Keio Department Store
A cute little knapsack with all kinds of Thomas branded goodies. Cost was 525Yen (approx $4.67), so not too bad for once.
After watching poor Andrew be bored to death most every minute we are in the hotel room, (either that or he's watching more TV), we decided that Andrew needs some toys. For obvious reasons, we were unable to bring toys from home. We did bring some stuffed animals, but imagination with stuffed animals only gets him so far in a day.
We set off in search of toys, and looked at the department stores in Shinjuku. Our first stop was the Keio department store which, upon entering, felt like the equivalent of a Macy's back home. We rode up to the kids' floor and found a lot of great toys (at what seemed to be pretty expensive prices). We got some ideas of what we wanted, though.
As we were perusing the toys Taka and I began noticing that the sales people were all standing in straight lines near the edge of "their" aisles. The jewelry counter sales people were all standing in a line behind the counter, with their hands clasped firmly together. We finally decided that they must be closing, so I hurried and purchased the one thing in my basket, a pair of Thomas chopsticks.
After I paid, I was ushered to the aisle by a gentleman who kept bowing and gesturing with his hand as he walked. I whispered to Taka and Andrew, and Taka grabbed Andrew so we could get out quickly. Of course, as he was not warned that we were leaving, Andrew threw a fit all the way to the elevators. Each time he threw himself on the floor, the salesman stopped and waited for us. Eventually we made it to the elevators where the salesman pressed the down button, then bowing again, took his leave. Once on the elevator, Taka requested the first floor. He was told that we could only exit through the basement level (into the train station) as the store had closed. Oops! The store closed at 8 o'clock and it was 8:20pm as we got off the elevator on the basement floor. No wonder the man was "helping" us out to the elevators!
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Around the corner from the Shinjuku train station is Yodobash. A HUGE (did I mention huge?) electronics mega-store. The store encompasses multiple buildings (one for cameras, accessories and lenses, one for clocks, watches and eyeglasses, etc.). They are selling the "easy to use" cell phone that is targeted to the elderly in Japan.
After watching poor Andrew be bored to death most every minute we are in the hotel room, (either that or he's watching more TV), we decided that Andrew needs some toys. For obvious reasons, we were unable to bring toys from home. We did bring some stuffed animals, but imagination with stuffed animals only gets him so far in a day.
We set off in search of toys, and looked at the department stores in Shinjuku. Our first stop was the Keio department store which, upon entering, felt like the equivalent of a Macy's back home. We rode up to the kids' floor and found a lot of great toys (at what seemed to be pretty expensive prices). We got some ideas of what we wanted, though.
As we were perusing the toys Taka and I began noticing that the sales people were all standing in straight lines near the edge of "their" aisles. The jewelry counter sales people were all standing in a line behind the counter, with their hands clasped firmly together. We finally decided that they must be closing, so I hurried and purchased the one thing in my basket, a pair of Thomas chopsticks.
After I paid, I was ushered to the aisle by a gentleman who kept bowing and gesturing with his hand as he walked. I whispered to Taka and Andrew, and Taka grabbed Andrew so we could get out quickly. Of course, as he was not warned that we were leaving, Andrew threw a fit all the way to the elevators. Each time he threw himself on the floor, the salesman stopped and waited for us. Eventually we made it to the elevators where the salesman pressed the down button, then bowing again, took his leave. Once on the elevator, Taka requested the first floor. He was told that we could only exit through the basement level (into the train station) as the store had closed. Oops! The store closed at 8 o'clock and it was 8:20pm as we got off the elevator on the basement floor. No wonder the man was "helping" us out to the elevators!
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Around the corner from the Shinjuku train station is Yodobash. A HUGE (did I mention huge?) electronics mega-store. The store encompasses multiple buildings (one for cameras, accessories and lenses, one for clocks, watches and eyeglasses, etc.). They are selling the "easy to use" cell phone that is targeted to the elderly in Japan.
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