So I made a photobucket account, and it has all the pictures I took from the trip, but I don't plan on uploading the videos to it because it seems to not put them in the right aspect ratio. It can be found here.

While in Japan I wrote notes on my iPhone on a day by day basis of what was going on. I reread them all a couple days ago and found out that I spent a LOT of time in Akihabara. More than I thought I did. Probably like a quarter the time I was in Japan I was in Akihabara. I'll copy paste the notes for now and try to fill in more details later or as questions are asked.

Day 1:
The flights- to California, cramped but felt short. Napped through most of it.
To Tokyo, long. Very long. Watched District 9, a couple episodes of The Office, and a Japanese movie called "Amalfi". Was good.

Off the plane, we had some trouble figuring out where to go but at least three people helped us get our bearings. We talked to the information counter and they told us to take the train and told us where to buy tickets. At the ticket machine, another lady who works for the train company showed us how to buy tickets. Then somebody else showed us how to use the tickets. Then we waited on the train for 51 minutes to switch trains. We got off that train and somebody guided us to the next train. On that train, a retired OBGY talked with us for a little bit before getting off a few stops before us (I think downtown Tokyo). After reading a few maps and seeing different things every time (their maps are oriented so that up is always straight ahead), another person told us which way to go. Finally! We arrive at the hotel with all our baggage. We left briefly to try out the vending machines and walk around the block before coming back to the hotel. We crashed at about 9 pm.

Day 2:
Woke up at about 8 am. John tells me I've been snoretalkmotorboating in my sleep. Sun has been up and staring at us for a while now. We took showers and then headed to Johnathan's, a restaurant across the street from the hotel.

9:07 am: we discover there is an Animal Crossing anime.

10:00 am: we manage to order to a guy who doesn't speak English. We make out that there is a drink bar, so we go get drinks. John is stupid and gets grapefruit juice and complains even though it specifically even said that's what it was. Kevin and I take a video of John chugging it.

We spent the next 5 hours in Akihabara. We shopped and walked around, and came to the unfortunate conclusion that there is nothing we can reasonably buy there. Any DVDs are region locked, same with video games. Books we can't read. At about 2:30 we took the train back home. We stopped at the AM/PM and bought some snacks. Then back to the hotel to decide what to do next.

6:30 pm: hungry, we decided on ramen. So, we left to pick up dinner. Walked around a bit, headed north and explored, then back towards known territory. Finally, we picked up some soba. It's interesting, at that place, you buy like... a meal ticket with a vending machine. Then they take the ticket and pass it off to the chef. We decided that if we go there again, we're going to get something random based on what's left in our pockets.

Back to the room to plan for the next day. At 10:00 we went to bed.

Day 3:
I woke up around 7:30. Took a shower and everybody else was awake and ready by about 8:30. About 9 we decided to visit Johnathan's for breakfast again.

We headed to downtown Tokyo after that and explored around for a few hours before deciding Akihabara was way more fun. So off to Akihabara we went.

We spent from 11:00 am to 5pm shopping and in the Sega arcade playing Shining Force Cross and Border Break. While I was playing Border Break, John was filming with his iPhone, and an employee told him to stop. Overall, I'm not too pleased with the game. It takes longer to play than they give you to beat it. And if you don't win you don't get anything for your time, which sucks. Kinda regret spending 800¥ on it. Meanwhile Shining Force Cross is much more enjoyable, although each play is 200¥. Hungry, we decided to make our way to Mos Burger.

At about 6, we left because it was cold and the sun had set. Back at the hotel we decided to watch a couple episodes of Survivor and then head back to Johnathan's for some dessert. We then walked around the block a few times to try to find a grocery store we thought we had seen in an earlier roam but couldn't find it so we went to a Lawson Station and picked up some booze to drink while watching more Survivor.

Sleep at 12:30.

Day 4:
We woke up pretty late today since we went to bed so late last night. So since it was 10am when we started taking showers and the plan was to go to Akihabara, we decided to eat at Mos Burger for breakfast. :P

11:30 am: we leave the hotel.

We leave Akihabara at about 2:30, bound for Shinjuku. We walk around a long time, trying to find the fabled nightclubs. No luck yet.

4:15. Not sure what to do. Still no signs of any clubs. Interested in going back to the hotel and maybe calling it a day, but it would be a short one. Planning on dinner at Johnathan's. Maybe ice cream after? Maybe clubs tomorrow after we look for them in the guide. Out here in Shinjuku, we came across another set of Americans looking for directions to the "town square" but we unfortunately didn't know the answers they wanted. Also, there was a Krispy Kreme that was PACKED.

We left at 5 back to Hamamatsucho where our hotel is, deciding to go to dinner at Johnathan's and then ice cream later. Might end up being a short night.

We ate at Johnathan's and headed back to the hotel. Watched Survivor until 9. Now off to get ice cream at AM/PM.

Back to the hotel after checking the prices of tickets at the subway station nearby to watch more Survivor. Call it a night at about midnight.

Day 5: coming soon!