During the first visit to Japan, I took many pictures. The number of pictures taken decreased during each subsequent trip, but I've always enjoyed looking around and seeing how the buildings and things were like. This picture is outside a fast food place called First Kitchen. This place is somewhere in Shinjuku, and not far from the hotel we stayed. I find it interesting because of that huge clock (and if I remember correctly, besides being aethetically interesting, it's functional and tells the time too). The building is situated in front of a crossing leading to Shinjuku station, so it's even more convenient.
These buildings are from Akihabara, which is famous for all of its anime and electronics. It's probably the only place one would see all these anime-related banners everywhere. It reminds me of that Tim Brown video, about security and familiarity. These banners would look out of place in Singapore and people won't be as comfortable seeing them. Also, the banner that I like the most is that big one with a huge skinless face(a titan). It's an advertisement on an anime called "Attack On Titan" so it's really clever of them making it big and high up on the building resembling the actual titans.
And this is a photo of a "truck" and a monster that resembles an ice cream. This was from a themed cafe(in Akihabara too) featuring an anime called Devil Survivor 2. They were screening the first episode repeatedly, and in the actual episode, one of the characters used a truck to crash into the monster(which really looked like an ice cream in the show). When this dish was served, the person who served it even lit some of the syrup up with a little fire. I'm always amazed at the creations from these kinds of cafes. They're really creative and fun.
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