Vicky in Japan 2015: Day 52: Nakano Broadway and Hanami

søndag 29. mars 2015

Day 52: Nakano Broadway and Hanami

Hello!

So today I first got up very early! I woke up at 9:00! Woop! That's early...Just too bad I was up till like 01:00 at night... Damn... Jimmy and I had some kind of plan of going somewhere, but everything is kind of expensive and we don't have too much time, so I think we'll stay in Tokyo (or at least very close)...

Either way, Jimmy went me to the train, and the Sakura trees at the station were awesome!

Then I took the train to Nakano to meet Hironao. He was a little late, but I enjoyed my music and looking at random people at the station.

We then went to Nakano Broadway! http://www.nbw.jp/index_e.html

Nakano Broadway (中野ブロードウェイ) is a shopping complex in Tokyo famous for its many stores selling animeitems and idol goods, inlcuding more than a dozen small Mandarake stores, which specialize in manga and anime related collectibles.

There are four levels of shopping at the Nakano Broadway. The second and third levels are where the manyanime and idol related shops are located. Here, shoppers can find manga, magazines, collectors' items, animation character figurines, idol merchandise, game consoles, video games, animation/idol related CDs, as well as little souvenirs to take home, such as idol playing cards or key chains.

The ground level of the Nakano Broadway has shops selling clothes, shoes, tidbits and second hand goods. The basement level is a marketplace, where the locals shop for their groceries. Products on sale range from fruitsand vegetables to meat and seafood.

But first: lunch!