A Semi-Brief Summary of the First Few Days
No. Please don’t look away. I know I’m late...believe me I know. This week’s post is catch up time, but a 2-parter! (I don’t have time to sit down and recall 19 days unfortunately. Also don’t think everyone wants to read that much at once.)
I arrived at Narita International Airport on March 23rd at 1:30ish pm.
Uhhhh... Okay that’s not what I meant.
What I meant was, I walked off the plane with a headcold and forehead hot! Thanks Singapore! (No not really their fault. The staff was really nice and gave me chocolate and ice cream :D. Also economy class fish that was questionable...<.< ....>.> )
So yea, big welcoming to Japan. I came off the plane with as much toilet paper as I could steal the airline could provide from the plane’s bathroom; much of it hanging out of my SDSU hoodie’s center pocket.
After getting through a surprisingly simple customs check, We were officially into Japan. YAAAASS
Post-Arrival Picture (Smiling when feeling miserable is awesome!)
Shortly after entering the general terminal, Hy, Colin, and I were interviewed by some Japanese television show! They asked a series of questions regarding why we were in Japan that day. I have no idea if it aired ‘[0_0]/.
If you don’t know me that well, I breathe Spongebob references ^^
Post-airport: 2-hour bus ride to Tokyo ( Which I of course KO’d on), a train, and then another bus. All in the rain! We finally crashed at the guest room we were staying. I proceeded to shower and immediately fall unconscious into the bed at around 6pm. But wait! I must have missed something very important in the bathroom!?
BREAKFAST. This about sums it up:
Colin, not me. But I had the exact same feeling! One of the best breakfasts ever. You can read about the food on the food page.
GEEK/OTAKU TOWN! I mean... Akihabara the Electric City!
It was everything I could have dreamt of in a place! The lights, the electronics, the cafes, the pretty maid girls advertising, the most tourists in a condensed area, the anime/manga, the pretty maid girls ^-^...all great...except
We ended up spending a majority of our time in this place:
Something like 9 Costco sized floors consisting of anything running on that sweet electric juice. And of those 9 floors, a good 1.5-2 hours was spent on the stereo/headphone floor. I was debating on a Bluetooth speaker while Colin and Hy spent too much time trying out headphones. In the end we all walked away from that floor empty handed, because like Amazon price comparison, y’know?
First shrine visit of the trip, and a pretty neat one at that. (Credit to Taka who was taking this photo. You da’ man!)
I wrote an Ema (basically a wish to be granted), AND the more money I put in the envelope = more likely to be granted!
As we are exiting the shrine, our shadows were growing taller as the sun set behind us. You know what that means? Time to search for food!
What better place to grab dinner than the busy area of Shibuya, Tokyo! - everyone in Shibuya, 2017
And so, I experienced my first izakaya with all my pals! This of course after wandering for awhile, and our local friend convinced to go to another izakaya by an “employee” that was of different name, but equal quality. This guy was dressed in a straight up brown trench coat and a walkie at his side, sketchy as @&%$, but alright bud...sure. Our friend instead lead us to another location of same name and equal quality!
A wonderful way to end the night. The following morning we packed up and went our separate ways to move into our different dorms. I will save the rest for next week.
So thanks for letting me get my shit together a little bit. Apologies for being so behind.
Let me guess, you’re ready for part 2 now, aren’t ya?!
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