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Pokémon Anyone?

I visited Akihabara twice while in Japan.  Once was for a meeting with a client company that was based there and the other was when I was exploring.  This area is known for a lot of entertainment associated with animation and it has a lot of visitors that are into comics and animation.  It also seemed to have a large number of people playing Pokémon Go judging by the way they were all standing around playing with their phones.  I did see one guy with a phone and a tablet in both hands so he could play two games at once I guess.  I’ve never played the game so I can’t speak to whether it is good or not but it still seems to be really popular.

Akihabara at Night

One of my meetings in Tokyo took place in the Akihabara district.  The company had a cafeteria on one of the higher floors of the building which served food and beer after work and they invited us up there.  Aside from having an enjoyable meal and fun company, we also got to enjoy the view of the city as the sun went down.  Tokyo is a city that is lit up at night and it looks beautiful.  I took along a camera because that’s what I do and grabbed a few shots of the view.  It would be good to have set up a time lapse as the sun went down.  If I ever get invited back, maybe I’ll try and get that done.