157. pika pika, yokohama

Since little sis hasn't been to Yokohama, we decided to go today because again, the weather was nice (unlike yesterday, it was raining and humid) and there was a Pikachu event going on for the week. Once we arrived at Minato Mirai Station, everything was plastered with Pikachu, there was even a Pikachu inflatable float for kids to play on near the station. There were people handing out flyers and even a paper foldable hat for the event.

We went t Mark Is first and there was a stage and even more Pikachu stuff, there was even a gigantic balloon hanging in the middle of the mall.

We were getting a little hungry so we went to Afternoon Tea for their summer special. It was octopus with tomato base pasta which was actually weirdly nice. We heard some loud music coming outside, so we hurried to finish our drink and went outside to see what was going on. There were Pikachu-s dancing and entertaining the crowd. There were tons of children trying to catch a glimpse of the dancing yellow things so we didn't want to fight with them for a good view. Managed to watch a little of the performance. 

Once the performance was over, the both of us decided to walk around Minato Mirai and we went out of Mark Is, and slowly walked down to the amusement area, where all the rides were and even the ship near it was decked out in Pikachu. It's sail flags were all this little monster, and there was even an inflatable Pikachu on it.

While walking to the other side of the amusement area, one of the Pikachu mascots walked out and got on the ship. It was so cute. Everywhere you turn there was Pikachu... 

We slowly walked to the red brick buildings, there was a beer garden and a little Pikachu Cafe there as well, didn't really bother much about it and we just decided to head back to World Porters.

It was really fun to show little sis around since I was here with Yuri last winter. I also brought her to try the Taiyaki at World Porters, this time we shared the one with black sesame, vanilla ice cream and honey, it was so good. Towards the evening, we walked to Queen's Tower to go to the Pokemon Shop but we didn't get anything, instead I bought her a Naruto surprise box at the Jump Comics shop just opposite and she got the character she wanted. 

We ended the day at Mark Is again, looking at furniture, kittens and ferrets! I haven't seen so many ferrets in my life. They're my second pet option after cats. The last time I actually saw a ferret was in Osaka 4 years ago, the owner even had a leash for it. There wasn't much to do but shop so, we had dinner at a Hawaiian Cafe because we didn't feel like having any Japanese food today. We headed back early because tomorrow is going to be a loooonnnggg day.

I'm more excited about tomorrow because of Summer Sonic. There are so many bands I actually want to see this time, coldrain, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, My First Story, cinema staff, Crossfaith, Megadeth, Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold and Phoenix. Music man, going to see bands make me happier than more anything.