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2nd largest construction site in the world! At the peak there were over 15,000 contractors on site. When I got here in Aug there were about 10k. Now it's a lot less but still in the thousands. We may take Sunday off and go to Hiroshima. Taking the Shinkansen there. Osaka is nice but it gets boring when all you have to do is go to Namba or JR station. Namba is like a mini Tokyo downtown. They don't have Akihibara but they do have Den-Den town. A lot of electronics but the Wireless camera hunter was 650Y I can get it for 400Y on ebay.
There's lots of robot stuff at the Joshin's and some sweat "desktop lathes" if you're into that stuff.
It's been a good experiance. I wouldn't do it again, in Japan but Australia or some other place came up in a year or so I'd be tempted. I'd also bring the family over.
In case any is wondering Japan prices are on par with say, California. Most stuff is reasonable though. We only spend between $10-15 for dinner (without the U.S. portion size). The beer is good (that's important) we found an Irish pub, that has Guinness, Kilkenny and Blackthorn cider on tap (All $9.00 though). They also have really good food.
If anyone is interested in a debriefing let me know by PM. Time to go get some dinner.
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