I’m just gonna throw these here and that’s it.
osaka
On the fourth of January we went to visit Takuya in Kobe. We visited a Hawaiian restaurant, the food was great! And we had giant pancakes there for dessert, so good ;_;
For the rest of our stay in Kobe we just hung out and strolled around and then came back to Osaka. We went to the same club that we went to on New Year’s Eve and we thought it would be half empty. Turned out we were wrong and it was packed, just about as full as on New Year’s! We had a great time once again, this time we hung out with Japanese girls that were do adorable and nice!
On the fifth we just took things easy because we had to leave in the evening by night bus to Tokyo. The night bus was a very interesting experience, although quite an uncomfortable one. The trip took 9 hours and had three stops, one for almost an hour. The bus would have been relatively comfortable to sleep in if it weren’t for the awful draft from the windows. I did manage to sleep 3-4 hours and just kept my eyes closed for the rest of the time.
We arrived in Tokyo at 6:40am and we were going to get our appartment keys at 14:00. So we had 7 hours to kill, which we did by strolling around Shibuya and Shinjuku, realizing everything is a lot smaller than we remembered and shopping and going to cafes.
We had a minorly hard time finding our appartment and when we did we weren’t that thrilled since we were right at a junction road connecting our area and Kabukicho. We were a little nervous thinking the area is unsafe, but now that we have stayed here for almost the whole week, I can say it’s not bad at all and it’s actually a great location for a stay in Tokyo! And the appartment is really nice, although the gas stove and gas water heating are difficult to get used to.
It’s already the 11th now instead of the 6th the day that I just told about but I need to catch up later since I have to start getting ready.
New year
On the first day of January we hung out at home watching the restf of the Walking dead season and in the late afternoon we went to eat karee and to stroll around Namba parks and Namba. It was so dead almost everywhere because of the national holiday and Japanese traditions related to it. There were more people at dotonbori though, so we hung out by the river. And we also went to take some purikura!
And I hit my knee somewhere during New Year’s eve and the bruise looked so much worse this day! XD
On the next day we went shopping all day because the sales started. Just found one shirt and a pair of sunglasses though, but it was fun. We ate ramen that tasted like pure perfection before going home!
Today we slept in quite late and then went to Umeda. We visited a ferris wheel that was so scary because it shook at the top and we werer scared we would die. We ate at an Asian-Western fusion restaurant that had quite odd but interesting food choices. Went shopping at Donquiote and I found my first souvenir! And we went to take some purposefully awful purikura.
Ended the night with card games and drinks and more food at an izakaya.
Now I am going to sleep! We are visiting Takuya in Kobe tomorrow and then we’re going clubbing again! Then it will be our last day together in Osaka and we’ll leave for Tokyo by night bus!
Video of the countdown last night!
Before I change my mind. Or my mind changes me. 