Day 4 - Last Day in Tokyo

Date: August 13, 2009 - Thursday (part 2)

Time: 12:49 PM

 

Today, we (Me and Deanna) woke up from ANOTHER earthquake.

WTF DUDE?

 

Got Ready ASAP.  Sent our things to Yokohama for tomorrow's hotel switch.  Then tried to find a place that sells bug bite medicine.  Took us an hour to finally find a real drug store.  Breakfast at starbucks and now chillen in the room.

 

It's 4:08PM now and we're hella wasting time but we're sore, bug bite covered and had no other plans beside Akihabara.  I think we're leaving at 6PM to go to Akihabara, then tomorrow back to harajuku for the 3rd time for the Johnny's shop and to find tickets for GLAY...

 

btw.. about the bug bites, we're completely covered in them or our legs.  And they swelled up pretty badly.  We couldn't think of where they came from and finally concluded it was the walk from Aoyama to Meiji.  Hopefully these heal soon.. they look hella nasty and it's hard to wear shorts now cuz they are so damn ugly and make us look like we have leprosy haha.

Anyways.. until later tonight after Akihabara.

[Oh wait lol.  I kept changing the channel to find dramas and kept saying stuff about all the actors and stuff.  Finally found a good drama to watch "My Boss, My Hero" is on replay.  iono why, but yeah.  Saw lots of dubbed TV as well.. like friends and Matilda haha  I just cant wait to see Yamamoto Yusuke in something (which I kinda did) or Mukai Osamu Haha.  EVEN SOMETHING ARASHI! I don't even know what the schedules are anymore.  Or what channels dramas are in.  Wow, I completely went off topic]

Time: 9:48

Back from our little adventure.  Went to Harajuku again.  Took a different, more confusing way, but still worked out.  

Shin-Nihonbashi -->Tokyo Station --> Marunouchi line --> Ginza --> Omotesando

Missed out on the Johnny's shop twice.  By 20 minutes... missed takeshita-dori too.  And couldn't find teh store that sold tickets.  No Akihabara.  Deanna's injured.

Went straight back to Shin-Nihonbashi, the same way.  My Suica card didn't work and got back tracked 3 times because of the train transfers.  Finally got back and stopped for the last time at our corner family mart.  Back to the room and put on more bug medicine.  It looks to be working.  Hope it works faster.

Off to Yokohama in the morning.

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picspam:

 Pic 1: Arashi ad found in one of the train stations, Pic 2: Family Mart. <3

Day Two (part 2) - Shibuya Craziness!

Date: August 11, 2009 - Tuesday
Time:4:17 PM

I'm here at the Meiji Shrine. Just left Shibuya and embarked on a 1600 meter journey to Meiji Shrine from Aoyama.  yeah.. BIG mistake.

Meiji Shrine's in Shibuya.  So basically we walked an hour to go back to the same place.  So... we basically found the shrine in the city we were just in.  Funny thing is.. I wrote it down in my other notebook and forgot.

Time: 8:39 PM

Today, we went to Shibuya.  Our goal was to go to Harajuku after but decided to head back cuz I didn't know from where we were how to go tehre.  Decided to go to Aoyama instead (like I said XD) and headed to Meiji Shrine.  Well before i get to that, I'd like to say I hit dehydration today.  I was super thirsty.  Hunger never hit me (maybe a lil) and all I could do was drink up as much as possible.  I nearly fainted in Shibuya and I was getting cranky cuz I needed to sit and get a drink.  I ended drinking 2 cups of water, a glass of ice tea, ad bottle of Kirin Iced Tea and I U chugged a bottle of water.  And i only peed once today. That's.... bad LOL.

Anyways, back to Meiji Shrine.  The walk to the Shrine was really nice.  The trees and then you see different walkways and the shrine thingys LOL.

Sitting down for a bit and an Asian American asked me to take a picture for him.  I Think it's cuz we spoke English or I should say we were talking a lot in English.

We couldn't actually go into the Shrine cuz they were closing but we got a good look from outside.  We started leaving, but not before I tried the cleansing (wait, I did the cleansing first, then went to the Shrine).   Noticed Harajuku Station and decided to head tehre.  I wish I knew where we were cuz the Johnny's Shop was RIGHT THERE where we were and I had no idea >_< WHY?! Now i missed my chance.  I don't even know why i'm so upset when I'm not so into them now.. but still... lol.
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Picspam:

*top two pictures of Shibuya.  Lots of ads!
*bottom 3 pictures from Meiji Shrine
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Notes:

We saw a sign in Aoyama that said "Meji Shrine" with an arrow.. so we followed it.. and just kept walking and walking.. and ended up at like.. Setagaya station (i think?) and then saw the sport complex and just kept walking.  I realized we hit Harajuku at one intersection when I saw a police car that said "Harajuku" -_- great man that was a long ass walk, but it was nice to see everything.  All the small shops and buildings and nature along the way.

I felt really bad for Deanna because I lashed out at her a couple times before finally sitting down in a really cute dessert cafe.  After getting my drink I was super happy after that.  Then when I got my drink in Aoyama from the vending machine I was even more happy HAHA

BTW. The walk through Aoyama (park?).. some lady was brushing her dog and all its fur was shedding and blew right at us HAHA.  She was so cute though she was all smiling saying "aah, Sumimasen!" LOL

Yeah.. I dont even know why I had to include the last part.  I just made myself sound like a crazy fangirl HAHA

Day Two (part 1) - Day One Recap!

Date: August 11, 2009 - Tuesday
Time: 6:08AM

Couldn't sleep.  Originally was gonna wake up at 7AM, but the jetlag got us and ended up waking up (HOT!! as well) at 4:30AM.

Around 5 something an EARTHQUAKE hit... didn't even react cuz we thought it was strong wind or the garbage trucks we saw outside haha.  The quakes here feel diff than at home.  It sways side to side while home is all over.

Anyways, since we're awake so early, we're going to TRY to get ready and head out.  Todays itinerary is Shibuya and Harajuku area.  Wonder how that's going to pan out.  There's rain, humid temps and the possible quake aftermath.  Hope things go well... no problems especially with the railways today.  Gotta find Mitsukoshi station.  Says it's a 5 minute walk from here, but let's see which direction!  Our internet doesn't work, or we weren't provided any.  We know there is tho.  The wireless says there's one on our floor... but how to log in.

Last night we had a problem at The FAMILYMART conbini.  The girl asked us something and we were like ..... what?  She said nevermind (in Japanese) and continued on haha.

Semi problem using the train station after we got off of the Narita Express.  Didn't know we could transfer and but didn't know how to get to the other side.  But looking how the trains work remind me of Bart and Muni so it wasn't too bad. It was only one stop with no problems after.

Finding the hotel was a problem though.  Even though the directions said to exit at #6, it never said which direction to go to for the hotel.  Looked at the street names and easily found it in one of the "alleys."

A man helped me with my luggage up the stairs at the exit since there's no elevators or escalators.  My limited Japanense was with a "iie, ii desu" he helped anyways and then i gave the simple "arigatou gozaimasu" Haha.  so SIMPLE! my skills suck... i wonder what the barrier will be like today.

I'm waiting to shower next.  The bathroom is hella small, but whatever.  Our room turned out to be bigger than I expected and paid for haha.  Not like the picture at least.  There's actually space to walk around!

Anyways.. gotta get ready to head out.  Shower and yeah... maybe I shoulda showered first since my hair is gonna take  the longest to dry.  Well i'm off for now.

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Picspam:

*our hotel room, the blue thing on the bed are yukata robes

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Notes:

The earthquake hit Shizuoka (if i remember) with a maginitude of 6.0+.  There was also a previous earthquake that had hit Japan the Sunday we left to head there.  Throughout the week we were there, all we saw on the news was coverage about the earthquake (and that Noriko Sakai scandal haha)

It seems that the person who gave us the hotel room switched our room with the people who were next door to us (HAHA Sorry Linah XD)