E. Honda - You've got nothing on the Mongolian on Electric Avenue

The title is for the appreciation of the Steet Fighter 2 geeks out there. Today we went to Sumo wrestling and Electric City, the place to go for electronics in Tokyo. We started out the day in search of a bank machine that will actually take our cards. We were a little unsettled when the first two banks, completely in Japanese, spat our cards out as us like it was a white guy eating a Japanese fermented plum (almost happened on the plane). Luckily, corporations came to our rescue as the 7/11 down the street had a 7/11 bank machine that took international cards. We were set. Next stop Electric City.

On our way there, on the Japan Rail line platform i noticed this cool sign. I interpreted it as 'If you are a young girl and you lost your hat, a man with a freakishly long claw arm will retrive it for you'. I searched for this man in vain. I want to shake his hand. I'm going to keep a lookout for him.Electric City, a smackload of things that go beep, buzz, and ping, and some crazy plechinko game where everyone smokes like a chimney. We actually go there too early in the morning and some shops weren't even open yet. But all you could ever need if you wanted the latest phones, gadgets, plus an alley full of shops with electrical components so you can build your own Astroboy. Good times. We didn't buy much, other than a XD Card Reader because I left my camera USB cable at home.

Walking around, we turned a corner and there was the fire department, and a crowd of people. On a separate trailer they had a mock up of an apartment on hydraulics. It was an earthquake simulator. So we did the natural thing...ask if we could try it out..they were much obliged :)
The whole thing shook back and forth for about what felt like 10 long minutes. I did my best to look completely terrified but couldn't stop laughing at how ridiculous it was. The crowd of Japanese that had gathered there were completely entertained and gave us a round of applause after we completed the Earthquakre Ride of Death. For our troubles we were awarded a delicious can of Mackerel:
I was happy as a school boy. Eric even gave me his so I've got too. Its going to be hard not to crack those babies open and scarf em back...deeeelicious. To top it off we found some other random stuff we found was shit on a stick and the claw grab game with pringles inside.































Good times. Next we headed to Sumo and it was probably one of the best experiences i've had so far. Gotta head out now, but I'll post a couple pics of SUMO later and try and upload a video to YOUTUBE of the final match. Matane! (See you).


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