This evening ...

... something happened!

When i signed up for the room in the hostel i asked for female but said mixed was ok, but since being here I thought that they only did male and female as I hadn't heard of any mixed yet, then when I was sat on my bed a man walked in!!!

(ノД`)・゜・。


They could have warned me!!! What if I was changing or something!!!!

March 30th - Updaate!

Hi Guuys! (*ﾉωﾉ)

I apologise for the lack of updates, I have a partial excuse of no wifi on the tour sometimes, and then tiredness but it's not like I wasn't on the computer, but I aim to be back!!! Muhahaha ... ha?

Today I was planning on going to Ginza but instead I decided just to have a simple day at Akihabara ... I'm not sure why. I guess because I got up late and spent a while showering and I have a Skype date soon so I figured something closer would make more sense  （＾ω＾） 

I'd heard about a place where you could buy old used games and games consoles in Akiba so I went on a search for スーパーポタイト (Suupaa Potato/Super Potato) I wanted to find a Gameboy colour Pokemon for a present but they didn't have one in sight, and then I realised that even if they did it would probably be super expensive. I apologise Joel!!!! I have failed you o(╥﹏╥)o Please forgive me!!!! Got some pictures of the shop though!

There's also a short video which I'll upload soon. Recently I've gotten quite a few clips of places, so I might make a 'clips from around Japan' video then start my proper videos again ^-^

I've recently started reading a new manga on the internet called 電撃デイシー (Dengeki Daisy) for the evenings in the Hostel and absolutely feel in love with it so I also went to buy the first book and the first book for 妖狐×僕SS (Inu Boku Shīkuretto Sābisu).

(The manga on the right (Inu X Boku SS) May look like a bit dirty but that's just the front cover, honest mum! *Shifty Eyes!*)

Thus my weakness for Japanese manga grows! My book collection this far.

From top to bottom is Inu X Boku SS 1, Dengeki Daisy 1, Skip Beat 30 then 1, Bokura Ga Ita 1, a Japanese Manga Magazine called Hana to Yume and a Howls Moving Castle book manga style! Coming to just over 4530円 (roughly £35)  hehe ... whoops! (⌒_⌒;) 

But my theory is this if you listened to all of an artists music over and over again on the internet, you'd feel inclined to buy their album to give them some of the money, even though you have access to it anyway ... and it may be in a language you barely understand ... They're study books and I can still appreciate the artwork!! Geez, stop judging me!!!!

Skip Beat is my favourite, so that's why I bought them first. Then although I haven't read it, I bought Bokura Ga Ita because it's quite big at the moment (I think a film adaptation has just come out?) But I figured it would be quite good to try and translate a book that I haven't read yet, as I understand what's going on in the other books .... that's my reasoning anyways :P


The Magazine I bought mostly because it has the next episode of Skip Beat, but I also wanted to see what else was in it (just more chapters of other Manga) and because of this SEXY POSTER of Tsuraga Ren!

Check out that nippleless hunk! o(≧∇≦o)

Now it's time for: English People Talk About English Things!!!

The weather today was crazy!! I was walking towards Akihabara station and this gust of wind literally stopped everyone in their tracks! You couldn't move forwards for about 7 seconds (which is quite a long time for wind if you think about it!...  .... ....Teehee!（＞ω＜）)

I'll be doing a tour highlights soon with recommendations for my favourite places around Japan and my best pictures!

Hope you enjoyed this blog post! I actually made myself laugh while I was typing it (loneliness does some crazy things to you!!)

CIAO! ヽ(^▽^)ノ

xx

Day 4 - March 12th - Off to Shinagawa to meet the group!

For the first night of my tour I was staying in the Prince Hotel in Shinagawa.
After packing and making my way there, it was about 11am, and I found out check in was only at 2pm, so I left my baggage at the hotel and went for a wonder :)
Right next door was a department store with mostly clothes, and a small restaurant, and when it got to 12 I decided eating there would probably be best as the menu had pictures and was in English. I ordered the Tokyo Ramen which did not disappoint.

On my wonders around the area I came across this small shrine right in between two large modern buildings.

I did pay 100 yen for my fortune but it was in Japanese so I'll have to ask someone whether it was good or bad :P

This is also the view from a bridge the goes over a main road,

and even the buses in Japan are cute ^-^ Makes me so happy!

When I was finally able to check in, I met the rest of the group and actually had a room where I could spread out my belongings for a bit :D Shame it was only for one night. The view from our room was absolutely beautiful though. Tokyo looks amazing ^-^

Day 3 - March 11th - Sensoji Temple [Part 2]

So, I made my last blog post whilst I was eating my dinner on the 11th March (the kare pan was nice ^-^ ) but I ended up going out afterwards.

I thought as there was so much going on during the day, and there were men setting up lamps, I figured that there would be something happening in the evening. However, there was not. I got some pretty sweet night time photos around and of Sensoji Temple though ^-^ 

New Video :)

It was just more extra footage from today (March 11th) that I couldn't add into the other video or it would be too long. Enjoy! :D

Day 3 - 11th March

So today started off at 3 am. I'd woken up and failed to sleep, and ended up killing time until about 7, but ignoring that, today has been the best day here so far :D although, that's not hard, there haven't been many!

Today I was assaulted by many high schoolers, mostly female but a couple of males, asking for photographs with me because I'm foreign (it's meant to be a normal occurrence here in Japan and luckily I was prepared!) They got me doing funny things like making love hearts with our hands and these two here. One group thrust a piece of fresh melon bread they'd just bought into my hands. I didn't have time to finish before I was asked for pictures by the next group. I had a conversation with one of the first groups that went a bit like this.

Them: "How old?"
Me: "JuuHachi!" (18)
Them: "EEEHH?!? Almost the same as us, 17! Where are you from?"
Me: "Igirisu" (England)
Them: "Boyfriendo?"
Me: *Pause*Blush* "Hai" (Yes)
Them: *Laugh* "KAWAAIII!"

I got a lot of 'Kawai's' and 'Very Beautiful!' comments which cheered me up greatly.

Two other people that asked for my time however were these lovely children who were out on what I presume was a school trip to practice their English. After we finished they gave me a bag with some of the cutest drawings I have ever seen and some food + the instructions on how to prepare them in English (which will definitely come in handy :P) and someone who wanted me to right a message to those affected by the tsunami today last year.

I then took touristy pictures of Sensoji Temple which are all on my Facebook Page. And made my first vlog on youtube ^-^

The man in the video actually worked out where I was staying, and when I told him that I was staying for a while longer he said "oh! well we'll probably meet again then as I'm always walking around this area"... so I have made a mental note to avoid the area if I want to get somewhere in a hurry :P

A few pieces I tried for the first time today and luckily all of them turned out delicious!

Custard Cream filled Taiyaki

Nikuman - Pork Bun

Lipton Apple Iced Tea

Kare Pan - Curry Bread

Day 2 - 10th March

Today was my first full day in Japan.
Because I'd gone to bed so early I woke up at 7 to find it snowing outside ... not what I expected.
I stayed in the Hostel until between 9 - 10am when we made our way to the National Tokyo Museum, some of my favourites being ...

In one room we found this, 

and she explained that it was a map of the Museum taking examples of fabric and other items from the rooms so that people were able to feel what certain things felt like. I thought it was a really nice touch ^-^ (accidental bad pun)

We then walked around trying to find a place to eat lunch, and on our way we found these guys in Ueno station. 

There were women dancing just before but they stopped when I got my camera out to record :(

Finding a place to eat is basically trying to find a place that's either in english or has pictures :P when we eventually found somewhere in Ueno and I had this, and to finish off we were given gum \(^-^)/

We then decided to spend the afternoon in Akihabara, which was probably not the best idea as it was a Saturday, so it was packed! Luckily, it wasn't as overwhelming as I thought but I still didn't bother buying anything.

When we were walking around this guy just randomly pointed his camera at me and took a picture, I must have looked like a right fool because I was mid frown! He wasn't even Japanese!

Angel Beats!

FFX13-2 - Lightning

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Aegis - Persona 3

Ranka Lee and Sheryl Nome - Macross frontier

We then grabbed a Starbucks, which was very complicated as she talking to me in Japanese and I was like "aahh! Wakarimasen (I don't understand)", she then said "in or away" then it was all hunky dory ^-^

Just had my first taste of Melon Bread, it's alright, something to eat if I'm feeling lazy and its absolutely covered in sugar! I want to say that it tastes like brioche but I could be totally wrong, it's a long time since i ate it.