Listen and sing

The Sky Tree was not yet open to the public, but it was still worth admiring. Considering our distance to the structure, taking photos of ourselves with the Sky Tree proved to be a bit challenging.

We went to Akihabara next, to Yodobashi Camera. Yodobashi Camera is a digital haven - anybody could spend hours inside, trying out headphones, laptops, music players, game consoles (even designer jewelries and bags!). They're like huge chain stores and can be found almost everywhere, but the choice in Akihabara is really wide.


Reza reminded me to get new earphones since I've ruined mine, hence we headed to that section. I forgot to take a picture of the headphones. Aisles and aisles of headphone - maybe more than a hundred of them! Customers are able to plug in the headphones to their MP3s and decide what's the best type of headphones for their favorite music.

Even after trying a lot of them, I was still indecisive. I found a few favorites, especially this Marshall Major Black headphone (the price point is killing me - it's cheaper in the States though). But always think first prior to buying! I felt sorry dragging them around, but boys must be happy being surrounded by these things, shouldn't they?

As we stepped out, we were clueless of what to do. It was about 5PM, already dark. Too soon for dinner. Then and there, there was a sign (literally!). BIG ECHO!!! A karaoke session in Tokyo is among several other things in my To Do list in Japan (including a public bath experience, I ticked that in Hakuba). All of them agreed to it!

Instead of fully relying on the computer, you can look your song up in their song book. Seems like they regularly update it. Plus, you can choose from songs in Japanese, English, Korean and more. I admit, this desire was influenced by Lost In Translation. I don't need glass walls but this was fine. Of course, I finally got to hear someone sing on a mic!