The semester is ending and it's been very busy with all the exam-formulating, exam-checking, etc.
But anyway, since it's a Friday night and I don't have class tomorrow, I will write about Harajuku. (Sorry for not being able to think of a better title... my mind is in shambles with all the workload haha.)
When I arrived in Tokyo two Mondays ago, my AME buddy, Ali invited me to hang out somewhere. I was supposed to prepare for my presentation but since I don't see my buddy a lot because she doesn't live in the Philippines anymore, I still wanted to go! Besides, I still had another night to prepare for my presentation.
We went to Harajuku. I was excited even though I barely got sleep the night before. Why not? I've always wanted to go to Harajuku!
Harajuku JR Station looks so cool! Yes, that's a train station! |
We went to the famous Takeshita Dori.
Takeshita Dori! Something I only used to see in photos. /emotional |
Buddy treated me to crepe. Yay~
Crepe. Nomnomnom. Honestly, being able to read katakana (and hiragana and very few kanji) helps. |
And then did some shopping.
Heh heh. XD |
Super cool rings. Ali got the parachute. |
Trying on fascinators. |
For dinner, we had takoyaki. FINALLY. I got to eat REAL takoyaki. As in with octopus inside! 8 pieces for 500 yen. Expensive if you try to convert to peso. But it's actually cheap for dinner. LOL.
Takoyaki!!! Hey, I didn't eat everything! Ali and I shared. LOL. |
I'm so glad to go around Harajuku with Ali! Because seriously, I can't remember the last time we had a buddy date!
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I was looking at my old blog posts when I saw this. Maaaaaan, who would have thought that two months after going to Ximending (the so-called "Harajuku of Taipei") I'd be able to go to the actual Harajuku in Tokyo. To be honest, I think Harajuku and Ximending has a lot of differences. I mean, Harajuku felt totally different from Ximending. But perhaps the main similarity is that it's a place where young people hang out.
Oh, I actually went to Harajuku FOUR times haha. But I'll write about the other trips next time. ^_^
Cool! :D
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