December 2, 2007

Survival time!

I took off quite early in the morning, waking up I-san and T-chan in the process. :P From Shinosaka, I caught a shinkansen to Shinyokohama. It was a very nice day, weather was clear and warm. And YAY! I got to see Fuji-san again!

A little closer.

An attempt at self portrait! xDD

4 hours later, I arrived at Shinyokohama. I went to my hotel to leave my stuff with the front desk as check-in time was a few hours away. So I took off and headed over to Shibuya! ^^ Thanks to Mich’s and Ribi’s directions, I didn’t get lost! YAY!

There was a huge silver star x’mas tree out front.

Ok, truth is, JFC is much smaller than I’d ever imagined! XDD oh man, it’s fully packed with noisy fangirls I could hardly walk! LOL

Nevertheless, this was what greeted me when I walked into the place ♥

Takki’s scariest Santa and his almond-shaped eye reindeer ;) BTW, since when did reindeer eat apples? xD

And the cutest Christmas message from Tsubasa! What else could I say, it’s just lovely! ^^

Let’s take a look at other messages ^^ Takki, please go take a look at Ohno’s reindeer and see how it should look like! XDD

I was there for almost an hour, to take a video clip of T&T VTR before I left JFC. Having some time to kill as my friend, Yuki-kun had an exam until 5, I decided to walk from Shibuya to Harajuku. It was an interesting walk, I got to see a lot of cute stuff along the way.

I poked my head into Takeshita dori, and realized it was a bad decision! Look at these crowd!! Once I got in, it’s like no way out, I couldn’t even make a turn!! LOL

Eventually, I slipped out, and met with Yuki. We then went to dinner at a Thai place in Harajuku area, soooooooo yummy!!!! Not that I complained about Japanese food as I loved it, but Thai food was much much tastier! ^^ After that, we went shopping afterwards, now I know where to find all those gothic style outfits! XD

We walked around for a big while, before I had to say goodbye to Yuki and go back to the hotel to check in. Yuki-kun, thank you so much for all your help!! m(_ _)m

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December 3, 2007

Next morning, I got up seriously early, debating myself whether or not I should go to Harajuku again. But since I got all T&T shop and paparazzi photos I wanted already, I decided to go to Tokyo station for a mini shopping instead ^^” I left for Narita airport early to allow myself some time to go to the post office.

I-san, T-chan and I bought a copy of Enbujou DVD for A-san when we’re back in Osaka, so I went to the post office to ask for a bubble envelope. The obaa-san there was really helpful. On top of the DVD, I was also sending A-san an Enbujou postcard separately. So, I asked for some stamps. The obaa-san took a look at my postcard and went: Ah! Takki!! ROFL!! She giggled and poked the other obaa-san at the counter to take a look at the postcard, then turned back to me and said: kirei ne~ *nods nods nods* xD

Next, I went to buy some souvenirs. Bulky heavy stuff! I dragged my stuff to NWA counter, pulled my extra duffel bag out, and started splitting everything into 2 big piles. Of course, T&T shop photos remained in my backpack, untouched! XDD

After that, I went for a quick lunch, returned my rental cellphone, and went to the gate.

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9 hours later, I was back in Seattle at 7:05am PST. Dad picked me up from the airport and dropped me off at home. I had a quick breakfast, took a shower and headed back to work around 9am.

Life was back to normal, once again.

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That’s pretty much it for my second trip to Japan in 2007! Surprisingly enough, it took me less than 6 months to finish this travelogue, wow, that’s a new record! XD

Can’t wait to see where my next journey will take me to.

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