Today we're in Akihabara!
It's the otaku paradise
Where you can find so many anime figures
Loads of arcades
Maid cafes
We're not looking for any figures in particular really
Just going to see what there is
Although we are on the hunt for Zero Louise figures
There's some really good ones
That we've seen on Ebay
That are usually about £100
So we're going to try and find them in the second hand shops
So many glass cabinets to look round!
We've got lots of figure hunting to do
We're going for Cafe de Hamu
We haven't got any duplicates yet
Can we get the whole set? We need this one
The hamster in a teacup
Or the pink popcorn, we haven't got
Oh we've got...
The popcorn?
I don't know if it's a duplicate
I think it is a duplicate
Boo!
Look, sake Kitkats!
Although I didn't like the actual sake last night
Probably won't get these ones!
I foudn momiji manju Kitkats
Like the ones we had in Miyajima
Never seen this type before
They're double ones like the Easter ones were
I thought that was just because it was like the Easter bunny
And green tea matcha Kitkats
They were from Gift Shop the Akiba
Which is near Akihabara Station
These packs were 350 Yen each
We're at Mos Burger
Which has a pretty good selection of veggie burgers
It says
Burgers with this indicator
Are made from soy beans instead of meat
And that is
All of them on this row here
There's also a mixed veggie kimpira
That's got a burger made of rice
Here's my soy patty
It's a teriyaki burger
Got a lot of lettuce in there
With fries
And melon soda
And Phil's got a spicy burger
Also with fries and orange juice
It's served in a nice basket
The soy burger's made from little chunks of soy meat
And there's onion in there
It's pretty soft
It's got a bit of texture though
The burger's like you'd expect from a fast food burger really
Lots of lettuce, lots of mayo
The teriyaki sauce is pretty good
It's barbecue - spicy flavour
I haven't really had a lot of teriyaki
It's not on vegetarian things that much
So it is a fast food burger
But I've had far worse veggie burgers in restaurants
We've finally found a Zero Louise figure
But it's not the one we really wanted
It's pretty good
But it's not the number one
Normally I spend about 2000 or less on figures
And this one is 9 or 10 thousand
Which is about what I expected
And about the same price it is on Ebay
So that's a shame
I'm not going to get it this time
If I'm going to spend a bit more like that
It's got to be one I really really want
I feel like we're a little bit spoilt
By having gone to Nakano yesterday
Because it is a bit cheaper in Nakano
For figures
Although there's loads more choice in Akiba
And if you like a popular anime
Like Love Live
Or if you like Hatsune Miku
Or Haikyu
That basketball anime
You'll be spoilt for choice
There's so much here
But the prices were a bit less in Nakano
It seems like in Akiba everything's a little bit more expensive
Although it's still a lot less than you'd pay in the UK
Like if you picked up figures at MCM
This shop is Super Potato
It's a retro games shop
This is typical of shops in Japan
You have to go through this doorway between shops
Upstairs
And the shop's up there
And that's got retro games
There's a few others like this as well
There's a really good one called Friends
If you like normal, non-retro games
There's loads of them as well
If you're interested in N64 games
There's a lot to look through
Great if you enjoy hunting
Phil's hunting for Dreamcast games
Look at all these Gamecubes
Stacked up!
I don't know if they're for sale or decoration
It's an itasha anime motorbike
Pretty cool
What have you seen Phil?
Persona 5
So close, but I can't have it
If there's a reason to learn Japanese, it's so I can get that early
If I buy it, I won't be able to understand the story
And Persona's all about the story
But it's right there!
He's heartbroken
Look at all the stuff you get in the bundle
If you like anime or manga
And you go into the shops
And see the shelves and shelves
Full of DVDs and books that you can't read
It's heartbreaking
It's definitely an incentive to learn Japanese properly
It's time for Fanta Grape
Yay, more Fanta Grape!
We're going up this - I think it's a fire escape
To get to the second floor of a shop
Seems kind of weird
But it's actually pretty common here
We found a really cool Danganronpa figure we were looking for
And it looked really good
It was really tempting
But it's about 24,000 Yen
Which is about £170 at the moment
Which is a lot of money
It's a bit too much to spend on one figure
We looked up the price
It's actually cheaper on Ebay at the moment
I've not really found that before in Akihabara
But the exchange rate is really bad at the moment
The buildings are so colourful in Akihabara
While Nakano's a cheaper place to find figures
Akihabara's got so much more atmosphere
There's anime signs everywhere
We've not really bought much today
We've been here a lot
So our shelves at home are pretty full of figures
So we're trying to be a bit more selective
But there is a lot of cool stuff
And there have been things we've been tempted by
If it's your first time here
Or you're looking to expand your collection
You can easily find loads of stuff you want to take home
We're on our way to find Friends
Which is a retro game shop
Never been there before
But our friends told us about it
And apparently it's really good
For all sorts of old retro games
It's a bit further along the street away from the station
And apparently it's a bit tricky to find
We've found Friends game shop
It's actually quite tricky to find
There's this sign in a doorway
And it's next door to a ramen shop
Here's the doorway and you go up the stairs to get in
It's above this
Dodgy-looking massage place
Look it's Dear Stage
That's where Dempagumi first began
And look, they've got pictures of them outside
They don't play there any more now though
They're too famous now
It sounds like something's going on inside
There's the AKB48 Cafe and Shop
And the Gundam Cafe
They're right by...
Akiba Station
We've been looking round Akiba all day
And now it's time to go and get something to eat
We're going to find Coco Curry
Which I'm really looking forward to
Because they do a vegetarian curry sauce now
Usually I don't get to try Japanese curry
So it's going to be good to have it for the first time