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Made In Japan II
28.Oct.08
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In my first installment, I talked about my surprise find that food prices in Tokyo in general is not expensive vis-a-vis downtown Singapore. In this second and final installment, I have a few more to add.
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A neighbourhood 24 Hours convenient store. This isn’t McDonalds or Starbucks but is 24 Hours operating. Wow!
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Now this is another 24 Hours office - Post Office. Citi Never Sleeps? Well Shinjuku too.
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Japan is just behind USA as largest consumer music market. So BIG in Japan is really something. I do not play any musical instruments but you can feel the music scene here just by looking from the outside - the buzz, the culture, one immerse market. Happening!
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Not fakes or mock up but actual used guitars hanging outside the streets! That is first world for you. More guitars at the second level.
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Another guitar shop along the same street.
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and another and ... all adjacent and just steps from one another. Massive selection, massive market. Lasting temptation for any hobbyist or musicians.
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I was browsing at this huge electronics departmental store in Tokyo ala Harvey Norman or Best Denki but just few times bigger. Besides all the USB enabled, Blu-ray, MP4, digital latest and greatest gadgets, low and behold - vinyl playback! It’s not one or two turntables but heaps of them. Whether for DJ, vinyl transfer or causal listeners, vinyl playback never go away - not in Tokyo Japan certainly.
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Some starters and all-in-one Integrated of integrates LP playback. Hmm... vinyl playback in mass market. Another Tokyo surprise for me.
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This photo did injustice to the fine wood veneer looking finish of this Denon machine. Listed at about S$255, just don’t ask for it at our Safe Superstore :-)
Long Live Vinyl !!
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