FIRST TRIP TO TOKYO

In the last winter vacation, I took a trip to Tokyo with my friends at high school. It was a trip of five days and six nights, including a stay at hotel and night bus. We visited some famous cities such as Harajuku and Shibuya, and had a great time at Tokyo Disney Land (@Chiba), but the most shocking place we stopped was Akihabara.

As many of you guys may know, Akihabara is a big shopping area for electronics, anime, and otaku goods. We often shorten its name to Akiba. When we got off from a train at the station, there were too many things to see that our eyes could not catch up with excitement and curiosity. First, bright neon lights came bursting into view. A concrete wall was decorated with colorful posters of anime and game. There was a jumble of little stores on both sides of a narrow street, and men and women of all ages were trying to go through the crowd. Some poeple stopped by a music store and examined earphones and music players newly put on sale, while young girls in showy costumes were walking along giving out handbills about their stores or concerts. Every person not only looked busy, but also free and jolly.

We saw everything with a big surprise at Akihabara. It was amazing that sometimes we heard other languages such as English, Chinese, Korean, French, etc. Foreign tourists from various countries were gathering at that unique town. Akihabara showed us so many kinds of faces in only one night.