DAY TWO: TAKADANOBABA & IKEBUKURO
On my first full day, Dorothy had to go to her school to fill out some of her papers. Her school is in Takadanobaba, so we took the train there and walked to her school. On the way back to the train station, we saw this little shrine, which I thought was really pretty

I'm sure we'll be going back to Baba a few times.
And then we adventured off to Ikebukuro, which is a really big entertainment district. We didn't really go around very much, we just went to the shopping center called "Sunshine City," but there was a lot of others things to do in Ikebukuro which we will be back for.

Also, the second movie for the anime Macross Frontier is just coming out, so there is a lot of advertisment for it. It's one of my favorite animes that I have cosplayed from, so it's really exciting to see it everywhere.  Right outside one of the arcades we passed in Ikebukuro, they have these two posters outside, which are signed by the voice actors I believe.

The only thing I bought in the whole shopping center was a Hello Kitty jacket that was half off. I was really proud of myself LOL. But there is a Ghibli store in this center, so I'm pretty sure I will be back towards the end of my trip when I see how much money I have left.


DAY THREE: ASAKUSA
Asakusa is a really big Buddhist temple that is a pretty big tourist destination for both foreigners and Japanese people. My attempt right now is to have one day where I might go shopping, and then one day where I will just go to temples or go sight seeing, so  less money is spent. That attempt has been pretty successful so far, all  I really spent in Asakusa was money on food, and one little souvenir.

Here are some pictures of the walk on the way from the train station to Asakusa.

 

As you are approaching the temple

 

The first entrance gate.

After you go through the first entrance gate there is a long line of little shops selling tons of little souvenirs and food

We got these little treats, I forget what they are called but they had red bean paste in the middle. Yummy!

 There are a bunch of little cross streets along the bigger one with more little shops.

This is the second entrance gate once you get past all the little stores

The backside of that gate, with some Gods shoes, we aren't sure whos.

 On our way back to the train station, we noticed this whole line of characters, outside of what we assume is the Bandai building.  Of course we had to take pictures with them.

 

 Me and Doraemon, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Anpanman.

There are some more pictures that I didn't post on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanasaurusrex/

Next Post will be my first trip to Shibuya and Harajuku, and whatever exciting things we do today. Today is Dorothy's first day of work, so I am just staying home and working on homework (obviously HAHA) and tomorrow is ASIA GIRLS EXPLOSION fashion show. I know I will have TONS of pictures from that.