After over two weeks here we're finally on a normal schedule with the rest of the world so we were actually in the area when all the stores and restaurants were open. The whole time we've been here we've enjoyed experiencing all the new and different food, but we've also been yearning for a taste of home. The last time we were here we saw a closed burger place that looked great. This time we stopped in before we made our way to the Sony building.
The burgers were really great, although all the Japanese burger places seem to love huge tomatoes, and the atmosphere was actually very nice. This was one of the few places we visited that played some of our more favorite music and it was similar to a lot of American bars or burger places.
After eating lunch we headed over to the Sony building to see the showroom. We went to the top floor and were treated to an amazing 4K TV and presentation. If you don't know already 4K is the resolution that is coming after 1080p, it is a much higher resolution and is able to be shown on very big screens without issue. I love my 1080p TV but seeing this really wowed me a lot and made me look forward to it becoming more widely available in a few years (probably about 10 actually).
I also got to try out a 3D headset for the PS3. I'm not the biggest fan of 3D and while the idea of these was cool it didn't win me over any. I had to strap the headset on so that it hovered around my forehead and getting it into focus took forever. In the end the actual 3D worked but was barely noticeable. Still, it was fun to get to try it out in the building where it it and the PS3 were designed.
In the basement of the building was a shopping area and to get in we had to go down some interesting stairs. Sony put some nice small touches into the whole building.
While exiting the building we noticed a cool Spiderman display. It had signed scripts and an actual Spiderman suit that was used in the newest movie.
Once we were done with the Sony building there was little left for us in Ginza. We had had such a great time shopping at Nakano Broadway that we decided to go back and do some more. We loaded up on our favorite pop culture items and nerdy action figures once again and then revisited another area we had enjoyed but felt we had devoted too little time to Harajuku.
Once we'd had our fill of shopping we hopped the train and got off at Shinjuku station. We wanted to take the bus back to our hotel but it had stopped for the night so we made the usual trek. Along the way we noticed a nice looking restaurant in the basement of a mall type building. It turned out to be one of our favorite places to eat. The menu actually said that they wished to share the Japanese culture and traditions of the Edo period, so the food was unique and very good.
I think we might have to hit this place again before we leave.
