got back from tokyo this morning, already edited and uploaded the pictures so here we go
first, the main reason i went to tokyo was to visit some good friends who I met at Mississippi State. I got to see everyone except Kaori :( but hopefully I'll get to visit again soon and she won't be so busy
Night One: Korean food
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| Everyone (minus fumi and kaori + Park-san) |
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| Appetizer |
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| Main Course, pork, onion etc |
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| Looks like Mayato winking at Haruka? |
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| Park-san and Myself |
The night ended with Me, Toshiko, Mayato and Haruka doing Purikura:
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| All the editing done by Haruka and Toshiko |
Day 2:
I went to visit Meisei University where they all go/went to university. I was allowed to sit in on Haruka and Toshiko's 4th period and Haruka, Toshiko and Fumi's 5th period.
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| The monorail headed for Meisei |
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| View from the monorail as I arrived at Meisei |
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| First view of the campus after exiting the monorail (i believe that is the gymnasium) |
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Campus Map
(I met Haruka and Toshiko near the fountain) |
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| Longhorns at Meisei?! |
After 5th period their friend Chiho drove us to Fumi's part time job for dinner. I hadn't realized how much I missed riding in a car
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| The free "appetizer" that comes when you order alcohol |
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| Salad |
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| Chicken and potatoes |
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| Bacon and Egg Pizza |
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| The aftermath |
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| Me and Haruka |
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| Me and Toshiko |
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| Toshiko, Me, Haruka, and Fumi |
Day 3
Top Secret Engineering, thanks to Shunsuke for helping me arrange everything
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| Smokey doing some tuning to the Top Secret GT-R |
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| Customer Supra with Smokey in the background |
After the visit to Top Secret I didn't feel like paying for a cab back, so I walked and took some pics along the way
Day 4
Random wandering around, Shinjuku, Shibuya and Harajuku
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| Shinjuku |
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| Random Evo IV |
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| On my way to Shinjuku Station to go to Shibuya |
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| In Shibuya |
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| not sure why but i found this amusing |
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| Street crossing outside of Shibuya station |
Harajuku
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| Crowded street full of shops |
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| Advertising.... something? |
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| Big Wheel indeed |
Back in Shinjuku, wandering around till my bus comes at 11:50pm
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| Mad Hatter and Captain Jack Sparrow..... helping advertise |
and one benefit of taking the midnight bus.... when it stops at 5:30 for bathroom break you get to see the sunrise in the land of the rising sun
