So we went on our Naka-yasumi and it was really fun. We were uber-tourists and were able to pack in tons of stuff for just three days. As in:
Thursday - Arrive at Osaka, Den-den town, Pokemon Center, Umeda shopping center, Famous restaurant supplies store area, okonomiyaki, huge ferris wheel, Dotomburi, 130 yen sushi, Purikura, meeting Cristina's awesome friend.
Friday - Kyoto! Kiyomizudera and the love rock (sadly the famous waters were closed for construction), Kinkakujo (gold leaf castle), famous food market, really gross Yakiniku, lots of yummy free mochi and shopping for friends and host family, dessert restaurant.
Saturday - Universal Studios Japan (ET, Terminator, Spiderman, the one rollercoaster, Waterworld show, Jurassic Park, Jaws, one more thing I forget), lots of shopping, Chinese food with Cristina's friends, Dotomburi bar, very bad porno cooking on TV.
It was a very fulfilling nakayasumi! But one thing I realized - there is such a thing as a Japanese ghetto! I always saw Japan as all pristine and perfect but wow. There were almost-naked homeless people sleeping outside our hotel. And you had to pay to shower there. Very creepy experience. So bad that one of my friends paid to stay in a capsule hotel despite having had already paid for this one. I'm really glad I went with so many people! You get to really get to know people, though some relationships got worse too. Overall I enjoyed it all. With things like the crummy hotel, you're with friends and it's so bad that it gets fun pointing out the creepiness. One guy in the elevator said (in Japanese) [wow I didn't know females stayed here too]. Grr can't find the quotes on this keyboard. Anyways off to Book off with my buddies now! Hope you're all doing well. I can do skype if anyone so desires!
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