We've been having a perfect, wonderful, incredible time full of rainbows and sparkles.
We took a bus from Kanazawa right after class, putting us in Tokyo about 9pm. So we mostly rested the first night, and today we ran around Akihabara, mostly, which is pretty much the anime/manga nerd capital of the world. We spent a horrifying amount of money on merch (aka merchandise, goods related to anime/manga that we like).
Being in Tokyo is really different from Kanazawa. My time in Kanazawa has definitely been great, but there are things that are difficult to get used to--especially being stared at all the time. But in Tokyo, there are so many foreigners that I can walk around being noticed almost as little as I'm noticed at home. No one is surprised to see the three of us, and we've been seeing a lot of other foreigners. I can definitely understand Tokyo's appeal as a place to live for foreigners, even over Osaka, where there were less foreigners, I think. It's been a really pleasant break from Ishikawa, I think.
Plus there are so many amazing things to see and do in Tokyo! From blue-haired salarymen, to super cheap udon, to giant posters of my favorite anime:
Here's Akihabara!
Here's a picture of the anime Black Butler in Akihabara, which is getting a new season this summer.
We went to a whole slew of places: pretty much every Animate (a large store of anime and manga merchandise) in Tokyo, Akihabara's Mandarake (a similar store), and ate all the cheap, great food they had to offer:
Here's some 500円 ramen, a close second to the 230円 we had this morning.
We're completely exhausted, so I'll end this here. We also have plans to visit Harajuku and Shimokitazawa tomorrow!
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