July 2010
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Sky Tree and Misc.
My friend needed to get more tea and souvenirs so I went with her since I’m always up for kaitenzushi! : D She needed to go to Asakusa for some stuff and we managed to get a better picture of the yet to be completed Sky Tree over there! :D The Sky Tree will be the new Tokyo Tower but I like the present Tokyo Tower D: I’m it’s number one fan! xD Interesting...
Jul 3rd
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Abura Soba?
An abura soba place popped up right next to Hoshien a couple months ago and I was really apprehensive about trying anything from there because the sign/logo for it is basically just a huge 油 (kanji for oil)! But I’ve been hearing really good things about it so last week, right after our return orientation, I found some time go to! Man this stuff is good. It’s not healthy at all but...
Jul 3rd
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Enoshima Revisited!
Because the last time we went to Enoshima it was raining and a bit of a disaster, we had to go again! And since it’s アジサイ season and Kamakura and Enoshima are famous for their アジサイ, we decided to go to last Saturday! Enoshima when it’s not dark, cold, and rainy is lots of fun! Birdies have new clothes :) Tried takosenbei! (octopus… cracker?) Looks like a fossil but it was...
Jul 2nd
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Sky Tree in the Making
Last Friday I went to visit Jokanji (the throw-away temple) with my friend because she had to go for one of her classes. It was interesting (I ended up doing some research on it after coming back home that night) but also slightly depressing : ( And I got 7 mosquito bites in just a few minutes at the temple >0< We then walked towards Ueno to go to a kaitenzushi place which has amazing...
Jul 2nd