Sunday, June 8, 2008

Yurakucho



Was walking back from school today after the free lunch kindly prepared by members of the Rikkyo alumni when we saw 20 yen ($0.30) CDs on sale! They were all singles, but some were really recent (EXILE, Yui, Mr Children). Grabbed five rather random ones for 100 yen (which was much less than what everyone else grabbed), considering how little Japanese music I actually listen to.



Then we met a few of Clarence's visiting friends from HK before heading to Yurakucho and Ginza to get a feel of some up-class shopping.



That fancy-looking, cute castle tower structure with a pretty white pyramid roof? A kouban (police box). Police help people who lose their way in Japan. Probably people will be attracted by cute buildings when lost?


Krispy Kreme - so sweet (or so I heard) yet so crowded. They hand out free donuts to those in line if the queue goes beyond 30 minutes (which definitely was the case yesterday).



As a side note, from June 14 it will be possible to take a through-train all the way from my dorm to Shinjuku/Harajuku area and Shibuya (at the moment I have to change to the Yamanote at Ikebukuro)! Amazing how the train systems keep improving and developing here, despite how heavily-build up Tokyo already seems to be.