First stop was Ikebukuro for money, then Koujimachi to go to school and get a new ID. Since I had to wait around for an hour I ended up at Tully's with a milk & honey latte reading more of 小さな王子様. I'm almost done! It's a really cute book and I highly recommend it. After getting my new ID, it was back to Ikebukuro for more errands.
I ended up getting a new commuter pass (finally) and a new wallet. Wallets are so expensive here. >.< Especially since it's spring and everything in the stores is a new arrival or some new spring fashion. I ended up with a nice, simple, beige and brown patent leather Comme Ca Du Mode wallet for a bit more than I would have liked to pay, but much less than a lot of the other ones available. (I told a friend how much it costed and she said it was cheap, so I've concluded that Japan is just ridiculous.) Some weird creepy old guy came up to me and was like, "Are you free? Are you meeting someone? Do you have an hour to spend with me?" and crap. I tried the I-don't-speak-Japanese-and-I'm-American tactic with him, but it didn't work, so I basically called Monique, then walked away as fast as I could. o_O Creeps.
I met up with Monique after that and we went to Cafe Du Monde. I think I might be addicted... Followed by an hour of karaoke. I love weekday karaoke prices. So cheap! And Monique is a great singer. ^^ Then we walked around the department stores for a little bit before heading off to Komegoma station to meet Aya. (I picked up the latest CD Data magazine since they have a huge article on Utada Hikaru and a mini issue of Hirai Ken. =D Hopefully I'll get around to reading it soon.)
At Komegoma, we stopped at a combini for food and then went on our way to Rikugien (六義園) to see the cherry blossoms all lit up. It was gorgeous!!! They have a huuuge sakura tree in full bloom that's lit up for a few days this month because of the beautiful blossoms. I'll be posting pictures. It was nice to sit and appreciate nature, eat (Aya brought us Beard Papa's cream puffs, she's so sweet), and chat with friends. I didn't know hanami was such a big deal here. I mean, I know its popular and all, but they have stamps and stuff, kind of like they do at National Parks back home to prove that you went and all that. Pretty intense. Since it was night time, I'm hoping to also make it out to Ueno Park to see the cherry blossoms during the day. We'll see...
Sorry the pictures are so blurry. Since it was night time, it was hard to get the setting on my camera to work...that and there was a breeze and I was cold...which didn't help my unsteady hand. T_T
