Day 5.

this is sad, but i guess this posts is going to be my last post about my wonderful stay in Tokyo, Japan.

first interesting thing we saw this morning was this lady about 20-ish dressed in the Glee Cheerios outfit, dancing BY HERSELF at the foot of an overhead bridge in Shinjuku! she carried a portable radio that was playing Hey Mickey and danced for the whole length of the song. and yes, she was smiling cheerleader-style, ALL THE WAY. after she finished, she shouted something Cheerleader-style, again, for some time. my family and i were passing by her, and when we passed her a second time, she was packing up, put on a dull olive green overall dress thing, spectacles, and walked off (probably to somewhere else to do the same thing). talk about a SUPERMAN MOMENT, seriously.

aside from that, we tried a typical "fast food" breakfast this morning. outside the breakfast restaurant, there's a machine that looks something like a vending machine. there are loads of buttons to press, each representing an order. when you insert money and press a button, you get a coupon you can present to the staff inside to order food! the best part was that the food was SOO GOOD. one of the best meals i've had! and it's REAL food, not junk fast food. like Oyako-don 親子丼 which is steamed chicken and egg on rice.
if only Singapore had fast food like that.

also, the entire restaurant was operated by only a single person. D: One Man (or woman, in this case) Operation.

i bought a fashion magazine for my cousin and took a flip through it. lots of the current fashion trends i've observed on the streets were reflected in magazines like these. many Japanese really make an effort to keep up to whatever's "in fashion" at the moment. of course dressing styles can be very varied, especially in areas like Harajuku. but in high fashion districts like Shibuya, there's a common theme in girls' dressing--hippie head bands, floral print overalls, big ribbons on their heads... (of course not all at once, these are mixed and matched with the right matching pieces and accessories)

i also saw someone who looked like Thomas TinkyTee! he had his hairstyle, was wearing a white shirt, jeans, a scarf, and brown highcuts just like him! (typical thomas dressing style) the only thing was that he was wearing shades, so i couldn't see his face. still! super funny. xD was laughing to myself. :P

we headed to Don Quixote, or Donki for short, a supermart with said great discounts and bargains. they're like a Daiso, but more varied and, of course, more expensive. they sold A LOT of foodstuffs and snacks, so i bought a lot of food back for my buddies back home. :) feel very happy!

we had no choice but to head back to our hotel first to deposit our haul before going to Harajuku again. taking the train back was easy, but expensive. :/ then, we had lunch at a nice restaurant along the street linking our hotel and the subway station. this road is full of pedestrians and cyclists every single day. i've seen more cyclists and pedestrains than actual vehicles here in Tokyo.

my Japanese came in very handy during lunch, OH PHEW. getting more confident and comfortable conversing in Japanese! too bad it's our last day here already. :(

there's a political campaign going on today. some man was rousing the crowd with a charismatic speech in Shinjuku, and another lady in Harajuku was SINGING her campaigning speech. super cool.

my family and i wanted to visit the Meiji Jingu shrine before we went shopping in Harajuku. we had to pass the famous cosplay bridge, which was, of course, empty of cosplayers since today wasn't a Sunday. usually this bridge is PACKED with cosplayers to the MAX on Sundays. i really wanted to see this place at its peak, but sadly, i guess i'll have to wait for another time.

the Meiji shrine was a FREAKING long walk in. but the shrine itself is pretty impressive. one cool part is this section with many many small wooden plates which guests can purchase to write prayers and wishes. there were planks from ALL kinds of countries, Korea, China, Hong Kong, England, USA, Spain, France etc etc judging by the languages in which they were written in.

one plank that really amused me was this one that said,
"I wish to ride on the Singapore flyer again. :)"

...like. WHAT THE TON-KATSUUUUU.

oh and Harajuku, besides having a lot of cosplayers and very interestingly dressed people, has a lot of skaters as well. one dude was skateboarding all the way down the road. in red Supras. T___T

today i saw a lot more interestingly dressed guys. besides the hiphoppers, there were lots more punk and lolita dudes. with green, blue, and SUPER GORGEOUS RED hair. and of course a lot a lot a lot of blondes. the hairstyles here are SO AWESOME. people here really dare to wear ANYTHING--i LIKEEEE.

AND AND i THOUGHT i saw Lando from Boogiezone in Harajuku today! there was this guy in dance clothes and super nice dance shoes and he looked JUST LIKE LANDO. i just stopped in the middle of the street and stared. but i guess i'll never find out if it really was him. :/

bought Willy's present. :) it was rather costly, planning to get others to share with me.

last day here. and my mum's chasing me to bathe! i'd better go. i have so much more to say to Tokyo, for giving me such a good time here, even without Disneyland. but most of all, THANK YOU LORD FOR KEEPING US SAFE AND HAPPY.

see you all back in Mother Land in a bit. :)

日本が大好き！！！また日本へ行きたい！その時前に，ずっとこの所を覚える．．．ずっとずっと心にある！バイバイ日本！本当に楽しくて，面白かったね．．．また来年．．．？　xD
．．．その時は日本とアメリカと，どちらのほうが好きだろうか？

signing out,
nicnic.
Tokyo, Japan.