7.31.09 - Shinjuku

Today was the first day in Shinjuku for me since I stayed at Ryan and Jons hotel..

Woke up and headed to Shinjuku station to meet up with Yuukis friend, Kentarou.

Kentarou was extremely generous. He treated yuuki and I to ramen. Today was fuckin HOT. I think Kentarou mentioned that today was the hottest its ever been(was around 33-36 celcius, which is high 90s). Despite it, we ate ramen and sweat like a mother. Arigatou Gozaimasu kimchan!

I visited a friend I havent seen in a year. I had heard he worked at this gaming center called Club Sega so Yuuki, Kim-chan, and I went there to see if he was there. We got there but he was on his break, only to know he would return shortly. So when he did get back it was a good greeting. He laughed hysterically to see that I was in Japan haha, I guess he was surprised?

After this, Yuuki and I hit up uniqlo. Uniqlo is pretty much a HnM in Japan. Decent prices for okay looking clothes, some of which are really plain. I wanted to buy some stuff there, but It wasnt really my style so I skipped. We headed back to Rose Garden hotel after to rest.

BTW, the toilets are really unique...

The options here... You can wash your butthole or if youre a girl you can wash your vagina.. Theres also an option for the water pressure. You can set it low or very high.
The seats can also be warmed up. It all felt so weird.

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Night Time

Plans were finally made to meet bas and Kim for dinner.

On the way there, I took some pictures of the streets of Shinjuku. This tower is impressive.

Anyways, our plan was to head to SHIBUYA.. here it is at night again.

We hit up some Korean place for dinner, which was good. It wasnt quite as good as the ones in America, but I cant complain. It was good.

Masa and Yuuki. I met Masa today, it was relieving to know he spoke english(and VERY well too. he lived in the states for several years.)

More shopping today. Im making it a goal for myself to stay away from arcades.

1. It gives me very negative vibes now since i got my shit stolen there.

2. I lose money quickly there.

3. Games are boring, why am I there?

Until next time,

Gene^-^

Day 3 - 4 .. Nusumareta.. Robbed!!

Today was NO GOOD.
Yuuki and I headed to Shibuya today and we played some games again. I was in a really good mood actually. Until something bad happened.. During game play, I left my rings on the machine to avoid damage to the rings, and I forgot them when I left. 1 minute later I realized I forgot my rings up on the machine, and I came back and they vanished. Someone had stolen them... This ruined my day. They were very expensive rings! I couldnt believe that someone would actually steal here in this country! I thought everyone was very polite..but of course there are some scum bag exceptions. I swear if I ever find this dude I will beat the shit out of him!!!..

That was the bad part of the day. After a couple of hours I realized Ill never get those damn rings back again, so I tried to lighten up and havea good time...

Anyways... Here are a few pictures of Shibuya in the day. Homeless people live under freeways.

I met up with my friend Kim, who moved to Japan about 2-3 years ago from Irvine. It was great to see him again.

After we met up with Kim, we went to a random bar and drank and ate. It was a really chill place! Here we are!

Also, on Yuuki-sans phone, there is a funny option called "fake recieve", I guess you can use it to avoid weird situations or if you want to leave some buster.. hahaha.

After this bar, we went to ANOTHER　bar! But on the way, we saw a pet store. The pets here are so cute! Much smaller than the ones in america. Check it out.

Also, at the pet store there were a really beautiful girl. she was gorgeooous! She had really BIG hair. and her fashion was cool too. I would definitely say shes one of the hotter ones Ive seen in Japan.. probably a 8.7 / 10. (sigh) why cant girls in America be as beautiful and cute and hot as these?!?!..

Anyway, thats it for today. Ill blog more about today(since its actually 7.30.09)...

Oh, heres a picture for you perverts of me and the goddess.

7.29.09 - Shibuya Day

Today seemed like a pretty short day. I slept for 10h and woke up at 11 am. Then I slept some more and more. Duri(bas roomate) made lunch today. She is very kind! I finally got out of the house around 7pm and went to Shibuya.

Streets of Shibuya.


Went to arcade again and played. My skill is improving slowly. Tomorrow I will go shopping.

BTW, I saw the most HOTTEST BEAUTIFUL GIRL EVER today. she was definitely 10/10. SOOOO hot. It sucks to know that you cant do anything about it though... My japanese is weak... (sigh)

ps: We went to the convinience store and ran into a CAT!
Yuuki-san with Lawson-mascot neko... I think we will name it Lawson.(because the convinience store is named Lawson and this cat likes to hang out in that area.)



It attacked me later ... ;[

Cya.
-Gene

July 27 - Out of body experience

First of all, This keyboard is weird so pardon my typos.



The flight was excruciatingly long. I stayed up the whole day and night so i could prepare for a nice long nap on the plane. Nope, didnt happen. I stayed awake thewhole time during the plane flight except for maybe 1-2 hours. .. Anyways, lets skip the boring stuff.



When arriving to Narita airport, I didnt believe I was actually in Japan. The country was so GREEN. It looked so urban. To say the least, it looked really asian. It started to rain when I arrived and It was humid and hot. I was pretty confused when i got there, new country, new language, new everything. I eventually figured it out when I passed through customs and all that.



It took me around 2 hours to finally arrive at my destination, which was Shibuya. The city was full of lights and life. First thing we did was go to shibuya sports arcade. We played a little bit and then headed back to his place. His place is pretty cool. Small, but nice. Finally, I got to rest after being up for more than 24 hours.



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Today, I don:t have any plans yet. Its very hot and humid, and Im still extremely tired. I dont want to waste my days though. I want to go out. I want RAMEN!



-Gene

Before commencement

I don't have much time right now as I have to resume packing and other things to ready myself for the flight tomorrow morning.

But I will say a few things before I leave.
Goodbye to San Diego for a good month. I WILL be missing our famous fat american burgers and greasy mexicano burritos. yum.
I'll miss a lot of my friends and of course my family. I hope everything will be fine when I leave, I'm nervous about what will happen or change when I'm gone.

Otherwise, I am very excited to be taking this journey. I will be renewed. Something will change in my life during my time there. I will come back stronger, changed, and a new perspective will be enact.

I'll be updating and posting pics or whatever here. I may also be sharing this blog with a few friends in my time with Japan so you guys can see what Japan is all about if you haven't been there yet.

I have to get going, goodbye to everything and everyone for awhile. Keep safe and keep it real.
Check back regularly! This will be my Japan Blog.

Uroboros -BREATHING-
-Gene Wong