January 28, 2011
12:49 AM
23/24 Jan 2010, Japan Day 16/17
23 was shopping spree day! Went to the Square Enix museum near Shinjuku for the morning. Its more of a gallery and shop than a museum though. They had quite some epic loot there: FF7 Fenrir scarves, Odin and Shiva t-shirts, huge FF7 posters, and proper jewellery(not the low-quality kinds that Comic Connection sells). Their prices easily rival those you'd find in jewellery stores. As much as I'd love a Griever necklace, budget doesn't allow for it. The two most epic items in the museum, I'd say it would be the Genesis costume, and the life-sized Sephiroth under-the-floor display. I was just browsing around, looking at the figurines on display, then I noticed something unusual on the place I was standing on. I look down... WOAH WTF, I'm standing on a glass panel with Sephiroth lying underneath. I bet *someone* would go absolutely nuts were they to see it. Bought a cute cactaur for 2000 yen.
Next stop Harajuku. It was a sunday, so as usual, the place was packed full of people. Scoured the whole area for clothing. I think I walked the full length of the street four times in total. Got a hat and a long sleeved t-shirt.
Third stop Shinjuku. Walked around the streets, didn't see many clothing stores. Keeps making me wonder why people recommend Shinjuku for clothes shopping.
Fourth stop Ikebukuro. The place didn't leave much of an impression on me the last time, and it didn't this time either. Nothing much to distinguish it from the other parts of Tokyo. I found a Uniqlo though. Got a brown pair of pants at a discount.
Final stop. Akihabara. Five stops in a day. Quite the insane, but since it was the last day, I thought I'd might as well go all out. Played a few games of Reflec Beat, then browsed the comic stores for any last things I might have missed out.
So ended the day. Reached the hostel/hotel at 10+ pm.
24 was the day we were headed back. Made our final stop at Shinjuku's Odakyu, basement level, aka sweet shopping. Bought a box of Tokyo Banana. Its yellow, its shaped like a banana, it looks like a banana, but its NOT A BANANA! I'm guessing its a cake thingy, but apparently its supposed to taste good. Oh well. Hendra spent 10000 yen purely on the stuff, along with strawberry-flavoured banana thingys. When in Japan, do like the Japanese. Do epic.
A wheel on my luggage bag broke on the way to the train station to the airport. Ended up dragging the thing all the way. At the airport, I discovered the whole thing weighed a whopping 22kg. Not too surprising, considering the amount of stuff I packed into it. This time, I managed to come back with only one bag worth of stuff. ^^