Japan 2006 - Day 6 - Kanda

More of Kanda today. I've walked through pretty much the whole of the Kanda region, going from bookstore to bookstore. I wasn't searching anything in particular, just wondered around to see what they have on offer. One thing I found out is that there are many Idol photo albums. Now I have known about these already, but seeing them in real life is quite another thing. It might sound weird outside Japan, but it is nothing more weird than say, someone like Delta Goodrem to release a photo album. While it is true that lots of the idol photo albums are geared towards fulfilling the male fantasy (nothing sexual here, unless you think otherwise ^^;), there are also many actors / singers / models who release photo album just to, emmm, squeeze as much money out of the fans as possible (and you have no idea what fans would pay to support their idol). Morning Musume is a prime example of the latter. Oh, by the way, I'm not talking about the porn photo albums. I don't think they are called "idols". They're called "porn star".

Now that I've mentioned it, one thing I found amusing about Kanda is the amount of adult shops, and the amount of adult only content that are available in Japan. It never ceased to amuse me. The shop is literally filled with hundred and hundred of porn. And there are constant stream of men coming and going into the shop. Amazing.