tokyo time
Instead of taking the weekend off before my big trip to Thailand, I decided to join the crazies for a trip down to Tokyo. After work we all caught the bus down to Tokyo together and kind of went our separate ways for the night. The main reason the girls went to Tokyo is because they are organizing at scavenger hunt in Tokyo and it is still a work in progress. Meanwhile I took the night off to visit the gay district in Tokyo, also known as Nichome, to get a couple drinks before meeting up later with the girls. We spent the night at their friends place near Roppongi.
The crazies got up at the crack of dawn to start working on the hunt and I spent another hour sleeping before waking up to start my day. It was interesting being a house where I didn't actually know anyone and had to introduce myself as the guy who spent the previous night on their couch. But after some quick introductions we were soon having pancakes and spam for breakfast while watching the TV show 24 on DVD. They are really great people, which I knew they would be since they are good friends with the crazies. Then it was off to hang out with Asuka, my homestay, and Dondon, another friend from my studies in Tokyo. We met up in Harajuku, which I had actually never been to, only to find out that the nearby Yoyogi Park was holding Earth Day. We walked through the park and grabbed a quick bite at one of the food stands before wandering throughout the festival. Soon Dondon and Asuka had other plans and I was meeting the rest of the gang so we went our separate ways. After a little confusion we all ended up back in Yoyogi Park for more Earth Day.
We all headed back to Christy, John, and Ethan's place to take a nap and get ready for Christy's birthday party later on in the night. It took quite a bit of time to get going but eventually I left with John and Ethan to hit up the party at a place called the Havana Club in Roppongi. There was some good food and more than enough to drink while we played birthday games the whole time we were there. I almost won a strange version of musical chairs but ended up losing in the last round. From there Michelle had a little accident with her beer glass and we both ended up looking like we had peed our pants, it was actually pretty amusing. After that we actually headed clubbing. First it was to Shibuya where there was no actually street signs for the club and the place was in a dark basement. Despite all that it was pretty fun but before long some people were headed home while a few of us decided to truck on. For those who continued, we headed back to Roppongi for some late night ramen at a place where you got to decide how your ramen was made via a checklist. It was a nice pit stop before the next club, called Vanilla, which was huge and packed with people. Sadly I was in a pretty bad mood by the end of the night, for no real good reason other than my foot hurt, and we all know how I am when I am crabby... We danced and drank water and were amazed at how different clubs are when you are sober. At around five in the morning we caught a taxi back and crashed hard.
The next morning we were up after a few hours of sleep to get ready and pack up for Niigata. I was meeting Asuka, Natsumi, and Shiori for lunch near their apartment while the crazies were doing some last minute scavenger hunt things so we had to get out of there at a decent time. After showing up a little late, we headed to an okonomiyaki (meat and vegetable pancakes) and later got some delicious gelato. Then I had to meet the crazies in Ikebukuro to catch the bus back to Niigata and end another chaotic weekend. One of these days I will slow down but I don't think it will be anytime soon.
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