So on Sunday I went to Asakusa with three other girls from my dorm. Asakusa is this very traditional town and it sort of reminded me of the images I get when I think of a city like Kyoto. When we first arrived there, as always, there were a lot of people...and I mean a lot! That's one of things I'm not really use to yet, being squished all the time in a sea full of people isn't very attractive to me...maybe because I just live in America and am use to wide spaces. But anyway, after we arrived, we saw these cart things that you could ride on while someone would pull you along (I forgot the Japanese word for it) but it looked like so much fun!! One of the people that were advertising for was like "乗りますか？楽しいよ" Which is basically saying, do you want to ride it's fun. And then some of the other people were speaking the little but of English they knew saying like "How are you, please ride" LOL!! I would have gone, but I had to conserve my money for the Kaiten Sushi (Conveyor belt sushi) place that we went to! One of the girls in the dorm looked up one of the best Kaiten Sushi places in Japan and the one we went to in Asakusa was one of the best places you could eat sushi, and I have to say it was pretty good! And the people that work there were really nice too. The chief guy that was in front of us started talking to us in Japanese and asking where we were from and stuff like that LOL and then even though we didn't even ask for it, he called over one of the people working at the restaurant to take a picture for us. LOL but I felt so sorry for the guy because when he first came over, he thought we wanted a picture of him and he started posing and everything LOL!!!!! but then the chief guy was like " Not you idiot, take a picture for the girls" LOL!!! After we ate we toured around a little and went to some of the shrines and shops around the town. I even found this shop that sold Arashi stuff! So I bought some for my sister Nkenge since one of her request was for me to get a lot of Arashi stuff for her. I also went to this fortune telling shrine place where you're suppose to shake this can and get stick with a number on it. After you get the stick, you look for your number written on one of the drawers and take out your fortune. I got a regular fortune that said everything would go well..but I would have to wait for it...or something like that. I also happened o be lucky enough to see a traditional Japanese wedding. I took a video of it but if this site allows me, I'll post it. It was pretty cool....but the old guys that were doing some kind of hymn or something was kind of creepy...but it was a good experience for me.
However, before going to Asakusa, on Saturday (which was a rainy day here in Japan) me and a lot of the girls from the dorm went to this all you can eat Buffet in Shinjuku. We had to wait almost two hours to get it but when we did it was sooooo worth the wait. You were allowed to stay in the restaurant for 90 min before they kicked you out to let more people in. Everything was so good and the desserts were so cute! I had this crepe thing with vanilla ice cream and it was one of the best things I've ever had in my life LOL!! I think everyone ate a lot that day.
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