Sunday, October 18, 2009

First Day in Japan

First day in Japan was a bit rough. JAL lost one of our suitcases with all of Nick's and my clothes in it. Jet lagged, we were up about, hoping to find a department store to buy a few essential things. We came upon this big intersection in downtown core without a single soul on the street. Hum...where are all the people? Oh...we were away too early. Two hours later, this same intersection was full of traffic and pedestrians coming and going all directions.




We were told ESTA was a big department store right by JR station, where we could find things we need. We waited around for its business hours. Ten o'clock came, and it finally opened. To our surprise, the first 3 floors were all electronics including cameras, cell phones, ipods, laptops, and LCD TVs. Each floor was comparable to a single Future Shop here. What caught my eye was the price of PS3 seen in the photo below.


With the currency exchange rate, it's only around $100 CAD, a lot lower than the going price in North America. There has to be a catch here, written in plain Japanese except that we don't understand a word of it. Someone please tell me what's on the price tag.

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