Beck

There's so much to tell since before we arrived but I'll get to that once we get back.

The weather has been like spring weather and thank god I brought 2 pairs of shorts with me. I think the part that gets to be a pain in the ass from time to time is navagating through the train stations. So far we've met up with two of Mona's friends. Went to Ikebukuro on Mon and went to the Sunshine Building too but the part we were most interested in was the observatory on the 60th flr. That was pretty awesome cause you could see a good bit of Tokyo except I wish it wasn't so hazy cause then we could've seen Mt.Fuji. The sun was setting so I got a decent pic before the haze covered it. And then we waited till it got dark so we could see the city view when lit up.

Tues. we hit Yoyogi Park, Meji Shrine, Harajuku, and then Shibuya. I just wished I knew where all the clubs were in Shibuya that bands perform at but I'm sure it's not going to be an easy find since alot of places are hidden or underground. Went to one of the Harley shops to price shirts for my family and I HIGHLY doubt that I'll be bringing anything but one shirt. The cheapest for a damn shirt was going for $50 and even they don't want that much back home!!!!!

Within 2 days, I've already bought 4 Beat Crusaders cds; 2 from Book Off (a used cd and book store) which even though it's a used store, both cds were still in shrink wrap and paid much cheaper than a reg. cd store and the other 2 I bought at HMV in Shibuya. Tower Records I'm sure is still a bit higher than HMV but I'm still blown away at HOW EXPENSIVE the Japanese music cds are!!! Most are over $20 and again, I never paid that much the last time I bought a new cd. At least HMV has a sale going on where if you buy one it's 10% off or buy 2 and 20% off. Then we also hit Mandarake which is like doujinshi fangirl HEAVEN!!!! The one we went to in Shibuya had a section with figures for a decent price, just too bad they didn't have certain characters for certain series I'm still into.

Looking at the weather, I just hope and pray that it doesn't happen but they are calling for rain Thurs and Fri which will suck ass since we'll be in Kobe and I don't want to go sight seeing in bad weather PLUS I don't want to stand in the rain on Fri when we go to see Gallow.

Sometime next week, we'll be meeting up with Tokyo Cooney from youtube. Search his name and check out his vids. He's quite the character and I think he'll be quite an interesting guy to talk to. Hell, I'm still surprised that he actually emailed me back with his number compared to Toshi who seems to be scared of meeting two of his many female US customers since he never contacted me back.

Tonight, we are meeting up again with Ai the girl we first met on Sun. to go eat and drink. The other thing that sucks ass is how the trains quit running so damn early. You can't stay out so late and if you do, you either have to get a taxi back (which isn't cheap pending where you are going to) or get a hotel room in the area that you are in. I'm here to have a good time, not to be rushed just so we can make it back within a certain time. Granted, the 1st 2 days we didn't mind coming back as early as we could (and early was about 10 or so) since we were worn out but now that our bodies have adjusted to being here, it's a bit of a downer to still rush things.

And one more thing, I CAN NOT BELIEVE how HUGE and LOUD and ANNOYING the crows are here!!!! I took some pics to compare to the ones back home. Where's our BB gun when you need it? Haven't seen many stray cats yet like I would see on some of BECR's blog pics but maybe that just depends on the area you are in.