Woke up to the sound of Ella’s phone ringing. Blurry eyed, I look at the clock. 3:30 AM. Wtf… She spends about 30 seconds talking, then hangs up. I quickly drift back to sleep. I wake up to the sound of beeping. However, it’s not the usual alarm clock beeping/buzzing. No, I realize it’s Ella’s phone. I glance at the clock. 7AM. Mmmm… Whatever. Drift back to sleep ad finally wake up at the correct time of 9:30.
Jeh, Melissa, Ella, and I headed out to a nearby Starbucks for coffee and breakfast. I got the usual White Chocolate Mocha and an Egg Sausage Biscuit. This sausage tastes quite different than the usual sausage in the US. It’s less salty. A lot less salty. It’s still quite good. Anywho, afterwards left for Nijo Castle as well as a few other temples. Nothing much. Just walked and walked and visited temples and shrines. Ate Curry Tonkatsu again for lunch and a very tasty roast beef raman for dinner.
Everything is superior in Japan. Public transportation of all kinds (Bus / train), the restaurants, vending machines, restrooms, arcades, food, you name it. On every single block there are AT LEAST two drink vending machines that are ALWAYS in stock of every drink and one cigarette vending machine. In the beverage vending machines, there is usually a selection of water, sports drink, Coke, Coke Zero, 2-4 different types of coffee, 2-4 different types of tea, grape soda, orange soda, and milk tea. That’s right, EACH vending machine offers about 25 different types of drinks ice cold and I haven’t seen one that has any that’s out. The cigarette machines requires you to scan your government issued ID to purchase from it and you can’t buy them past Midnight. You also see an ice cream machine periodically. I’ve seen one Cup and Noodles machine that sold Chicken, Beef, Curry, and Seafood Cup and Noodles. To think of it I haven’t seen a snack vending machine. Only drinks, ice cream, cigarettes, cup of noodles, and hot coffee.
Well, I still haven’t been to Akihabara (Akiba for short). Akiba is a place for gamers and anime/manga otakus. I expect Akiba to have all the random vending machines. Some that sell just Pocky. Some that sell high tech things such as iPods, games, and the like. And finally some that sells kinky fetish items like used panties, maid outfits, dvds, and the like. Anyways, it’s going to be interesting there. I read it even has a maid café where all the employees are female and wear French maid costumes. Ah well. We’ll see what happens when I visit there. Well, I think that’s about it for now. I think I’ll make I a habit of mine to split an entry into two sections. First half to explain how my day went, and the other explaining one or two subjects about Japan.
Peace,
Izzy