Google Maps continues to amaze me. This is kind of like how our family was amazed by our encyclopedia on CD in 1992- spent hours watching those damn animal videos.
Anyway, I was tracking down the location of a Japanese store last night, and thought it might be interesting share G-Map street views of certain toy-related points of interest. Tokyo Underground is really useful, but some of the stores can be VERY difficult to find even with the map. I'm sort of a visual, turn-left-at-the-red-house person when it comes to navigating.
And hey, let's make it a game. Guess what stores are shown in these photos (Japanese residents and a few of you other folks should probably be d/q-ed).
I haven't visited most of these personally, so you can figure out what they are by visual clues in the photo.
1. This one is kind of a gimme.
2. No, it's not the Kumon center.
3. Hint: this one recently changed location.
4. Coca-cola?
5. This one is hard- the storefront is hidden by trees. But there is a good clue next door.
6. There might be a giveaway here. But the second photo is further down the street from the first.
Answers will be put up tomorrow evening.
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