( still tired from walking all over Ueno and Asakusa and everywhere yesterday, so no text )

Got a hug from Makki. And Ryota assured me they're gonna keep going as a group, even though they're finishing as FiVe. And Rikiya promised to remember my name (after he had named me Lopez during the show). And, and, and, I'm exhausted.

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Tell me something in Osaka/Kansai that you want me to take photos of (within reason - if you ask for something like KanJu you will get a shop photo scan) and I will. And then I'll post them for everyone to see.

Sort of like a scavenger hunt.

but for now, here are some photos from today:


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Monday: My conversational Japanese lesson. Told my teacher for the first time that I'm aiming for the 2kyuu test this July, and he said I should pass it (I think I will, as long as I get my kanji taken care of.... If not, I'll be retaking it in December ( Read more... )

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Tonight Laura and I went to see a show at base! Yay!

Earlier this week when we visited Mandarake for old JE goods, I found some old Kinki Kids/Chibi Maruko-chan stickers, and I bought them to give as a present to Makoto-san (he rather likes Maruko-chan).

Here's the lovely present (we put some purikura in it too):


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The three of us (me, Alyson, Laura) went out to Umeda today to see us some rasslin. Specifically, BABY-AKEBONO ("bono-chan") vs. BOB SAPP. And a shit-ton of others. And it was really really awesome. Photos are up here, as always ( Read more... )

The front side:

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Not dead!


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