What to Do in Akita? [Part 2]

If you noticed in the previous blog post, the title was "What to Do in Akita? [Part 1]." So obviously, there will be a follow-up. As this semester goes on and I figure out different things to do during the weekends, the number of parts will increase. So... without further ado, part 2 is now here.

Part 2 wasn't even going to exist for awhile, but then I made the mistake of hitting the "Publish" button instead of the "Save" button. TT-TT When I tried to combine the two posts, it wouldn't format right. Hence the part 2, which inspired me to do a whole series.

Anyway, if going to the mall every weekend or free days isn't your thing, then there are many different things you can do in Japan. But, wait, I'm in Akita... there's not much to do here, remember? So instead of going to the mall, I am going to focus on the adventures to the city that happened after visiting the castle in the sky city trip.

Tip number one: go with good friends or people you are just becoming friends with.

A good friend

New friends Credit: Sara Birnbaum
Tip 2: get there early, because everyone wants to go to the city on the free days... in the above picture, Rebecca and I were lucky even to get a seat on the bus instead of standing. The picture you see below is going to the city rather than going to the mall. That bus is completely full and hard to move around, let alone get a camera out of your bag.

On the weekends and free days, the city gets a swarm of non-Japanese people appearing out of nowhere. Sometimes the city folk look scared of us, but they still are (mostly) nice to us~

Look how many people are on the escalator~

Credit: Rebecca Manuel

Credit: Lingling
If there is nothing going on, you can take a short walk from the bus station to the second-hand clothing/house good store. If that's not your thing, you can head to Animate, which just so happens to be in the same location/building as the clothing/house goods shops. On the first floor of the building, seen in the picture above, is basically an arcade place, but like the ones I have seen in America. The second floor is dedicated to solely used clothing and stuffed animals and accessories and stuff like that. The third floor is more glassware and exercise and manga. The sixth floor is Animate, which you probably guessed by the name is an anime store. The fourth and fifth floors do not exist.

In the clothing store, I found a used Baby, the Stars Shine Bright dress for the cost of a lolita skirt... too bad it was still more expensive than I could afford to waste on a dress~
However, sometimes you happen to come on a good day, like when there is a music festival going on.

Gustav is looking to see if anything is worthwhile to watch/listen. Nope

A band doing their thing... I don't think they were that good
I know this was a short post which is why I wanted to combine it with the previous post but whatever. Gotta do what you gotta do? Do you know what I am saying?