We got up later than usual since the check out time was at noon, we decided to use the jacuzzi for as long as we can. I didn't want to leave Tokyo just yet, I was painfully upset that it was the last day. I want to be back very soon.
We finally decided the leave the hotel room at almost noon and walked down to the Minato area for lunch. Little sis and I came across this good sushi place the last time we were here and wanted to have as much sushi as we could, so yes, we went to have some sushi! Before that, I stopped by the Sakura trees just outside our hotel. They smell so pretty! Never ever loved smelling flowers so much, I'm not the type who likes flowers per say, but these Sakura were so lovely.
It was quite a long walk and we had to walk up a hill just to cross the road and back down again. Finally, when we arrived, we had to wait a while because it was lunch time and there were so many offices around the area, the restaurant was packed. Thankfully, we didn't wait too long. Amazingly, I met an Australian over there. It was so nice to hear someone speak English (and with an Australian accent, makes me miss home so much), after a week of hearing nothing but Japanese.
We didn't take very long to figure out what we wanted. They served us salad and tea first, I always love Japanese salads. Wish I knew what dressing they use. Our food arrived not long after, we were starving. We are forever starving in Japan.
Personally, my favorite's the one right to the left, right at the top. I still don't know what vegetable it is but I think it's only available in Japan. I haven't seen it anywhere else. Here's some tuna, cooked salmon, mackerel, tamago, ikura, ebi and some other fish I don't know the name of. And the rice roll was filled with cooked tuna. Yummy :9 I can't eat ebi so little sis and I exchanged a piece (normal procedure, always happens). They served us miso soup after our meal and the bill was quite expensive. It was about $25 per person.
Not the worse for the both of us, trust me. Once you have a chef for a father, you really spend a lot on food.
After lunch, we slowly made our way to the train station and made our way to Ikebukuro. We didn't get the chance to go to Sunshine City on Friday because of the heavy rain. Ikebukuro is seriously a girls' hang out spot. Most of the stuff they sell cater to girls, you'll see more girls here anyways. And in Akihabara, you will see more guys... mostly otakus.
So at Sunshine City, we didn't do much but walked around. We only went to the Disney and Ghibli shop and got bored after that. So we crossed over to Animate and the other manga/anime shops.
Aristocats! Maria~
I didn't know there was a Visual Kei shop along the lane, just right next to the anime shops, so we just went down, it was at a basement. But.. it was too Visual Kei for me? I don't know how to explain it, I like J-rock but I'm very picky with the bands I like. I tend to like the bands that don't dress up as much and lynch. being my favorite band is not even VK, they are Nagoya Kei. Plus, THE NOVEMBERS is totally not in those categories. I really loved the 90's Dir en grey posters though.
Over at Animate, I was surprised they totally changed the whole building. It used to be full of merch but now, there were more displays and exhibitions. On the highest floor, there was a K exhibition! When I saw Kuro, I shouted "Kuro~~" so loudly that everyone turned and stared at me. Haha.
There were outfits hanged up and they allowed you to try on the coats from some K characters, to cosplay. I just tried the coat on for the fun of it. I can't remember the name of these K characters though. I only watched 3 episodes of it.
Next to the K exhibition, there was another one which I don't know of, something about high school and basketball?
Little sis loved the jacket.
As you can see, they had all the K cast's cardboards.
Shiro and Kuro!
So, we decided to slowly go floor by floor by the stairs. There were some more exhibitions on 2 - 3 more floors. I don't know all of the animes. I wish they had a Fairy Tail one. ;___; But I liked the drawing for this one. I can't remember the name because it's so long but I asked the staff to write it down for me so I can look it up. ^^ I think it's about yokai. I love yokai and Japanese folklore. I have books on it at home and hopefully, I can draw some soon.
I didn't notice but I'm wearing the same colors as this character.
We spent much more time at Ikebukuro as expected, so we had to cancel our plans to go to Roppongi. After Animate, we made our way to Harajuku just because it's one of my favorite places and I really want to see if before I leave.
It was quiet at Harajuku since it was Monday. Yay! But we somehow managed to get lost behind the back street of Harajuku. I don't know how because the other day when we were here, we were just fine. -_-
The 2 new Ghibli films that will be coming out in Summer! "Kaze Tachinu" and "Kaguya hime No Monogatari".
We were so lost, we ended up here which was interesting because these shops were pretty cute.
The tree is in the shop?
And we also ended up at the h.NAOTO boutique, which is a Japanese punk and gothic lolita brand.
And went to Avantgarde again...
After that, we went to Kiddyland again to do some last minute shopping and at this point, we were already rushing for time because we still wanted to go to Shibuya again to go to Silkream one last time. Once we arrived in Shibuya, we went straight to Silkream for dinner first.
I didn't know we ate so fast that in the end, we still had time to spare.
Silkream for the outside.
While we were walking down the street, I noticed this guy who was walking in the opposite direction of me because he was wearing sun glasses and it was already dark. I don't know why but I kept staring at him and he stared back at me the entire time, after that, his face became strangely familiar. Then I realized that he was actually Ruki from the GazettE. After he walked past me, I quickly asked little sis to look at him and she said it's most probably him because he looks short from the back. WHAT AN ANSWER.
So without even thinking, I ran after him and thank god he was waiting to cross the road. I just asked him if he knew how to speak English, and he said "sukoshi". So I asked "Anata wa Gazetto no Ruki desu ka?" Then he said "ah, hai." Then I said "Really? I'm from Australia and I love Gazetto." Ruki was surprised that I was from Australia and he immediately tried to speak English, he was so cute. He asked "how long are you here?" Then I said sadly, "I'm leaving tonight already." Then he said "So sorry, hope you can come to our live one day." They were having their 11th Anniversary that week. I said "I hope so. Nice meeting you." Then he said "Nice meeting you. I have to go to studio. Hope to see you again." Then, he waved and smiled at me and crossed the road. ><
Omg, until today I can't believe I have met Ruki! He's the guy that I've been obsessing over the last 3 years and always always always drawing him. I was so happy beyond words could describe. This trip, not only did I see my favorite band (lynch.) but I also finally met one of my favorite people, Ruki.
After talking to Ruki, I went to Tower Records for one last time. I literally went to the magazine section and pulled out magazines with the GazettE on them and looked at Ruki for a long time. Little sis thought I was crazy but I just couldn't believe it. I sat there for quite some time, so she went to the international section to listen to Bullet For My Valentine's new record.
Finally, we slowly walked to the train station and took the train back to Hamamatsucho. /sigh I seriously didn't want to leave. We picked up our luggages at the hotel and made our way to Haneda airport.
When we arrived at the airport, most of the shops were already closed. Our flight was at midnight, so we waited around, sitting at the observation deck looking at the planes fly in the cold air. I was so upset and little sis was saying how obvious it is that I would come back again and again and again so she doesn't even understand why I was so upset. To be honest, the whole week felt like I was living in a dream. Going to the mountains and lakes, going to lives especially when it's my favorite band, going to character cafes and Disneysea and the icing on top of the cake was meeting Ruki.
Now, you tell me why wouldn't be upset about leaving? Everything I love is there.
Thankfully, our plane ride back was a pleasant one and breakfast was Japanese, so it did cheer me up a little bit. I really really really loved this trip. I haven't felt this happy in such a long time. Everything on this trip was perfect. Tokyo, I'll miss you. I swear I will be back later on this year. Till then.
At Hamamatsucho.
See you again, Tokyo.
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