Played at Yodobashi Camera today :)

zuikowesty wrote:

3dwag wrote:

Rich K wrote:

I go through Tokyo every couple of years to visit my wife's relatives in Kyushu. While she cruises through the Mitsukoshi department store, I'm delightfully occupied in the camera shops in Shinjuku. Yodobashi and BIC both have wonderful selections of all of the latest gear. It's like Toys R Us for camera geeks. My advice to all is that if you're on a visit to Tokyo for whatever reason, carve out a couple of hours for a little "hands on" time.

Yep, one of my old favorites in Tokyo as well. My wife is from Kagoshima prefecture in Kyushu, but schedule the last few trips would not allow for my Yodobashi Camera "fix" 💴 💸. We've also lived in Tokyo and I've had countless short and extended business trips there, so over the years my share of Camera Sakuraya, Yodobashi Camera, and BIc Camera visits in the Kanto and Kansai areas.

Come to think of it, my last time to the Shinjuku West store (my favorite) was probably in December 2004 😢, though I've been through Tokyo several times since.

I assume you mean 2014? 10 years is far too long to stay away...

Do Yodobashi Camera stores still continuously play that catchy, monotonous jingle over their PA system? Every time something like this thread reminds me of it, I can't get it out of my head for the rest of the day! 🎼😳

I didn't notice any music, but will pay attention next time. The visual stimuli were enough to overwhelm my senses for hours!

Here are a couple of versions of that incessant Yodobashi Camera jingle - the Shinjuku West gate store had the jingle running on a loop, blaring from speakers on the ground floor at the street, at least from the late 70's to 90's, I seem to recall it into the 2000s as well, with some updating over the years:

https://youtu.be/B2QmpfzW8Mo

https://youtu.be/Efto0Pg10Qo

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