I recently had the chance to go Japan, one of my favorite places, and while I was there I got the opportunity to go to the Tokyo Motor Show and the electronics district of Akihabara. Tokyo’s a crazy place, and the Motor Show was no different, but what a blast.

You’re probably wondering what the title means, “Liver Sashimi.” Well, I’m wondering too…wondering what made me try it I’m pretty open when it comes to trying things, and I’ve tried some crazy things in Japan before, but this really didn’t sound appealing, or look appealing. But, it’s very popular in Japan, and people go to out of there way to find a place to eat it. I never knew such a thing existed, and after trying it, I wished it hadn’t! Well, maybe it’s one of those things that grows on you.

So, on to the motor show. I think the busiest place there was the stage for the 2009 Nissan GT-R (I think it’s not called the Skyline anymore, but not sure). It was hard to get a good look at it, but what an awesome car. This is HUGE with the racing crowd…and for great reason!

I couldn’t help showing a few pics of the Ferraris…my all time favorite cars. There’s just something about them, that quality that just separates them from the crowd. Well, besides the fact that they’re hand made Italian race cars that cost over 100k. But they are definetely my favorite!

The Tokyo Race Queens are always a crowd favorite.

This Dumptruck is one of the coolest things I saw there…very futuristic looking. I’m not sure I’d want to get it dirty though!

I’ll try to post some more pics soon…there was too much to see. Besides cars, they had a bunch of motorcyles, and motoring accessory booths. Some cool shows to introduce the cars…just a very fun, high-energy day in Tokyo.

The next day I went to Akihabara to check out the latest. I didn’t get to take too many pictures here, but I went to a gigantic electronics store, about 8 floors full of electronics. I wish I could have taken more pictures, but they had everything you could imagine. A lot of the same brands we see here, but totally different model numbers and styles. I looked at some price comparisons, but there was no real pattern. Certain items were cheaper, certain items were more expensive. They had some nice audio, high end Marantz, some of the nicer Sony ES, and a ton of speakers…but none of it was set up like we’re used to here. It was just a loud, crazy store, with people on microphones with specials that only lasted for a few minutes, music and TV was blaring all around. And I had to get a picture of this TV…it looks big, but only because it’s a small girl next to it. Well, actually it used to be consired big…but I hear they have a new one to replace it. This is the Panasonic 103″ Plasma TV. I think they had it for around $50,000 usd…and I think it was going for around $70,000 in America. Very impressive and amazing picture for such a large TV. Today Panasonic showed their new 150″ Plasma TV…the largest in the world.

I’m heading to the CES show tomorrow, and I hope to come back with some GREAT pictures, reviews, and information, so make sure to check back here soon. I’ll try to get a picture of the new 150″ Plasma, among other things.

This is one of the subcultures in Japan that’s popular with some of the younger folks there. She was trying to go into the temple, and the officer didn’t let her go. Pretty cool outfit!