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Ah~h, rainy season, Tokyo - everything I hoped it would be! -_- Actually, it's not nearly as hot as people had warned me it would be, but I guess we still have to get to August yet. ^^' But yeah, as it was raining and I didn't want to do anything too strenuous, I slept in today and then went online for a couple of hours (takes a while for my wireless to start co-operating too -_-), then decided to heard off to Shibuya. After eating my first yakisoba, which was delicious, but more expensive than I've become accustomed to, at Y900! XD

Of course, as ever, Shibuya station was a little baffling, but not too bad - I only ended up going entirely the wrong way once or twice, but I did get to see the 渋谷安田ビル (Shibutaniya Yasuda Building). Leave me alone, you know I'm a fangirl! XD

Shibuya was... OK, actually! I saw the doggie. And then, I shopped. >D I bought a bunch of cheap dj - mainly Yaji & Kita, of all things, because they had quite a few in Mandarake and they were, like, £1 each! Oh!! And I bought a My Boss My Hero dj, cos it was the only one in the shop! :D Sadly it's mainly novel, but the bit that isn't has very nice art, is Mikio/Kazu and is, er, somewhat explicit. ^^' (Whoever told me about the steps down to Mandarake, you weren't kidding! XD And it smelt funny too. >.<;;) Also bought a JoJo's art book, lol, though I don't think it was the one I've seen a few vague scans of - seems like an older one. Oh well, it was less than £10! And I found a sort of con report of Subaru and Ohkura's live cons last year, in doujinshi format - lots of random handwritten text, but with lots of illustrations. I'll have to examine it more closely!

Oh, and the Arashi conspiracy continues - I kept seeing the truck promoting Time going around, and evey record shop I went in (and I went in a lot) had loads of promo stuff. My eyes were irresistably drawn! And I'll probably end up dl'ing Time. Just to see, you understand. I kept looking for TOKIO stuff, too - I nearly bought their 10th anniversary con DVD second hand, but it was still about £15, and of course, it was before a few of my favourite songs of theirs were released, so I wasn't certain. I'm going to regret it, I know! I *really* want to get the GIGs DVD, but I've only seen it new and it's £30. I went in so many record and book shops, haha - I'm not even trying clothes shops - for a start, I can get clothes at home, clothes that will *fit*, and prices are the same anyway. Plus, style here is... not me. XD Not at all. Everything's so... flouncy! I feel sooo good, having shopped, though! :D (Haha, this will only interest one certain person on my friends list, but in the second hand record shop I went in, they were playing an album of what sounded like rock/punk Beatles covers, but with the lyrics changed. On the counter they had the album case - seems like it was some kind of Metallica-related project! XD I'll have to look out for it when I get home. ;D)

Also, iverin, important question for you: red or blue? :3

Had an azuki frappuccino too, but it tasted mainly like melted soft whip ice cream, so that was disappointing. Then I thought, I don't want to go back to the hostel just yet, I'm not hungry but I fancy a drink - so I went to this place listed in my guide book, turned out it was a restaurant, not just a bar, so I felt obliged to eat something even though I didn't want to. It was a good burrito, though I couldn't finish it! But they let me bring the rest home. Wine cost only Y100 more than tea, it was crazy. If I'd thought quick enough, I'd've asked for another glass of wine instead. Y600 is very reasonable! But Y500 is extortionate for a *cup* of tea.

There was a band on, and they were actually very good, so I was lucky there - they had a couple of acoustic guitars, a violin, a... well, some kind of percussion box-thingy, and a piamonica (or something - one of those things you blow in that has a keyboard on it!). They played covers of pop and rock songs, and they were actually awesome, and no cover charge, lol, so that was pretty good. I was totally too tired to talk to anyone, though. I realised I wasn't exactly being approachable, but I just didn't care, I was so tired! z_z I'm *so* wishing I was in a hotel now, where I could just sleep in if I wanted and no-one would know!

Now I'm drinking Pocari Sweat, and it tastes like medicine. You drink it and go "Argh, that's vile!" but somehow you forget *how* vile until you take another drink. ^^' Maybe I'll go finish that burrito...