Days in Tokyo 2013 part 2

Wednesday 22nd of May, 5th day in Tokyo

I went to Nakano to go around in Nakano Broadway. It’s a quite big shopping mall and I have gone there during my every trip. I always find something interesting from there. *laugh* This time I just bought some candies from there because they were cheap in there~ I also thought of buying a Polaroid camera but still haven’t bought it. But I have to buy it before next Friday 31st. I have some special plans for that day. xP

I met my friend in Nakano after 5pm and then we went to Akihabara. We went to one bar which is found by Ken (ex. bassist of アンド –Eccentric Agent-). It was nice to go there. The only problem is that I don’t speak Japanese so well and I’m very afraid to speak even that little what I know so my friend needed to translate quite a lot to me. I’m sorry! ;_; But well… The evening was nice and at least I was able to understand what my friend was talking about with the J-Rockers in there.

It was nice to see Ken because I never got to see アンド at live. He has changed a lot! But still he’s kind of cute. *laugh* He did some things, which reminded me of his time in アンド. Oh gosh… I miss them so much. ;_; But still… I had great evening and I just can’t do anything else than just laugh at myself because I were so excited in there that I couldn’t do almost anything. *laugh* And I almost totally froze when Ken came behind me and touched my hair. Every fangirl’s dream or something. *laugh* (Yes, Ken was my favorite from アンド.)

We sat at the bar like almost 3 hours, I think. After that we went to Shinjuku to eat at McDonald’s. *laugh* So, again I got some great memories and more reasons why I should learn more Japanese. ^^ The J-Rockers were like: “Come again when you next time come to Japan.” and stuff like that and I just said to my friend later in train that I really have to learn much more Japanese before I go there again. *laugh*

Thursday 23rd of May, 6th day in Tokyo

I slept quite late and did some laundry so my plans didn’t work so well what I had hoped… I was supposed to go to Yebisu Garden Place before I met my friend again but in the end I hadn’t enough time to do that. So, I just met my friend at Ebisu station a bit before 5pm because I went to her work place with her. ^^

I thought that I could just go there and sit there a while but in the end I sat there like 4 hours and translated some things from English to Finnish. That maybe sounds weird but it’s because I’m the new leader of musicJAPANplus’ Finnish team. I should find team members for our team but still haven’t found anyone, so… If anyone of my readers is interested, message me or leave me a comment and I’ll tell you more about what is going on. ^^

But yeah, in a way it sounds maybe funny that when I’m on vacation, I work but still that’s for a good reason. I really want more J-Rock bands to Finland again so this is going to be a good thing! I do it because I want and it’s totally voluntary thing but when I sat at the office, my friend’s boss gave me one magazine full of アンド and also one CD of their, which includes 2 CDs and a DVD. *-* I’m so happy of that~ Well… We left from there a bit before 10pm and again we went to Shinjuku and ate in McDonald’s. This doesn’t sound good but oh well… *laugh*

Friday 24rd of May, 7th day in Tokyo

I left from the hostel few hours before one concert. I quickly went to Harajuku and I didn’t even buy anything what I was supposed to buy… I just walked in there without buying anything. Okay, that’s maybe a good thing I think. *laugh* But after that I went to Ikebukuro where the concert was.

I had great time at the concert! I also got a new friend again. ^^ She’s from Germany and we had fun together so we also went to Shibuya and there to Starbucks after the concert. ^^ It was nice to meet her and I really hope to meet her someday again~

I’ll make a separate entry of the concert because I’m not sure how many of my readers are interested of it and it’s also easier that way. ^^ But just to mention… The bands in the concert were: NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST/Signal/トーマス/BLACK LINE/Circus/GALEYD. I went there because of GALEYD, Circus and Signal. ^^

Saturday 25th of May, 8th day in Tokyo

I had been exactly one week in Tokyo but still the time had passed by so fast that it didn’t even feel like a week. I met my friend in Shibuya but I went there so early that I had some time to go to Tower Records before she came to Shibuya. This was my second time in Tower Records but still I haven’t bought anything else except J-Rock CDs. This is great! I really am starting to find some J-Rock bands again and I have to admit that I have missed this a lot! ^^ But yeah… There was also some event of Scandal at that time so there were a lot of middle-aged Japanese men. *laugh*

Well, my friend came a bit late because of some troubles but nothing more about those… We walked in Shibuya a while and then decided to go to Harajuku. At first we really didn’t have anything special to do but after eating (actually we ate before we left to Harajuku) and some walking around we decided to walk back to Shibuya. We went to Karaoke. *laugh* We sat there like 1,5 hours and my friend was singing and I were just enjoying of my melon soda. *laugh* That’s basically how it works but it was still fun! I’m not so much into singing so it’s better this way. ^^

After that we went to izakaya to eat. The food was sooo good! We ate some pizza and something a bit Mexican thing where was a lot of cheese and some beans. And the food in there was also very cheap! 3 different foods + drinks + desserts were like 1650yen/per person! ^^

Sunday 26th of May, 9th day in Tokyo

Today I just walked around here in Asakusa. I went to Sensoji temple and did some shopping around that area. I found some nice souvenirs, something to my little brother and to my best friend and also to my godson. ^^ But yeah… I love going to temples because it feels that there I can really relax and just forget everything. ^^

After that I went to buy some drinks to myself from one shop, which is quite near the temple area. We found that shop by accident last summer and it’s was good thing because everything is a bit cheaper in there than in a kombini. ^^ After that I came to the hostel and sat here a while and drunk some ice tea. The weather was very hot today also! Or okay, not too hot but still hot. *laugh* And it feels even hotter when you’re walking all the time.

After a while of sitting I went to Oshiage and to the shopping mall under Tokyo Skytree. I bought some make-ups and then the rest postcards, which I needed. I also tried to search a new blouse to myself but didn’t find any. *sigh* I need to continue searching maybe on Tuesday.

I came back to the hostel a bit after 5pm and then I have just been sitting in here. I also wrote all postcards, that I needed so I can take them to post office tomorrow. ^^ One more thing less to stress about. ^^

But I’ll try to go to sleep at latest around 11pm because I should wake up maybe around 10am tomorrow. I’m going to a concert again and it starts from 3pm. *laugh* Going to be a long one~

(Sorry that there wasn't any pictures this time. ;_; Going to post them to Facebook later.)