Japan Trip: Tokyo Day 5
It's our last full day in Tokyo. Sensei allowed us to celebrate it by giving us a free day. Nini and I bought a day pass for the train since we planned on cramming in as many stops as we possibly could! >w< With these passes, we could use the train as much as we wanted without having to pay extra.
Our first trip was to try to find the Square Enix store. It was not as easy as I thought. We got off at the wrong station and could not figure out how to get there from the Shinjuku station so we learned that we could take the subway that was not apart of the JR line. We took the JR line to the Keio line. When we finally got off, we walked a few blocks and found the store. It took a while, but we found it. It was actually kinda in an off place. There was not much around it, but at least the sign stood out. The store was worth it though. There was hardly anyone there. It was very organized and had all kinds of cool goodies. It had all the Square Enix goods in stock that are sold out in regular stores. I bought several Kingdom Hearts phone straps. Most of them were from the first releases that are sold out everywhere else. On the first floor, they have all their cute goodies, but upstairs they have the figures. There was a lifesize Sephiroth on the floor. It was an amazing site to see. They even had a larger than life Sora. Most of their amazing figures were in stock. I wanted to buy some, but I was running low on funds so I restrained myself.
I wanted to spend this day revisiting sites that I loved so I convinced Nini to go eat at Milky Way Cafe again for lunch. I had the seafood gratin, but I got a different drink and dessert. Again, the cafe was delicious.
Next, Nini wanted to visit Harajuku. When we got off at the station we met a busy street in Harajuku filled with people and shops. I saw a Tamagotchi shop in the front. It was incredibally small, but I wanted to check it out nonetheless. It did feel a little awkward since it was filled with little kids. But Tamagotchi is surprisingly very big in Japan. I played the raffle there since I wanted to win the grand prize which was a Tamagotchi pillow. I won a few of the smaller prizes and then I won first prize which was a plushie. It was alright. I was happy when everyone in the store clapped for me. But I wanted to win the pillow. I came back later and played a couple more times, but I still did not win the pillow. T.T After that we looked at many shops in Harajuka. Nini bought lots of goodies, but it really wasn't my type of shopping since I cannot fit into Japanese clothes. I did buy a tail keychain though. Fur is the current fashion in Japan and tails are all the rage. I was able to find a soft brown one to hang on my bag.
Our final stop was Akihabara again. We looked at some more shops, arcades, the usual. We ate dinner at one of the cheap stops. I had curry, but this curry was too spicy for me. >P We then ended our day at the Gundam Cafe. I ordered squid dumplings for a snacks and got the mango drink again. I also tried a small blue drink as well as a nonalcoholic pink Haro drink. The blue drink was good, but the pink Haro lacked in sweetness so I gave it to Nini.
We solemnly left Akihabara and returned to the hostel. I stayed up several hours into the morning packing my bags for the plane ride tomorrow. People did not believe that I would be able to fit everything I bought into my suitcases, but I wanted to prove them wrong. I did have to take everything out of its original packaging though in order for everything to fit. That's when all those hours of playing tetris paid off. The only figure that I could keep in it's box was my BRS nendoroid. She has so many parts, I did not want to risk losing them. But I did manage to seal everything tight. I did have a really small amount of left overs that Nini was nice enough to take, as well as my sake. I just made it under the wire for the weight limit. However, I am going to bed really early in the morning because of time it took to pack. Hopefully I will still have enough rest for tomorrow.
Finally found it!
Cute plushies are a welcoming sight.
They are so cute!
Japan really loves Stitch I swear.
I want all of them except for Mickey.
They look like fabrisa eggs.
Sephiroth!
"Nini! Get off!"
"Whoops, gomen." ^^;
Larger than life Sora.
I want!
I want Cloud.
Riku was sold out.
Nini bought one of these cute looking Moogle things.
My blue hawaii soda.
Seafood gratin, before I dove into it.
My dessert.
Nini's dessert. She had mochi ice cream in hers.
The view from the cafe. This is the main road that leads to Otome Road.
The entrance to the street we visited in Harajuku.
The Tamagotchi shop.
I wanted to win this so badly. T,T
The lights in Akihabara.
This truck drove by as we were walking.
My curry.
There's a sign that says do not touch. No one can touch Haro!
My drinks.
The squid dumplings.
Goodbye for now!
This is a cumulative photo of all the goods I had to pack this night.
These are all the snacks I'm bring home.
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