Day 4 June 21

We were going to have a bicycle ride around the palace today but woke up to a rainy day so cancelled that idea. Then of course the rain stopped our plans togo to Hankone. So we decided to go instead to Electric Town. Back on the train for a ride to the other side of town to Akihabara.
Stepping out of the station the visual assault is pretty full on. Every building is plastered with signs. It looks amazing. So much to look at. But we're hungry and we commit a terrible sin and go for a quick McDonalds meal. We know it's bad and Ruby tells us off but it seems to be just what we need. Bread snacks are too sweet and searching for a local place to eat is time consuming with the kids humming and hawing.
We go in search of Super Potato. 3 floors of Retro gaming just for Remi. Every console ever made. Again. Mind boggling. On the top floor there are a bunch of old arcade games and despite the room stinking of old cigarette smoke we play a few of the old games. The one I play used to be at the Lizard Lounge when we first started and I would play it as we waited for the punters to arrive. I was rubbish then and still am now. Super potato is very cool.
We move on. There seems to be a lot of Maid Cafes in this area but we are not tempted to eat there. We find a shop which is 3 floors of cuteness and adventure though and as models from Star Wars to Studio Ghibli. The presentation is fantastic and a shopping trip is mostly spent looking at displays.
We find a bit of a gourmet supermarket at the train station and buy some stuff to make our dinner with tonight. Pasta! It's western food day!
We head back to the house where after dropping off todays purchases I head back out again to do some record digging in Shibuya while the family rests. Head to HMV first where the amount of records is staggering. I could spend hours in here easily. Buy a few records and then walk around the corner to Disk Union and buy a few more. Head back to the station stopping for a quick video call from the middle of Shibuya Crossing to Michelle Liz' sister. I notice that there a quite a few others filming there walk too.
Meanwhile Liz as been shopping in the Paris end of Harajuku. With the trees and high fashion shops I can see the resemblance to the Champs Elysee. We meet up in Kiddy Land of all places. Super cute and very loud. Disaster as struck though and Liz's phone as taken a tumble and the front is completely cracked up. Remi won't be holding that for a while.
Back to the house for a late pasta dinner and our first red wine. It all goes down well and I head back to 7-11 to get another one. Cheers