One highlight of my trip to Japan was the Tokyo International Anime Fair on the 22^nd of March. It is so popular that even people who had booked had camped out on the street to make sure they were the first to go in when the convention opened. Inside the convention there was a variety of anime and manga stands ranging from the more popular worldwide amines and manga’s  such as ‘Death Note’ and ‘Sword Art Online’ to the lesser known single nation anime and manga’s which include ‘Say I love you’.  All of the exhibits had products that they were trying to advertise and some of the things they were selling where action figures, comic books and things that had never made it to the public. There were also a couple of panel discussions by “crunchyroll” (a company that shows new anime episodes online before they have even been released). 

After the convention I walked around the surrounding area to find a food joint and there where many ranging from fast food noodles to expensive traditional Japanese restaurants. I decided to eat at a fairly cheap café no more then 1-2 kilometres from Tokyo Big Sight (the building that the convention was held at. It's a little bit like Federation  Square in Melbourne but with an incredible design.) I found a small cafe that sold okonomiyaki which is Japan’s savory pancake made of cabbage. It was really good. After dinner I hopped on a train to Shibuya which is Tokyo’s youth capital(with a wide range of bars, cafes, hotels and arcades. After wandering around for a while I found a small hotel, Hotagaya, which was ranked 14 out of 29 hotels in Shibuya. It wasn’t that nice, however for the price it was reasonable.

Tokyo big sight

national Anime fair.