It's been a while since I've been back to Kameido, but it's nice since I know my way around; I'm very comfortable there. Before meeting up with Nobuko and David (who is currently visiting from Kyoto), I walked around the shops, drank some coffee, and stopped by Book-Off to get another book. This one seems easier than 星の王子様.
I forgot how expensive it is to go to Daiba. Since you have to take the sky train it's a little more expensive than just taking the regular train or subway. Anyway, David treated us to a great Indian dinner. (Naan and curry!!) We also did a bit of shopping. 2 sweaters for 1000 yen...that's ridiculous! XD Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower look really pretty at night since they're all lit up, but I still think Rainbow Bridge isn't colorful enough to be called that. =X
Inside DECKS in Odaiba Park, there's a shopping street that's completely retro. It's decorated as if it's a school (check out the 'cafeteria'), and there's even a restaurant that's cafeteria style, complete with desks. Walking around the shops there was really fun since it has a bunch of character and joke goods. My favorite were the candy shops since they had all the retro candies I like. Botan Rice Candy, fortune candies (the little colored circles), sour powder, whistle candy, neba-neba (sticky) candy...yum! Nobuko got her portrait drawn by one of those little booth people, which I think is a little gimmicky (you know, like the ones at state fairs and stuff), but I guess they aren't that common here. Lastly, we stopped for a couple of drinks, and finally made our way home, just a few trains before the last one. ^^ Overall, a good time. David's not too crazy about Tokyo in comparison to Kyoto, so hopefully he had fun too.
