Tales of Nippon: Diciembre 27, December 27th

Este dia tuve que darme un tour yo solo, asi que me fui a una ciudad que esta cerca de Togane, a Chiba. Fui sin saber que es lo que hay en esta ciudad, sin mapa ni nada, totalmente a explorar y a la aventura.

Una vez ahi elegi rumbo al azar, paseando por las calles que parecian tener mas vida, comprando comida y bebida por el camino. Lo primero interesante que me encontre en mi camino fue un tren que lleva las vias en la parte superior.

Explorando mas, encontre una zona de tiendas, entre ellas me parecio encontrar una de manga, pues podia leer la palabra pero no el resto del texto, y como en los pisos inferiores a dicha tienda habia algo que decia "girls only", aunque eran en otras plantas, opte por no entrar debido a mi ignorancia en esos temas.

Caminando un poco mas encontre un local de video juegos, entre por curiosidad sin intencion de jugar, pero encontre algo a lo que no podia resistirme probar... Un simulador de mechas, es decir, esos robots gigantes que vemos en el anime (como Robotech y Gundam, en este caso era del segundo). Primero tuve que hacerme una tarjeta de piloto y despues pude jugar, me costo un poco averiguar como. La tarjeta va guardando tus datos y puntos, asi puedes ir actualizando tu mecha, y cada vez que juegas tienes los datos en la tarjeta.

Por la noche fui con mis amigos a cenar a un kaiten sushi, es decir, el sushi va pasando en una banda corrediza y tu vas tomando de ahi lo que quieres comer, al final cuentan tus platos y se paga segun lo que uno come. Me comi 13 platos de sushi y 5 de postre.

On this day I had to get a self guided tour, so I chose the nearby city of Chiba. I went there without knowing what was there, whithout a map or anything, just out to explore and for the adventure.

Once there I chose direction out of mere luck, going trought the streets that looked more lively, buying food and drinks on the way. The first interesting thing that I found was a train with the rails on the upper side.

Exploring a bit more, I found an area with stores, within them I think I found one that sold manga, or so I managed to read, but I couldn't read the rest of the text, and since on the floors inferior to that one had "Girls only" signs, I didn't risk it, since I couldn't read what was on those floors and I have no idea about that kind of places.

Walking some more I came across a vide arcade, I went inside to look around without the intention of playing, but then I saw something that I just couldn't pass by... A mecha simulator, those giant robots we see in anime (like Robotech and Gundma, this ones where of the second ones). First I had to get myself a pilot card and then I could play, it took a bit of an effort to find out how. The card keeps record of your data and points, it allows you to upgrade your mecha as you play, and each time you play you have your data on the card.

At night I went to have dinner with my friends to a kaiten sushi, a place where sushi goes around on a giratory thing, you just pick up what you want to eat, at the end they count your plates and you pay acording on how much you eat. I ate 13 sushi plates and 5 dessert plates.