I know I said that I was going to take tons of video and pictures when I went to Akihabara. I'm sorry, I have absolutely nothing. The only pictures I have are 3 from Shibuya. Yep, as an addition I went to Shibuya as well. I got to see Hachiko!! But I'm sorry. It was kinda impossible for me to get any anyway. So many people and I was basically running to catch up with my family so I wouldn't become lost. I was even going to use Perfume's song "Akihabara Love" in the video (;_;)
Today was full of a bunch of firsts for me. It was my first time I've really experienced Tokyo, my first time to go to Akihabara and Shibuya, my first to walk across a crosswalk that was overly crowed, my first to ride the train in Tokyo, my first to be on an overly crowed train and having to be squished between people, my first to see a entire Hello Kitty store, my first to see a Barbie store (and they didn't sell barbie dolls, they sold actual clothing but the name's design was the same), my first to see someone dressed in lolita clothing, my first at some random guy trying to pick me up (probably to go to some sex hotel or something) (yes, these people exist for those who didn't know. Guys will stand in the street waiting for some girl to take them somewhere for the night or they make the move), my first to see a homeless person (well, the person was going through garbage bags so I assumed they were), my first for a lot of things. Speaking of sex hotels, I was surprised that I didn't find any yet. Unless I did see them and they were just so bendable with everything else.
So, where should I begin. I was actually surprised to find out that we were driving. Ai didn't come with us because she had to work. And there was a poo test that day for the workers so she really couldn't miss out. haha Just her trying to explain that to me was laughs. So, it was me, Okaa-san, Otoo-san, and Tonpi. Yeah. I wasn't too thrilled about being alone with Tonpi but things actually went better than I thought they were going to be. Luckily my tutor in America taught me a game and I heard Tonpi playing it with herself. So, I told her I knew it and then we started playing. It involves taking the last hiragana from a noun and coming up with another noun that starts with it. It's all spoken. So, that was the first sign of non-awkwardness. The rest of the day though she was still the same, all friendly and stuff. So, I've concluded that it just must be Ai's presence that changes her. And if I speak English.
There's more to Tokyo than just Tokyo.
I was told that I was going to Shibuya. This surprised me but I was ecstatic. Ever since I played the DS game "The World Ends With You" I've wanted to go to Shibuya. I wanted to see Hachiko, I wanted to go to 109, I wanted to walk on the crossing, I just wanted to be there. And I got my wish. I didn't get to go to Harajuku unfortunately but I'm still pleased with Shibuya. Shibuya was where that random guy came up to me almost grabbing me. It actually sounded like he was speaking Spanish but then again it could have been fast Japanese and I can't catch onto words if spoken fast. I saw Hachiko, that made me VERY happy. Hachiko is a statue of a dog right next to the station. I was taking a picture next to it and there was this group of girls and they saw me. Then they took out there phones and snapped a picture of me. It was weird, but okay. I'm kinda used to everyone gwacking over foreigners already. After all that I walked across The Crossing. Ooooo~~~ haha but damn there was seriously a gazillion people there!! And each of them all trying to get across before the crosswalk light goes red. Even after that I've seen people run across while cars were moving. Now THAT is rare here in Japan. When I cross roads when there's obviously no car even coming and the crosswalk is red I'm told 'not to do it' even by my friends.
I went to the 109 building. Wow. The 109 building is a building filled with a variety of clothing stores. The building's inside was awfully small making it hard to move around all the people. And I'm an idiot. There I was in Shibuya, the fashion capital of Japan (it really is), and all I bought was a scarf. Yes, a scarf. But I actually really like my scarf the more I wear it. At the 109 building there was a tractor trailer just advertising capsule's new CD "MORE MORE MORE" and it had the song blasting out of it. And capsule also has ANOTHER amazing song that I just heard. It's called "Jumper" and it sounds hells ton better. Look the video up on YouTube. I demand it. The video is pretty awesome as well. Nakata... I love you. You make such amazing music. He knows how electronic music is supposed to sound. I thought we would have been to other stores after the 109 building so I hesitated to buy anything, but we left after that. Dammit. I really wanted to get some clothes (;_;) I was planning on that the entire time. But I still experienced Shibuya. I'm tons of happy. And I was getting my hopes up to go shopping in Akihabara then. We must have bought like 7 different train tickets for one person the entire day. We had to even switch trains once we got to a station. The most packed train was the train to Akihabara, which was next after Shibuya.
And even though I was psyched for Akihabara, I'm going to be dissing it right now. Maybe it was just a bad day to go for me and that's why it wasn't like I expected. Sure, it was still amazing to see and it was pretty, all the buildings, but it was a joke. I didn't see one cosplayer that day until I was LEAVING Akihabara, she was leaving as well. What did I do in Akihabara? I'll tell you: ate at a McDonald's. THAT'S IT. Did you know that McDonald's here have such a variety of burgers? Like, for the holidays they come out with a new burger. I had the newest one and it tasted AMAZING. It was keroke (?) I think that's spelled wrong. But it was a potato but the inside of it was sooo creamy. A fried potato (I should be more clear). Then I was ready for shopping! No. Well, yes. I was free to shop. But I was asked what I wanted to buy. I said clothes. Did you know there is not ONE clothing store in Akihabara?? That's so stupid! Akihabara, I find out, is basically known as the lighting capital of Japan. All the stores there, are to buy lights, or some other things along those lines. I was dumbstruck. So, we left. I'm a member of the http://perfume.ekuseru.net/ Perfume fan site. I haven't been on it much lately so I was stunned to look up on one of the huge TVs on a building to see them in a new music video. What?! Perfume released a new song?! So, now I have to download it. ASAP. The song is called "Dream Fighter" and I demand you watch the video to that as well.
Then it was onto Tokyo. There I hoped I'd get some shopping in. That hope faded away pretty fast when I saw stores like Coach and names too fancy for me to know. You can't shop in Tokyo unless you are rich and you are into fancy clothing. That's where I missed not buying more in Shibuya. Oh, Shibuya, I miss you even now. I got to see the place where that naked guy jumped into the water near the emperor places. I walked passed it. But it was wayyy too dark to even see anything. Otoo-san pointed out to me that the emperor lives there. I looked around "hoping" to see the palace. I saw nothing but pitch blackness. Even though I got to experience Tokyo the way it's supposed to be, I loved walking around looking at the buildings and such but that was about it. The last thing we did before we went home was go on this other train-like thing. It was only around Tokyo but it was taking us to where our car was parked. For those people who have seen Inuyasha, remember the 1st ending? Kagome is on that train and you see the lit up ferris wheel? That was the EXACT same train I was on. And I saw that ferris wheel all lit up. It really is beautiful. Kyuudou reminds me a lot of Inuyasha as well.
But that was my time in Tokyo, Shibuya, and Akihabara. I still had fun, tons of fun. I just wish I could have got some clothes. Well, Monday I'm finally going to Itako. Me and Yuki finally managed to work it out and since we don't have school Monday (pfft, like we ever have school) I'll be heading off to Mito to meet her. Then a 2 hr. car ride. I already know there's no way Purikura can be avoided, not that I want to, but I should be able to do some shopping as well, right?
This new capsule song is too addicting. I. Need. It. I'm seriously though. If you won't check out Perfume's new song (which I still think you should) at least check out this capsule song. Sure, it's 7 minutes long, but it's worth it, especially when it's at the 5 minute mark. I'll even give you the link ^_^ I'm still a Perfume fan at heart though. So, as a Perfume fan I'll demand you watch them, too. The song is wayyy too cute, people. You can't resist^^
(btw, if anyone decides to check out that Perfume fan site you need to view it on FireFox 'cause Internet Explorer doesn't load the forms and other clickable things)
capsule - Jumper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2UcflKMPvg
Perfume - Dream Fighter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyEBlwNVY00
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