Today, I woke up and got an email from Yoko. We met up at Kichijoji (almost the end of the Sobu Line) with Theo and Megumi. Theo wanted to go to a yakitori (grilled chicken skewer) place called Iseya. I've never eaten so many different parts of animals before. We started out with mimiga- (pig ear) and nasu (Japanese eggplant). Then we moved on to the stranger stuff (yes, stranger than pig ear). I had hinatori (baby bird), intestine, heart (not as bad as it sounds), tongue (I ate this one before I knew what it was, then they told me...surprisingly, it tastes good. It's just kinda chewy), soft bone (nankotsu), liver (such a gross texture, but Theo liked it, so he finished it off), kashira (head...though it isn't like...head on a stick or anything), and this thing called ガツ (gatsu), which sounds like 'guts' to me. We couldn't really figure out what it was, but we were guessing stomach lining...that one was really chewy. We had other things like tomato and green onion too, but the other things were definitely more interesting. Surprisingly, it was really cheap. It turned out to 900 yen each or something, not bad considering we all also had 2 types of tea.
After that, we went shopping. At Jeansmate Theo bought a pair of Edwin/Levi jeans. Is Edwin a Japanese or American brand? We couldn't figure it out. I also bought a few gifts for people, which I think will be great, but I can't say what they are just in case. We went to this store called graniph and I bought a t-shirt that says "SOUL" and has some silver diamonds on it. I just tried it on, and it fits perfectly. (It's a size S! ...but since the shirts are unisex, S actually means M.) Afterwards, we went to Denny's for soda/tea and ice cream. Theo's actually having a kickback thing at Bakayama at ICU right now, but I opted not to go since I'm pooped. I have to wake up early enough to get to Kodomo no Shiro in Shinjuku for the International Taiko Competition! ...I hope we have time to visit the BAPE store. =X Tis all for now!
