Gundam and Shibuya

Friday, July 31 2009

So I got a message from a facebook friend to go to Odaiba and look for this transformer looking statue (aka Gundam – looking him up). To be honest, I’m not really into the anime/transformer/video games or basically any Japanese animation that’s become such a rage here in Japan. Anyway, I saw the link that she sent me and it looked pretty cool. It was this gigantesque Transformer looking statue standing tall over Tokyo. So Dah-veed (David) and I decided to check it out (to our surprise though, there was no humidity the moment we stepped out of the hostel! It felt so great that my shirt was dry all day long!)

Finally, we arrived to the site where is installed. But to be honest, although impressive in itself of its size, there was not much to do other than stare at it. Literally, we took some shots and left immediately. I’m not sure it was worth the money to go there, as Daiba was pretty far from our hostel location. But after Gundam, I immediately went to search for the largest fish market in the world, Tsukiji. When I got there, I expected to see a gazillion humongous fish lined up. Unfortunately, by the time I arrived, they were nowhere in sight. I think I may have gotten there too late because Tsukiji fish market is a tourist spot, but I was the only one walking around.

Then later that night, David accompanied me again to Shibuya where you see the biggest cross street in the world! I don’t know where these people come from, but literally, it seems like a gazillion Japanese come out of nowhere and start waiting in the intersection in every turn. It was definitely quite a show… I don’t think I’ve ever been more entertained than watching a bunch of people cross a street.