So, on
Thursday we went to Shibuya. Again. And shopped. Again. Oops. But before that we went through Harajuku more throughly than the day before and found several items of interest -mostly stuff we'll never actually
need, but which are
supercool and
awesome and must-have. I don't even know anymore what I have bought on which day as I haven't taken a photo every night of my day's productivity, but I'll try to get a collection pic of everythingat some point.
After Harajuku's famous shopping street we fought our way through the nine floors of Shibuya 109, trying to find dresses. Few were found with reasonable price (but the ones that cost over 10 000 yen were unbelievable... Though sadly not in our budget).
In the evening we went to purikura, again
and several times.
On
Friday was AKANE'S BIRTHDAY! So we had to celebrate, of course! So we went to find some acceptable beverages and headed for karaoke for four hours! And although my voice didn't function properly afterwards it was totally worth it! In the evening we went to purikura
once thrice more and did some birthday pimping to the pictures. Here's my collection (they're a third of all we've taken as we have already divided them between the three of us):
(The one on the left is me and Rosa two years ago but the others are all ones we've taken here.)
And I have to say. This is how natural purikura makes you (I look like a
Tarsier):
On
Saturday we met Akane's cousin Megumi and ran around Shibuya for a change. We went to the Disney shop and found several potential shopping centers to go through still. Sadly I was feeling quite shitty and we headed home a little early.
During the evening we had a birthday dinner (for both Akane and Tsutomu, Akane's uncle) featuring yakitori, after which there were huge fireworks everywhere around Tokyo.
On
Sunday we went to Akihabara, the electronic appliance paradice *ww* I bought several somethings, including the cd's of Home Made Kazoku and Utada Hikaru, and a few headphones. We got a little worked up in the cd store and remembered that there was this huge-ass selling-used-cd's-store Tsukiya in Shibuya. So we were off there again. And so all in all I bought these CDs:
I also found shoes which are my newest lovers right now:
Then we went to purikura, as we were close by. (No pattern here, no.)
Monday we used by going to
Disney Sea. Unbelievable, you had to wait for two hours to get into the rides, but they were worth it. I won't even try to explain how awesome they were.
Tuesday was a day when -actually for the first time during our trip- we did
nothing. We wonderfully overslept as the day before we'd been walking
a bit and our legs were about to fall off. Then we ate, packed or suitcases, weighed them for several times, decided to send a post-package to Finland (me and Mia) and ate again. Then went to bed. Interesting is life.
Wednesday was the day of our changing accomodation. We had been sleeping in the corners of Akane's relatives for long enough and headed for Shinjuku after posting our package. We had to look for the hostel a little as the exit from which it is easily accessible was closed.
We found it and it was slightly... Interesting. Not horribly bad but not worth five stars either. But it'll be enough for us to stay for the next five nights after which we'll head home...
