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Tracy desu yo, pessimist and world’s worst procrastinator. Uni student with still a lot of things to learn. Interests include otome games, Naruto and Japanese.
 : Loves pink, food, ice-cream.
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July 14th - Kawaguchiko and Harajuku
written on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 @ 9:15 PM ✈
Yesterday:
Alex: Hey do you guys want adult colouring books I can get you some for a discounted price (he works at dymocks)
Rest of my friends: yes get me the tropical one, the cat one, the marine one etc.
Me: I ain't got no time for that, plus I'm too lazy so no
Alex: there's a japan one
Me: ..........
Me: Why you gotta do this
※ Note: Best read in conjunction with the album photos.
Today's post goes from this photo here to here --- log in to see them.
Tip #9 - Most shopping centres don't open until 10 or 10:30 so plan accordingly.
We had a set time of 8:30 for breakfast and woke up at 8.... Anyway we made it and left at 8:32 for breakfast (had to pack as well cause checkout was at 10).
Went to eat breakfast and it was a lot of stuff like miso soup, soup with egg, sausage and tofu as well as rice, fish and natto and a lot more. Didn't use the karashi (spicy mustard) but did use the katsuo sauce with the natto and it's not that bad but I was too full to eat it all though lol (btw Rosemary tried natto for the first time and hated it). Seriously when I wake up early I can't really eat well, and problem is worsened by the big breakfast.
After that we headed to the lake and it was about 9:15 and we hired a swan boat for half an hour. The foot pedals are connected by the same axle. We paddled a lot in 5 mins and were like "let's go round the whole lake!!!!" and boy was that a mistake. We went out far near the bridge like 10m off the rope (which is like a fence so you don't get too close) and by then we had like 12 mins to make it back.... We pedalled like mad and got stuck in the same spot for like 2 mins.... (I was watching this house by the bay and it did not move. At all.) And then on our last 8 mins we went hard out getting back and there are no words to describe the pain of our legs and thighs. We basically made it back right on time and panted super hard and rosemary "parked" super well like basically forward parking between two cars parked sideways on road without hitting them or the curb (in this case the pier). Anyway Hiroshi and his mum never left far from the pier and every time we looked back their yellow swan wasn't very far from it (like 5m I swear lol). Anyway as soon as we got to the pier we DASHED OUR ALREADY TIRED SELVES TO ROOM to get our packed bags and basically checked out at 10 sharp which was pretty good since we got into the lobby at like 9:53.
We waited like 10 mins then the minibus took us back to the station stop and we waited like 20 mins before hopping onto the one hour local train which left at 10:38. Waited like 10 mins before we boarded a 12:05ish shinkansen (came early) bound for shinjuku and took another hour. Interestingly, since I slept so "much" last night compared to other nights, I didn't really fall asleep on the local train or shinkansen.
We parted with Hiroshi and his mum at Shinjuku and Rosemar and I went to comme ca. We paid for our stuff and got duty free but when the guy saw our passports he excitedly called over some girl saying "オーストラリア方です!!" (Ōsutoraria kata desu!! = They're Australians) and she talked to us in english about our time here and what Australia weather is like and where we go and study and stuff....
It was super hot and our bags were super heavy no joke, shoulders hurt and had two bags of stuff that I took out of my backpack to make it lighter so yeah (because we still had our overnight bags). Anyway we went to harajuku next, stopped briefly at daiso and didn't go down takeshita again cause hot and lots of stuff to carry. And then we went to main street and didn't really walk around except at a cosmetic place where rosemary bought some stuff and then I found the kyushu jangara ramen which was exactly where I remembered it was from 2013 and not where google says in front of takeshita (btw this is EXACTLY what I mean by fail google maps in Japan, which no one believes me on). We had super early dinner at 4pm (cause didn't eat lunch after big breakfast) and I just got their plain jangara ramen since I didn't really feel like meat.
Got home 5:30 and then we did nothing except drink leftover umeshu and surfing net til like 7:40... Also I called my mum about the rice cooker. We headed to shinjuku at like 8:20 and got there at like 8:30 and thought it would close 9pm as that's what google says but it closes 10pm.... Bought the rice cooker and we left and got home at like 9:30 after stopping at conbini to buy tomorrow's breakfast as well as ice-cream (this whole time we were in japan for 10 days and I only had ice-cream from conbini twice... what a fail). No kiwi coolish left :(
Went home and need to shower, pack, transfer photos and budget ugh. It's 10:26. Tomorrow we need to wake at 5:45.
ps. at ryokan we passed by a mirror somewhere and totally saw the more defined leg muscles we got :/ Even my thighs are starting to get a line now and we were just like whoaaaa (totally going to lose it as soon as we get back to Australia)
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July 14th - Kawaguchiko and Harajuku
written on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 @ 9:15 PM ✈
Yesterday:
Alex: Hey do you guys want adult colouring books I can get you some for a discounted price (he works at dymocks)
Rest of my friends: yes get me the tropical one, the cat one, the marine one etc.
Me: I ain't got no time for that, plus I'm too lazy so no
Alex: there's a japan one
Me: ..........
Me: Why you gotta do this
※ Note: Best read in conjunction with the album photos.
Today's post goes from this photo here to here --- log in to see them.
Tip #9 - Most shopping centres don't open until 10 or 10:30 so plan accordingly.
We had a set time of 8:30 for breakfast and woke up at 8.... Anyway we made it and left at 8:32 for breakfast (had to pack as well cause checkout was at 10).
Went to eat breakfast and it was a lot of stuff like miso soup, soup with egg, sausage and tofu as well as rice, fish and natto and a lot more. Didn't use the karashi (spicy mustard) but did use the katsuo sauce with the natto and it's not that bad but I was too full to eat it all though lol (btw Rosemary tried natto for the first time and hated it). Seriously when I wake up early I can't really eat well, and problem is worsened by the big breakfast.
After that we headed to the lake and it was about 9:15 and we hired a swan boat for half an hour. The foot pedals are connected by the same axle. We paddled a lot in 5 mins and were like "let's go round the whole lake!!!!" and boy was that a mistake. We went out far near the bridge like 10m off the rope (which is like a fence so you don't get too close) and by then we had like 12 mins to make it back.... We pedalled like mad and got stuck in the same spot for like 2 mins.... (I was watching this house by the bay and it did not move. At all.) And then on our last 8 mins we went hard out getting back and there are no words to describe the pain of our legs and thighs. We basically made it back right on time and panted super hard and rosemary "parked" super well like basically forward parking between two cars parked sideways on road without hitting them or the curb (in this case the pier). Anyway Hiroshi and his mum never left far from the pier and every time we looked back their yellow swan wasn't very far from it (like 5m I swear lol). Anyway as soon as we got to the pier we DASHED OUR ALREADY TIRED SELVES TO ROOM to get our packed bags and basically checked out at 10 sharp which was pretty good since we got into the lobby at like 9:53.
We waited like 10 mins then the minibus took us back to the station stop and we waited like 20 mins before hopping onto the one hour local train which left at 10:38. Waited like 10 mins before we boarded a 12:05ish shinkansen (came early) bound for shinjuku and took another hour. Interestingly, since I slept so "much" last night compared to other nights, I didn't really fall asleep on the local train or shinkansen.
We parted with Hiroshi and his mum at Shinjuku and Rosemar and I went to comme ca. We paid for our stuff and got duty free but when the guy saw our passports he excitedly called over some girl saying "オーストラリア方です!!" (Ōsutoraria kata desu!! = They're Australians) and she talked to us in english about our time here and what Australia weather is like and where we go and study and stuff....
It was super hot and our bags were super heavy no joke, shoulders hurt and had two bags of stuff that I took out of my backpack to make it lighter so yeah (because we still had our overnight bags). Anyway we went to harajuku next, stopped briefly at daiso and didn't go down takeshita again cause hot and lots of stuff to carry. And then we went to main street and didn't really walk around except at a cosmetic place where rosemary bought some stuff and then I found the kyushu jangara ramen which was exactly where I remembered it was from 2013 and not where google says in front of takeshita (btw this is EXACTLY what I mean by fail google maps in Japan, which no one believes me on). We had super early dinner at 4pm (cause didn't eat lunch after big breakfast) and I just got their plain jangara ramen since I didn't really feel like meat.
Got home 5:30 and then we did nothing except drink leftover umeshu and surfing net til like 7:40... Also I called my mum about the rice cooker. We headed to shinjuku at like 8:20 and got there at like 8:30 and thought it would close 9pm as that's what google says but it closes 10pm.... Bought the rice cooker and we left and got home at like 9:30 after stopping at conbini to buy tomorrow's breakfast as well as ice-cream (this whole time we were in japan for 10 days and I only had ice-cream from conbini twice... what a fail). No kiwi coolish left :(
Went home and need to shower, pack, transfer photos and budget ugh. It's 10:26. Tomorrow we need to wake at 5:45.
ps. at ryokan we passed by a mirror somewhere and totally saw the more defined leg muscles we got :/ Even my thighs are starting to get a line now and we were just like whoaaaa (totally going to lose it as soon as we get back to Australia)
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Japan and Korea 2015 Masterlist
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Summer TO-DO List
((to be updated as I think of more things while I procrastinate))
✮ Foster kittens
✮ Clean out closet
✮ Make LOTS of ice-cream
✮ Bake + Cook (and use the molds and kits I bought from Japan)
✮ Study Japanese (JLPT N2 level)
✮ Learn basic Korean sentence structures
✮ Play Dousei Kareshi (~50 hours right there, what with my slow Japanese reading speed)
✮ Finishing playing Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
✮ Buy Naruto -The Last- Movie DVD and then rewatch it
✮ Start applying for things……..
✮ Invite people over to drink the endless amounts of tea I have
✮ Make things with the alcohol and liquor stash I have (lol)
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my sunshine
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