Japan Trip Day 2
Day 2, Friday March 13th
Slept for most of the morning as was so tired and there was a lot of sleep I needed to catch up on. Got up at about 10:45 and poked my head outside to nearly have it blown away with the wind and it was so cold! Took up Spacexat’s offer to use the net and caught up on some messages and did some research on places that I had been told about and some events that were on.
At about 1:45 I knocked on Spacexat’s door as they said they would be up to go have a look around town and help me with the trains. As it was their day off they were also trying to catch up on sleep so I felt bad. We went to Shibuya first to see Hachiko (the dog statue) and got a rail pass that you just put credits on and scan as you go through which makes things a lot quicker. Went to Ikibukuro to meet up with Juunana and have a look around the anime shops. The wind was so bad there that after looking in a couple of stores we went to seek shelter in a Starbucks while waiting.
The three of us then went to several different anime stores with endless amounts of merchandise and stuff to buy. Walked all six floors of Animate looking at all the wonderful stuff that was right in front of me which I didn't know if I could afford or not! We went to a couple of doujinshi shops which was an eye opening experience. Sadly (in my opinion but maybe not others) most of the material there was yoai which isn’t really my thing. I did manage to find a couple of nice ones of some of my favourite pairings and with only one having ‘questionable’ content and even then it was more of a sweet story.
Had dinner at a place called ‘Milky Way’ which had some very interesting meal choices (which were still good) but they also some wonderful looking desserts. Can’t remember the name of what I had but it was pasta, lots of cheese sauce, mushrooms, teriyaki flavoured meet and half a boiled egg. Went back to the accommodation and once again had to deal with a bad stomach which continued to be a problem for about another week.
My Dinner
Juunana's Dinner
Slept for most of the morning as was so tired and there was a lot of sleep I needed to catch up on. Got up at about 10:45 and poked my head outside to nearly have it blown away with the wind and it was so cold! Took up Spacexat’s offer to use the net and caught up on some messages and did some research on places that I had been told about and some events that were on.
At about 1:45 I knocked on Spacexat’s door as they said they would be up to go have a look around town and help me with the trains. As it was their day off they were also trying to catch up on sleep so I felt bad. We went to Shibuya first to see Hachiko (the dog statue) and got a rail pass that you just put credits on and scan as you go through which makes things a lot quicker. Went to Ikibukuro to meet up with Juunana and have a look around the anime shops. The wind was so bad there that after looking in a couple of stores we went to seek shelter in a Starbucks while waiting.
The three of us then went to several different anime stores with endless amounts of merchandise and stuff to buy. Walked all six floors of Animate looking at all the wonderful stuff that was right in front of me which I didn't know if I could afford or not! We went to a couple of doujinshi shops which was an eye opening experience. Sadly (in my opinion but maybe not others) most of the material there was yoai which isn’t really my thing. I did manage to find a couple of nice ones of some of my favourite pairings and with only one having ‘questionable’ content and even then it was more of a sweet story.
Had dinner at a place called ‘Milky Way’ which had some very interesting meal choices (which were still good) but they also some wonderful looking desserts. Can’t remember the name of what I had but it was pasta, lots of cheese sauce, mushrooms, teriyaki flavoured meet and half a boiled egg. Went back to the accommodation and once again had to deal with a bad stomach which continued to be a problem for about another week.
My Dinner
Juunana's Dinner