Anyway, Wednesdays are wonderful. I don't have class, so I decided to go to Harajuku to check out the shopping. (I prefer shopping on my own, or with a few select people.) I found omiyage for Jerry, which was fun. It was nice to be there on a weekday because there were waaaay less people than on the weekends. I found the Undefeated, KSwiss, and Stussy stores. They look like the kind you'd find on honeyee.com or hypebeast. I looked way to country bumpkin/female/poor to go in though. There was a guy dressed like Verbal (Japanese rapper) sitting outside and he kinda intimidated me away. I did see this cool mural though. Made me think of Wooster Collective. Another cool find was the Uniqlo UT store, where they sell collaboration/artist designed t-shirts in tubes. I got another skull shirt (remember the Jessica Michibata one?) designed by a girl named Seri. The shirts are quite reasonable. I found so many things I want, and so many things I've been looking for, but they're all just too expensive. Even the small stores that look cheap are expensive. =( I finally found lotion for cheap at the Body Shop, which was good because my heels hate me right now for not taking care of them. Moving on...
I got a call from the lady I contacted before about the tutoring/teaching job in Nerima that's for 2 hours a week on Thursdays, and I'll be starting next week. I hope it goes well. The first hour is beginners and the 2nd is advanced, but I'm not sure what that means. Wish me luck! It's not a lot, but any income is better than none...now I have all these things to look forward to getting in Harajuku. Hehehe.
Because I was unsucessful in my search for some kind of hoodie/sweater/jacket to wear since it's getting a little cooler but not freezing, I went to Shinjuku after school today. (I don't think I'll be doing that again. It tired me out, I had to do homework and laundry, and now I have vocabulary to memorize.) I got a black hoodie at Muji. It's kind of like a Japanese-style Gap, but with home goods and other random things.
But the highlight for this first week in school is that I made plans to go visit Yuhki in Tochigi!!! It's about three hours away by train and a tiny bit pricey for the weekend, but I really wanted to get out of the city and Russell (a guy who graduated from UCI a year ago) is visiting too since he's on JET. According to Yuhki, it will be good, cheap food and nature! I'll be glad to see some real nature. I'll be close to Nikko, but I don't know if I'll get around to seeing it this time, it depends. I'm leaving at 5PM tomorrow and coming back sometime on Sunday. Ahhh, I'm excited!
