Leaving....
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Friday, December 25, 2015
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Day 26 LiSA
Woke up at 7, left by 730. At Makuhari at 9. Huge line for 930 goods. Lucky nothing sold our and was even able to get LiSAnta that I missed in Gifu.
At (croquette sandwich?) with delicious vanilla (custard?) drink and ramen.
Got in the wrong line even though I asked, but it got me to the front of the rear standing. Pillar in the way, but no big deal, center stage is still visible.
Setlist
Shirushi
Rising hope
Gift gift
Risky
Empty mermaid?
Rally go round?
Egotistic shoote...
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Day 24 Ghibli museum, Nakano Broadway
Ghibli museum was cool. Was fascinated how they animated real life objects. The short was Koro's Big Day Out. Cool kits in the gift shop.
Nakano Broadway was on the way home. Spent too much money on keychain and tiny figure...
Friday, December 18, 2015
Day 23 Hobby Round 14, Joypolis,Gundam, Shabu Shabu
Tokyo Big Sight. Sweet ass building.
Cool figures. None I wanted to buy. Initial D arcade game in a car, super hard. Huge Gundam statue was cool, and I don't even like Gundam.
Boys night out. Shabu shabu. Tiny bar. Then cute girl bar....
Day 22 shinyurigaoka, yomiuri land, yaki niku
Went to amusement park that was illuminated. Ate sushi from conveyor belt. 1.5 hrs of yaki niku and booze. Awesome....
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Day 21 nikko to tokyo
Saw some temple and shrine in nikko. Train to Asakusa for shopping, then Akiba for more shopping....
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Day 18 setagaya, shibuya
Went to Setagaya Boro-ichi (Fair) and ate a bunch. Then to Shibuya and Harajuku.
Met a friend in Harajuku....
Monday, December 14, 2015
Minor Annoying things about japan
1. Waiting for the pedestrian cross signal when there are no cars.
2. Bikes ride on the sidewalk or wherever is convenient for them.
3. Garbage is sorted into a tremendous amount of categories at your home. Public garbage cans are sparse.
4. All mail packages require you to be there to receive them. If you miss it you can schedule a time you're home for redelivery or pick them up at the post office.
5. All them damn coins, too many, similar sizes....
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Day 17 back to Tokyo
Finally back in Tokyo. Traveling around Japan was fun, easy with the JR Pass, but tiring. Need to be back at home base, aka the apartment in Asakusa.
Gotta start eating out at restaurants again, no more conbini food....
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Day 16 LiSA
LiSA tonight !!
Bought goods, 2 of Items Were sold out, SHOULD Have Been there Earlier, I HAD time. Maybe its for the better. Did not need tickets to the show, Which seems weird, but good to know.
Holy crap, amazing. Better than when I saw her in America. Small live house, or rock club. Not as close as I was in Boston, but could still see clearly. Being taller than everyone finally has an advantage. (I still hit my head on a daily basis...
Day 15 Gifu
Breakfast was more normal. Off to Gifu.
Tried to get scalped tickets for LiSA x cinema staff but couldn't. Met someone else who did. Damn....
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Day 14: half way through -ish maybe
Off to Himeji to see the castle and stay in a ryokan.
Castle was cool, free. Ryokan was weird, they didn't really speak any English, but managed. Room was nice, onsen was cool. Would do it if it was public though. No idea what I was eating....
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Day 13 afternoon in Nara
Tried Family Mart fried chicken. Holy crap was that good, way better than KFC. Soft and oily, yum. Need to try more hot conbini food.
Off to Nara, not much to see but went for the deer park. Deer roaming around, you can buy crackers to feed them, watch out because they will swarm, one kept headbutting me for food. Some old temples.
Food in Osaka. Kushikatsu and yakiniku....
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Day 12 day trip to kyoto
Bought some knives. Ate miso ramen. Middle schoolers asked for interview. Fushimi inari. Back to osaka for udon....
Day 11 off to osaka
Bullet train to osaka from tokyo, easier than expected. Went to Pokémon center, then food. Ate takoyaki again, better and less fishy. More raw inside. Gyoza. Okonomiyaki was delish, on top with that beef bowl. Won another senjougahara in ufo game. Damn me....
Day 10, shibuya,akiba
Ate curry in shibuya, very different but good. All sauce and egg. Did some shopping.
Then to akiba, ate some curry, more traditional but not quite. Chicken thigh katsu was good though....
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Day 9 Akiba, Steins;Gate Locations
Back in Akihabara. Visited May Queen Nyan-Nyan, Mai:lish irl. Less over the top than the touristy cafes. Like a normal place but with maids.
Some otaku too, they talked to me about anime. Maids were super cute. Their English was not too good but their attempts were super charming. Hamburg was like Salisbury steak. Saw some SG cosplayers, Okabe and Daru. Would go back.
Already visited coin lockers and UDX.
Beef bowl was amazing....
Day 8 i guess
Has it been 8 days or have I miscounted? Visited Ueno park, pretty, temples and shrine. And a zoo. Then to Rikugien Gardens. Trees light up at night.
Tried KFC. It was good, not really different. Very thin bread coating. Fries were not good....
Friday, December 4, 2015
Day 7: I might as well live here
Sweet breakfast again today. Man I missed sugar. I did not know when I booked the apartment that Asakusa was known for Japanese sweets. Headed to Akiba again because I love it.
I went to a maid cafe and it was awesome. It is calledhome, I went to the first floor. The maids were all super cute. They could tell I am otaku and talked to me in (broken) English. The food was okay. I ordered omurice , did not quite look like it SHOULD, but the...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Day 6: Chichibu Festival
So many food stalls. I ate kurage and Takoyaki and
Zaku zaku and taiyaki and yakisoba and what I think was imagawayaki with a strange green filling. With warm sweet sake. Yum.
Girl kept staring at me until I smiled at her, then she came up to me to practice English.
And floats.
And.
Fireworks on way home that shook the trai...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Day 4: Losing track of days
Tokyo DisneySea in the nighttime, so what to do during the day? AKIHABARA. Second time here, still not nearly enough. Amazing how many stores they can pack into these small spaces. Japanese really know how to utilize space efficiently. If you're into something nerdy or techy, there is literally nothing you can't find here. 90% of the things I order online can be found in this one small district, plus many more I never seen nor sought out.
Tired of walking. Ate a delicious crepe. Had Mos Burger, kurage sandwich. It was good, not great. Want to...
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