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Jan. 7th, 2008 12:00 pmJust when I was feeling distressed at the lack of porn in my corner of the internet, along comes the Johnny's Anonymous Smut Meme. Currently clearly filled with people on my friends list, ie, K8 fans, yay! :D :D :D Maybe I'll see if I can get something down tonight... :3
Seems like a long time since I've updated properly, probably because it is! I had a fantastic weekend with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
syuria in Kyoto. Do you want a quick round-up of what we did? I hope so, because you're getting one! :D
- Shopped. :D Of course!
- I took Sam to Osaka to see the bunraku! It was really charming, a lovely experience, I'm so glad I got to go. We also had okonomiyaki on Dotembori and tried to get in the Idol Box. For the first time ever, two girls started to talk to me! But then we got separated, and the Idol Box was so crammed we left straight away, lol. Oh well! We also did more shopping. ^^' And we went back to my sushi shop in the evening! XD The guy I met last time wasn't in when we got there, but he came in after a while and recognised me! XD Pity my Japanese has been completely abysmal for this whole trip, but at least he turned up! And man, that shop really does do great sushi. :9
- We went to Arashiyama and looked at some temples, and the bamboo forest, which was beautiful. And I discovered the joy of nishin soba. :9 Then we sang karaoke! :D
- Then... there was the Mountain Incident. We went up a mountain called Hiei-zan to see some more temples. Put it this way, Hiei-zan is not good on English signs. Nor running the cable car in winter. -_- Yes,giving_ground, I gave in to my cable car fixation again! XD And this time it was my downfall... We got *up* the mountain just fine, on *one* of the cable cars, but I had this bright idea to come down on the *other* cable car which would take us close to where Sam lives. But... it wasn't working, presumably cos it's winter. -_- So we had to walk down the mountain. It wasn't *far*, per se, but it was pretty steep and covered in dry leaves which made it very treacherous underfoot, especially when we hadn't come prepared for mountain climbing. XD But we made it down, and miraculously came out very close to Sam's halls, so we got there in time for Shonen Club! XD Then I ate a whole packet of chocolate daifuku, to make up for all that exercise. ^^'
Then today I took my time getting back to Tokyo - I'm staying in Ikebukuro, so I went to Mandarake and K-Books (only found one dj I wanted! :|) and went round Sunshine City. I never realised quite how big the shopping centre is! O.O I bought a couple more pressies for people, had a nice cup of Earl Grey and a decent (though expensive ^^') cake, and, ah, found a shop that sold second-hand magazines, so I picked up one or two. *cough* Just wait till you see 19 year old Nagase, you'll see why I had to get them! XD And then I went to Nekobukuro! :D Which, if the name doesn't give you a clue, is basically a big room full of cats that you can go in and play with. Except a lot of the cats seem kind of skittish and/or cranky, haha. There was an ENORMOUS one, and a big fluffy ginger one, one that liked being in plastic bags... There were a lot of cats, it was worth the price! XD I've had my feline needs fulfilled. :3
I'm staying out the north side of Ikebukuro - I managed to lose my suitcase keys, but by chance there's a locksmith near the hotel, and the guy cut the lock off for me! I managed to negotiate that in Japanese, haha! And now I think I'm going to eat tonkatsu. :9 I want saaaaaauce!
Seems like a long time since I've updated properly, probably because it is! I had a fantastic weekend with
syuria in Kyoto. Do you want a quick round-up of what we did? I hope so, because you're getting one! :D- Shopped. :D Of course!
- I took Sam to Osaka to see the bunraku! It was really charming, a lovely experience, I'm so glad I got to go. We also had okonomiyaki on Dotembori and tried to get in the Idol Box. For the first time ever, two girls started to talk to me! But then we got separated, and the Idol Box was so crammed we left straight away, lol. Oh well! We also did more shopping. ^^' And we went back to my sushi shop in the evening! XD The guy I met last time wasn't in when we got there, but he came in after a while and recognised me! XD Pity my Japanese has been completely abysmal for this whole trip, but at least he turned up! And man, that shop really does do great sushi. :9
- We went to Arashiyama and looked at some temples, and the bamboo forest, which was beautiful. And I discovered the joy of nishin soba. :9 Then we sang karaoke! :D
- Then... there was the Mountain Incident. We went up a mountain called Hiei-zan to see some more temples. Put it this way, Hiei-zan is not good on English signs. Nor running the cable car in winter. -_- Yes,
giving_ground, I gave in to my cable car fixation again! XD And this time it was my downfall... We got *up* the mountain just fine, on *one* of the cable cars, but I had this bright idea to come down on the *other* cable car which would take us close to where Sam lives. But... it wasn't working, presumably cos it's winter. -_- So we had to walk down the mountain. It wasn't *far*, per se, but it was pretty steep and covered in dry leaves which made it very treacherous underfoot, especially when we hadn't come prepared for mountain climbing. XD But we made it down, and miraculously came out very close to Sam's halls, so we got there in time for Shonen Club! XD Then I ate a whole packet of chocolate daifuku, to make up for all that exercise. ^^'Then today I took my time getting back to Tokyo - I'm staying in Ikebukuro, so I went to Mandarake and K-Books (only found one dj I wanted! :|) and went round Sunshine City. I never realised quite how big the shopping centre is! O.O I bought a couple more pressies for people, had a nice cup of Earl Grey and a decent (though expensive ^^') cake, and, ah, found a shop that sold second-hand magazines, so I picked up one or two. *cough* Just wait till you see 19 year old Nagase, you'll see why I had to get them! XD And then I went to Nekobukuro! :D Which, if the name doesn't give you a clue, is basically a big room full of cats that you can go in and play with. Except a lot of the cats seem kind of skittish and/or cranky, haha. There was an ENORMOUS one, and a big fluffy ginger one, one that liked being in plastic bags... There were a lot of cats, it was worth the price! XD I've had my feline needs fulfilled. :3
I'm staying out the north side of Ikebukuro - I managed to lose my suitcase keys, but by chance there's a locksmith near the hotel, and the guy cut the lock off for me! I managed to negotiate that in Japanese, haha! And now I think I'm going to eat tonkatsu. :9 I want saaaaaauce!
