Monday, I spent the day in Ikebukuro. The plan was to go to the aquarium there, but Christie, Nessa, Amy, and I just ended up shopping and eating Korean food.
Bibimbap is my new favorite thing ever. <3

Eating Korean food, here with Nessa. <3 According to Christie, it wasn't that good, but I liked it! The bottom of the Bibimbap burns a little, so it gets crunchy. Spanish people love crunchy rice. XD
That night, I met some friends to go to a hookah bar. It was Aki's (a sophomore I met at Sophia) first time smoking, so it was exciting. XD She definitely was a bit lightheaded. I took lots of pictures of them having fun with the smoke~

The first puff!

This goes against hookah etiquette but everyone was up for it.

I asked the waitress to take a picture of us. =)
We were lucky enough to go on a night when the belly dancer was performing!
Tuesday, Leina arrived in Tokyo from Kyoto! I took her to the maid cafe we went to before, just for fun since it was raining heavily and indoor activities seemed best. With us: Hiromi, Ryan and Kyle.

In Akihabara. SO CUTE. They are so serious about advertising there. o_O

Kyle and Ryan with their parfait at the maid cafe. You have to order something. :O
After that, I took Leina to Harajuku for the best crepes in Japan. ♥ Even though it was raining, there were still SO MANY people in Harajuku, up and down Takeshita Dori, a street packed with trendy young clothing shops, crepes, and accessories. I bought a cute pink umbrella and a Tiramisu crepe.

Umbrellas as far as the eye can see! Hiromi crouched down, since she's so small, to get her umbrella past the multitudes. She looked like a turtle. XD
We did karaoke in Harajuku, and went to Shibuya to eat Okonomiyaki again because I wanted Hiromi and Ryan to try it! I know Kyle wants to try different places to eat, but I am a creature of habit! ;) Then we went to Bookoff, a cheap used book/cd/dvd store and I bought Jeanine two Johnny's magazines with lots of pictures of Arashi in them.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the outdoor event at Yoyogi Park for Jesus Lifehouse, the church I attend, was changed into an indoor event at Shibuya. It was fun! We did Karaoke, played Darts, and Billiards together! Bowling and table tennis were also options, but with a long long wait. Christie and I started a massage line as we waited for out turn at Darts.

The Nihonjin with us were very confused. The spoke no English, but we had a good time playing and communicated in Japanese! I loved it.

Me and Takeshi bond over a game of air hockey. We made a good team. ;D
As a massive group, we attempted to take purikura. It was an effort. :O

Afterwards, we played some arcade games. I owned Hiroaki at Street Fighter, and I think he was surprised. XD After a long battle, Takeshi finally beat me.
Satoru, Takeshi, Hiroaki, Christie, and Kyle went to McDonald's for dinner, and I went home for some home cooking. <3 I love making new friends. ^_~ Enjoyable days so far...Today is my last day of Golden Week. Friday, I have class, and moreover, I have a Japanese test. Off to study! Peace.
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4 Comments:
Hey,
Looks like u had a blast during Golden Week! haha i like crunchy rice too, guess i get that from my dad, cuz my mom can't stand it!
The hookah bar looked awesome, and the bellydancer was really good. They had a free bellydancing class at my school, i couldn't make it though. I kinda want to try it though, whether or not i'll be good at it is another story haha
The sea of umbrellas made me LOL, but i love the variety, here it's just basic black or maybe red if you wanna get a little crazy! And i think the purika came out pretty well considering the huge group...it looks likeu blew a heart bubble :)
<3
Bibimbap? Oishi sou. o__o And yes...we do seem to love the crunchy rice, as a general statement. x)
LMAO WTF THAT PICTURE OF KYLE. KOWAI. I like the group picture though. ~Kewl kidz~
Aww it's a Hamiruton Daigaku reunion. :D That huge plushie though... someone is in there right? I wonder if they are smiling... LOL.
Wow that is a lot of umbrellas - it seems like you wouldn't even need one - just walk under different people's. Heehee.
Okonomiyaki... food has been pretty gross lately, so I'm dying for something awesome like that. Dx
You know I love my Johnny boys. T___T Especially Arashi. And excluding Kat-tun.... >:3
Jesus Lifehouse sounds like a blast! Even more fun then those Yogi missionaries we used to go to after Ralph Bunche LOL.
Massage Line? O__O I'd be like WTF too... and why do you look like a giant???
I've heard people say that Nihonjin usually know a lot of English... or at least some. Is this true or not in your experience?
Awesome Purikura picture omg. Although someone looks like they are dying in the background.
Home cooking yay for you! =)
Golden week sounds so funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Gah. I'm glad it was. <3
amkia!! you should go for the belly dancing! i was so jealous! i wanted to join her hahaha. XD
Some Nihonjin know a lot of English...some don't. It all depends! Korean food is soooo good! I am getting so fat. ;_; I gotta stop the sweets. kekekeke. strict diet upon my return.
btw, i was standing on a chair lol.
that huge plushie thing was so short! as we were leaving he was going inside the store, so everyone was patting him on the head, and i was like "otsukare" kekeke.
how u doing bb?
i totally misread hookah bar for hooker bar... :(
i leave japan in 11 hours!!!!! T_T