Yokohama tour for friends

Today we met up at Sakuragicho station and went around that area. It was only a little group of us, about 4 people. It was YSki, CNto, MSto, and me. I arrived there first and then it was MSto. It was weird because I haven’t seen her in a long time so it was a tad awkward at first to talk to her since I don’t know what’s going on with her and what’s been happening in her life. The other two came, late of course, and we were being bothered to give money to something. I really don’t trust people who take other people’s donations because they could just go spend it on booze and other things like that. I wouldn’t want to help someone destroy their life, since it was their fault to get to that point in the first place, but I would really want to help out because one day I would need the assistance of others and I know it might be bad karma that I’m spreading by not giving, that is if it’s a credible organization, which it didn’t seem like. We then took a trip through the Landmark tower and I showed them around to some places. I showed them the newest store that happens to be very popular, it was the Pokemon center. We were in there for about 5 minutes before we needed to get out. It was my first time in the place since usually there are lines out the door and onto other floors even.

After we left the Landmark Tower, we stopped at Queen’s Square to go to the Disney and Snoopy store. MSto really wanted to go since she’s a big fan of Snoopy. In the main stage area of the Queen’s Square, they were having a concert of some sort at the square stage and we watched and waited for a bit. They were some Korean band that seems to be famous among young girls in Japan. But we were waiting for Suzuki Ami. She’s pretty famous before, but now she’s not as famous as before. I think she’s trying to bust back onto the scene though. We couldn’t wait and left for lunch. They should have opened with her, that would have been cool and I would have saw someone that I’ve finally heard of.

We went to La Pausa in the Crossgate building, so we had to go back from where we started. We took a little trip through a faster way so we could get there faster. We were a bit hungry at this point since it was about 3pm and none of us had eaten lunch, and I hadn’t eaten breakfast yet. I had shrimp pasta with tomato sauce. It was pretty good, and pretty filling. But CNto couldn’t finish hers, so I had the honor of helping her out. She had only finished half, but I finished both of the dishes faster than the other two girls I was with, YSki and MSto. I wasn’t trying to eat fast, but for some reason I seem to finish spaghetti faster than usual.

Then we went for a walk around Aka Renga Soko, and then around to Yamashita Park. I gave the grand tour for the day. The temperature around this time must have been pretty high because we were dying out there. The walk, plus the sun, and the humidity was taking a toll on us. At Yamashita Park, they were getting ready for the fireworks tomorrow, which I will be going to with YSki. We took a walk around the place and looked at all the nice things. Then we entered Chinatown. We didn’t stay as long as we thought we were and actually finished the grand tour a bit early.

I then took a little walk down to Motomachi, even though MSto didn’t really want to go. We were actually just passing by because we wanted to go to the Foreign Cemetery in Yamate. That’s something that I just checked off my list of things to do in Japan. Then I took some pictures, the angle going up was at least 45 degrees so it was quite a climb. At the top, was the nice Harbor View Park. It’s quite famous and in a lot of dramas on TV. We stayed there for a long time. We were just killing time till EK and AP could catch up with us. We were actually just stalking a couple that we found to be quite interesting. They were fascinating because they kept taking pictures of each other and of the weirdest things, like each other’s hair, and hands, and necks. They would get really really close in to take the picture and they were wearing the traditional summer clothing, yukatas. So we took pictures of them taking pictures. It was weird because that spark something in our little group that we started taking pictures of ourselves taking pictures of them.

When they left, we followed them. We trailed them all the way back to Yamashita Park, and then they took a taxi and left. So we just stayed and relaxed at the park till EK and AP came from Narita Airport. It took awhile for them to get there because I believe EK got lost. That seems to be common these days and well for a long time too. Since they ate up so much time, the girls had to leave soon after they arrived. We had wanted EK to spend more time with YSki, but that wasn’t going to be possible today. As soon as they arrived though, we had to walk to Ishikawacho station to let the girls go back home.

After the girls left, the guys wanted to get some dinner and get AP a hotel to stay at. He’s staying at the Toyoko Inn, where the room is INCREDIBLY small. I could barely walk in, it was that small. The luggage was ridiculous and almost didn’t fit in the room. After we got him checked in and all that good stuff, we went walking around Kannai area for a yakiniku place. We walked around and decided to go back to the first place we saw near the hotel. It was pretty good, but not as filling as I thought it would be. Since we would be eating a lot of meat. But it was good and enough for me to not be starving. We went back to the hotel and then EK and I took off for our houses around Midnight. I’m typing this entry now at 3am, so I should probably go get some sleep.