Adventures in Japan (Part 3)
Sorry for flooding your friends page, but LJ cut is being retarded and I've been trying to put this up since yesterday! I'll split it into 2 posts so it's not SUPER long XD
Here's some Ikebukuro pics I didn't put up last time :)
Sorry if some of the stuff is repetitive. But there's pictures now so it's more exciting!
AND HERE'S THE VIDEO I COULDN'T FIND!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0pzt4oTZk
It names the names of the main Tokyo train line, and other stuff. It's cute. I love it.
So first. I was really excited because I wanted to see some big city life, even though I had to miss VS Arashi in order to do so. We got on the train and as I was standing there looking at the gazillion ads around me, I saw an add for non-no. I didn't think much of it until I saw the little Arashi picture in the corner XD. Then I read that it said 12 page special book inside! And that became my new mission for Ikebukuro: to find a non-no magazine to buy. (it was mad easy, first shop we went into XD).
We went to two Uniqlos, huge department stores, and the Hello Kitty store. Everything was so cute! I definitely need to go back when it's a day I'm planning to spend money. I bought a Hello Kitty towel since I didn't bring mine to Japan. It was the cheapest one I could find so I don't regret it at all, plus it's Hello Kitty so it's adorable~ I also bought a PASMO card holder. Remember those cool train passes I was talking about?? Well, now I have one! And they make holders for them everywhere, that way you don't hold up the people behind you trying to get out your card to swipe. It's genius.
--->Hello Kitty Store
On the way back to the dorms, we bought some delicious bread from the supermarket thing underground at the Ikebukuro station. Oh and did I mention that we went back around 4:30? I was so scared that it was going to be like this: CLICK, we even saw the officers with the white gloves standing at the ready. But it wasn't. It was actually pretty empty. The trains in Tokyo are SO much nicer than NY. No graffiti. No nasty smells. Cushioned seats. Plenty of....balance stabilizers. Little tvs showing ads and what station is next. (I really wanted some au arashi ads, but all I got were tons of Asahiya beer, Nakai from Smap making funny faces ads).
That's it really...we went grocery shopping and to Book Off. Didn't get anything there, even though some of the singles were a whopping 300 yen.
Not many pictures of Ikebukuro because my camera died...right at the beginning of the trip. Boo.