Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Definitely looks like a must-visit place next time I am in Tokyo (hopefully this December)--unless the prices are high, in which case it will just annoy me :-( Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Oct 12, 2010, at 10:57 PM, Richard Taylor 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >