Tokyo adventures continue....DAY2

I’m extremely sorry for the delay of this blog entry. For those who tried to contact me on MSN would know that “my” internet has been a major pain in the bum for the past week. I’m currently at a cafe making the best of my time here to write this blog.

Day 2 of Tokyo.

So after a fun night of being liquored up, waking up at 7 in the morning when the rain still hasn’t stopped isn’t exactly what I would consider fun.

The day starts at 7 in the morning to visit the Asakusa temple. However, since no one was really up for walking around the temple in the rain, we decided to catch some breakfast at Denny’s! At Denny’s we ordered... well of course... an American breakfast. The Japanese seem to have a HUGE appetite in the morning it we all simply needed coffee. It was interesting because the Japanese never fail to amuse me with their terrible English translations. Here are some examples:



After breakfast, although still raining, we needed to make the most of our trip so we walked around the Asakusa Temple. I wasn’t overly impressed with it just because it didn’t feel spiritual at all. There were simply too many tourists walking around and little shops selling little Japanese goods. Nonetheless, how can I go to a Japanese temple and not get my fortune told? So here’s my fortune:

[insert fortune]

Before you head into a temple in Japan, you have to do a cleansing ceremony. First you cleanse your left hand, by holding the scoop with your right hand at the end of the stick, and then you switch and cleanse your right hand, and then your mouth; all this with ONE scoop of water. And then you pour out the water by vertically holding the scoop with your left hand, letting the water run down. After this little cleansing ceremony, you can enter the temple.

After the temple, we went to Ueno to catch a yummy lunch. It wasn’t a Japanese lunch; I believe it was a Lebanese sandwich! Haha.. yes.. I’m in Japan, and you haven’t heard me eat Frog Sashimi yet... I’m sorry... but I promise I will try something like that soon :D I’ll have to admit, I haven’t tried much Lebanese food before, but this was a good sandwich and worth the stop. MmmMmm.. I love good food.

After lunch, we headed over to Shibuya! SHOPPPPPPPPPPPPPING and GORGEOUS people! I have never been in a district where I felt so dressed down. I wasn’t dressing to impress anyone, but I didn’t think my outfit looked terrible, but when walking in that area, you just can’t help but feel like you’re homeless or something. It’s not so much of the brands they were wearing, but simply how the outfit was put together. It felt like, the district was their catwalk, and everyone walking there are models! Both men and women looked absolutely beautiful! But, I can’t say it’s natural. Most of them look like they’ve definitely had some major plastic surgery done, but that doesn’t counter how well they dress! Yes... you’re all sensing jealousy from me! lol...

The shopping was amazing!!! SHIBUYA 109 = 9 floors of women’s fashion! I was in HEAVEN!!! I didn’t buy TOO much because I tight with time, but I did promise myself a return there for a shopping spreeeeee!!! I also so Hachiko, the loyal dog. Please wiki “Hachiko” and read the touching story of this dog.



After my wonderful experience in Shibuya, we headed to Shinjuku. My trip there was short because we were there for one purpose only, to find a MAID cafe! To our disappointment, they don’t exist in Shinjuku anymore. But please be aware to NOT ask a local where these cafes are because they’ll give you the most shocking reaction ever! Lol

Odaiba would be our next stop! (Yes, this is still only day 2.. there’s day 3 after this.) The train ride there was long and confusing, but we found our way there. Odaiba is this wonderful little man-made island. It’s absolutely beautiful! A 3 thumbs up (since I’m an alien now) to visit Odaiba for whoever plans to go to Tokyo. There’s this GIGANTIC ferris wheel which is SUPER romantic and many wonderful things. I’ll just show pictures to describe my wonderful experience from this part of Tokyo.

I made my own tiara! :D

Infront of the BIG Ferris Wheel in Odaiba

After a long day of travelling everywhere, how do we wrap up this amazing day 2? With a little clubbing in Roppongi. Since subways in Tokyo close at midnight, we were stranded on the streets of Roppongi until 5 a.m. when the subway opens again. But staying up and out for that long wasn’t hard at all. We went to Gas Panic Bar, which was TINY. But the music was pretty good... the crowd wasn’t bad... and the price of drinks was reasonable... and I ended up dancing on a bar top... so let’s just say I had a pretty good night! :D We ended up at the hostel at 7:30 in the morning to catch 3 hours of sleep before we have to check out and I had the most brutal hang-over ever.

Well... Day 3 in Tokyo really doesn’t get anymore brief than what I wrote in my summary. If you’re really interested in what happened in Harajuku, Meiji temple and my train ride home (and yes, I was talking to strangers again on my ride home... I’m bored! Give me a break)... you can MSN me, or email me!

Look out for my next entries:

- My awesome Halloween lessons
- How to make friends with strangers 101
- Will I last a year with an annoying co-worker? [this one is just me ranting]

I’ll insert those pictures later when my internet is more stable. Writing this blog was already a challenge... took 34823943 refresh on my browser for the page to load... to get to “create new post” I had to refresh the page 34209832 times. But I do promise pictures will be posted.

[I finished this long blog at home because I ended up making friends with the waitress at the cafe!]