[Leica] Yodobashi Stores - Tokyo

[benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)]

Great shot.  I love that store, especially the one in Shinjuku.  When
I was last there I left with a big bag of film.  The hawkers came
running up to me as I left and screamed "it's go good that you are
HAPPY!!!"  It was hilarious.

If the voltage wasn't different I am sure I would have bought a
refrigerator there and had it shipped back to our house.

Marty

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> 
wrote:
> When I was in Tokyo a few weeks ago I had to check out the camera stores, 
> of course, and I had heard Yodobashi was the largest and had everything. 
> ?Yodobashi turned out be not just a camera store but a giant 
> everything-electrical store, rather like an over sized Best Buy here in 
> the States. ?Washing machines, stoves, A/Cs, stereo gear, radios, fans, 
> ... yada, yada, yada, as Jerry Seinfeld might say.
>
> I went to two of them, one in Shinjuku; the other in Akihabara. ?They both 
> occupy full city blocks and are eight stories high. ?Every available 
> surface was covered with ads and posters, even the stair and escalator 
> steps, and street hawkers just outside the main entrance, young gals, 
> shouted out the bargains to be found inside.
>
> The Akihabara store had the most cameras and seemed to have complete 
> stocks, even the 8mm Lumix fisheye that's just starting to show up here. 
> ?No surprises in the Nikon or Leica sections, though, just one of 
> everything you might want.
>
> All the visual cacophony left me dizzy. ?Make sure you're sitting down 
> before looking. ?:-)
>
> The pictures start here:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_tokyo/P1010889.jpg.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/3xyn7fo
>
> GF-1 20mm f1.7 Pancake.
>
> C&C always welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
>
>
>
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