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Hey peeps,
Well last night was nice. Wandered Kitabashi-dori and picked up another lovely little gift what I think was a pretty reasonable price. I'm going of the other prices at the other shops and those of comparative items but I think its a lovely piece that will be appreciated so that is what matters.
After that picked up a couple new types of cup noodles at very good prices at this little shopping centre. Last night was one that was more like a curry than a soup and was quite nice. Tonight soba noodles in a soup with a little omlette type thing and prawns in it again quite nice.
This morning woke up at 10 and organised my ticket for Ghibli Museum. That was an interesting experience. They have terminals in a particular chain of convenience stores here that are like a computerised ticket-tek. A Japanese only ticket-tek but fortunately the staff were happy to help me out. I know have a copy of my full name in Kanji as well as the machine wanted this information. Took the lady a while to figure out how to put Richard into Kanji but we got there in the end. After that I had a couple hours to kill and Sensoji temple was just down the road so I headed down there. Ended up as free access so I spent a while there and got a bunch of pics I labeled as Nishoji accidentally.
Then it was about time to head to Mitaka. Caught the two trains easily enough and was there with time to spare. The museum is in a park so I wandered through there enjoying the autumn colours. Just before I got to the Museum the sun came out! yay.The museum was great. Made me feel like a little kid which is just as well as the place was crammed with them. Couldn't take pictures inside again which always sucks. Got some shots of the building and the rooftop garden statues though. After this it was about time to head back home.
Got back to Asakusa and the sun was still out a bit so got a couple shots of the Asahi headquaters for Kate. Weird looking building.
Now I am at the hostel and they are having a party at one of the other branches. They just cracked a big box of fan oysters and are shelling them at the moment. I am hoping they will be doing that omlette in the shell thing so I can try that but I am not sure if we are invited.
Thats all for now folks.