland so I couldn't resist! I was also able to haggle 25000 yens off the price, so I was satisfied :) Btw, I bought it at Yamada which I can recommend since we went to a lot of other electronic retailers and this was the cheapest :)

We then flew from Henada airport to Osaka where we connected to Finnair's flight to Helsinki. 10h on an MD-11 without entertainment system is not a way to spend the day.