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第六日：東京

FREE DAY WOOOO

this was my plan:

osaki (hotel) → tokyo (pokemon center DX) → akihabara (lunch and shopping) → shibuya (??? explore??)

wanted to throw ikebukuro into the mix so we could do a full circle around the yamanote line but no time

btw the hotel is super near osaki station (no kidding it’s just downstairs) so all the places i wanted to visit were convenient to travel to

had breakfast at the hotel before heading out at around 10.30 am to avoid the morning rush crowd

it was a rainy day so my camera was sleeping in my bag (pats camera) good work for the past few days

anyway my mum can’t do tech stuff at all so i had to be a human gps... was praying that my phone battery would last the whole day especially since it doesn’t seem to charge in the hotel (spoiler: it did!! had 30% left after a whole day)

first stop: tokyo station

found the pokecen without much issues!! apparently it’s one of the largest (if not the largest) pokecens in tokyo?? in other words... the best chance of finding merch

↓ this giant mewtwo tank was from the pokecen at shibuya parco (yeah we visited three pokecens in one day bc i wanted to hunt for rowlet merch) but i put the pic here to make this post more coherent

it’s super cool right?

my mum told me to pose as though pikachu was pulling me so i did the michael jackson lean but backwards

oh oh i also went to the sumikko gurashi shop at tokyo station and i wanted to buy stuff bc they had the new peach (?) series items bUT THE CROWD WAS SO SCARY TT also it was a pain to do the tax rebate (had to go elsewhere to register before shopping) so i left empty handed weh

i hope they bring the new items to sg...

next stop: akihabara

taking the train in japan was surprisingly easy?? meanwhile getting around in europe makes me wanna cry

i’ve heard ppl say the train lines in tokyo are complicated but they look fine to me?? and also the stations are close by so each stop took around 2 to 3 minutes?? nice

the reserved seating area is pink... why is it so pretty

GUESS WHERE WE WENT FOR LUNCH

obviously... if i were to pick... it would be...

M O S B U R G ✧

i mean my bro did say to try out one of the fast food places in japan (he recommended macdonalds but i didn’t want lol) to see if they were any different from the ones in sg

i didn’t think it would taste different but... the bun was sweeter than usual and the fish had a different flavour to it hmm weird

also onion rings as a side??? PLS BRING THIS TO SG

i really like the “milk tea” tho!! dunno if i ordered it correctly but it’s not sweet at all unlike the ones in sg (inb4 i ordered iced red tea with milk)

the atmosphere in mos burg was so cosy and chill... kinda gives me cafe vibes

we sat on the second floor next to the window so we could enjoy the view

after lunch i dragged my mum around to visit weeb shops (she said that when she took her eyes off me for one second i disappeared lol)

the day before i asked HF for shop recommendations bUT BECAUSE I KEPT GETTING DISTRACTED BY OTHER SHOPS i could only visit animate

i also browsed the outside of radio kaikan which i found by accident while going back to the station (didn’t have time to go in bc it was getting dark and i wanted to visit shibuya)

it wasn’t my intention to be going in and out of shops like a lost snake but... i can’t help it... every time i see weeb shit i wanna go in lol maybe it’s cuz i’m hunting for several items

a lot of the shops have multiple floors... is that how they make you exercise

i ended up climbing so many stairs without realising it cuz i was engrossed in my search

oh i did wander into the BL sections which... my mum also followed me into... as a result i couldn’t browse and had to do a quick retreat :/ so unfortunate

come to think of it i rarely saw any persona 5 merch... is it very unpopular in japan??

aaa magikarp taiyaki

actually i wanted to have taiyaki in japan but every time i find a shop... i’m always too full TT

the entrance has got cute grils on it... surreal

last stop: shibuya

when we went to shibuya it was already dark out so we went to parco and then walked around until 7.30 pm-ish before going back

wanted to see the hachiko statue and shibuya crossing but my dumbass can’t navigate to save my life

maybe next time

finally returned to osaki station at around 8 pm and had dinner at the nearby mall

picked saizeriya cuz it was inexpensive and familiar (we’re too tired to make decisions ok)

i avoid all the gratin and baked rice dishes in sg saizeriya bc they always come with a dirty dish rag smell but the ones in japan are fine

also ordered a drinks bar so we could chill and drink unlimited amounts of hot tea

even though i was tired from all the walking i didn’t immediately KO when i returned back to the hotel hmm weird

#i wanna go back to akiba #it's the best #log

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