Sadly, I am on my way home because for some reason I should go to school again :(
The last few days were amazing. I went to the Edo-Tokyo museum and learned some stuff. At the museum there were a bunch of kids on school trips, and kids kept coming up to me and saying "HELLO, HELLO!!!!" lol. I've heard that that is pretty common: kids get excited at the chance to practice their English when they see a foreigner.
After the museum I went to Akihabara,aka the promised land for nerds. It sure was a place! It was fun to see store after store after store selling nothing but electronics and video games and manga and action figures. There were also several crane game parlours: I won on my first try, but the coolest machines were super complicated and required several plays so that you could work this elaborate trap mechanism. There were also several maid cafes >__> They all had maids on the street advertising for them, and the best was a comics-themed maid cafes where the girl advertising on the street was wearing a Chopper hat. By the way, One Piece is still crazy popular here.
I also visited a famous gate and shopping area in Asakusa, and visited this amazing street that only has restaurant supply stores. All of the restaurants here have fake food in the window to advertise their food, and this fake food all comes from Asakusa!
Finally, this morning I visited the shrines to Meiji, the dude who established a constitution in Japan, then walked around Harajuku, a high-fashion area. Then I made my way to the airport, and now I am waiting to board my plane to Vancouver. I have had a great time and I can't wait to see you all soon (and to share my weird candy with you)!
Haha! For a second I read that last part as if it said a guy established the constitution and then walked around the fashion district.
ReplyDeleteSorry I didn't check this out sooner, I'm just catching up now! Sounds like it was an awesome trip. I saw a maid cafe on TV where all the maids were guys in drag. I think that would be the funniest one to visit!