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Subject: [Leica] Yodobashi Stores - Tokyo
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:53:08 -0400
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I could lose a day in there just by getting lost!   :-)   

Regards, 

Dick



On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:22 AM, LeoWesson wrote:

> 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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