Art and Anime

After lunch we headed off to the Sumida Hokusai museum. Best known in the US for the Great Wave of Kamakura, he was a prolific artist in different media. He published several drawing manuals with figures of exquisite detail. You can find copies of them in many popular works of his time. Only one place to take a picture, so I did.

Next we went down to Akihabara, originally famous for electronics, now also mecca for geeks and nerds of all things anime, manga and such like. Also home to the famous maid cafes. There are also game centers covering floors of large buildings with video games, crane games, and gachapon machines. Very over stimulating. Also, the only anime I like is old so...

Still, an interesting place to go.Read more