I almost forgot how much noise there actually is when shopping in Japan. This video, made by one of my favorite tech blogs, akihabara news, made me reminisce. Notice the noise just after the introduction by the slightly geeky French guy.
The video is from Akihabara which is the tech district in Tokyo. And yes it is true, it IS possible to spend many many hours there looking at the new tech stuff and comic books and plastic figures. hooray for the otaku. Most larger stores (+1 employee) has its own set of speakers, telling about the good prices. Some also have a small theme song. Our favorite was Biccameras catch phrase which was “irrashaimase, Irrashaimase….” and then something. This simply means welcome or come in, and we could never withstand the offer. So we always went inside whenever we went by a “Biccamera”. Aside to the speakers the streets are filled with people who hands out different kinds of advertisement.