[Leica] Yodobashi Stores - Tokyo

[leowesson at gmail.com (LeoWesson)]

My wife would not be happy in that store (but I could loose a day there)!

Thanks!
Leo Wesson
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com


On Oct 12, 2010, at 15:57, 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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