Today me and Yu went to Odaiba. We walked around Palette Town and Fuji TV Studios, visited a pet store, saw many strange looking buildings, walked through some parks, chatted by the sea, played some games, and explored Shinbashi. Odaiba is a very pretty place. Fun day.

There was a museum inside Fuji TV Studios. One thing they had was a large diamond with a sign claiming it was the largest diamond in the world. I think that might be wrong. And it sure didn't have much security around it. Maybe none. I could have just picked it up and ran. There was also an extremely realistic looking robot model face-thing that was apparently used in the Terminator movies. It looked almost exactly like a human face.

Oh, and Yu taught me a new way to tie my shoes. I'm going to tie them like this from now on :).

I'm going to spend tomorrow in Yoyogi park with Shino. It feels like I've been just about everywhere in Tokyo, so I decided to go to Yoyogi park again. Yoyogi park is probably my favorite hangout place here. I've been there many times.

Hi~
Long time no update.

My two week vacation to the rest of Japan went great.
I visited Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, Kokura, Fukuoka, Beppu, Nikko, Hachinohe, Aomori, Hakodate, and Sapporo. 12 different cities in 14 days. I could have seen more, but I got tired and lazy.
I'm sleepy and there's too much to write about, so details on them later!

I've gone back to my routine of hanging out with friends around Tokyo again. For my last week in Japan I plan on seeing the fish market in Tsukiji, Tokyo tower, and Odaiba.

Yesterday I hung out with my roommates all day. We sat around our room and chatted, went to a soba shop, and probably some other things I'm forgetting. Nothing too special.

Today me and Chihiro went to a Starbucks in Shinjuku to hang out and study Japanese/English. I was a little nervous the whole time, don't know why. Maybe she didn't notice. We took some purikura pictures afterwards.

Oh, I don't think I've explained what purikura is. It's Japan's version of a photobooth. Much more high-tech than the ones in the states. The insides of them are like.. um.. miniature studios. Everything is bright white and there are lots of different lights that go off when the picture is taken. Somehow I guess it enhances the look of your eyes. Looks great for asians, but other people end up with bug-eyes. After the pictures are taken, you can then doodle on them and send copies to your cellphone. Oh the cellphones here are pretty awesome too, but that's a story for another time.

Check my Facebook page to see my bug-eyes.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to Odaiba with Yu. Odaiba is known for being a romantic place where couples go. But it's also famous for high-tech things, unusual buildings, games, rides, and shopping.


I think my English is getting worse..

It's 5am Friday here now. The weather outside is quite nice. I just got back from a quick run to Matsuya. I woke up and was hungry.

Yesterday I was planning on hanging out with Toshi, doing some studying, and getting my hair cut, but Toshi ended up having to work too late. Didn't do anything of any significance.

Today, when Mana gets off work, we're going to go see the Imperial Palace and Hibiya park. She worked late last night and is working again now on very little sleep, so I'm wondering if maybe we should cancel instead.

Tomorrow I'm going to see Toshi again somewhere. I'll try to get my hair cut too. I'd probably be fine, but I'm nervous about going to get my first haircut here by myself.

I'm planning on starting my two week trip around Japan on Sunday. First stop: Osaka.