A wonderful Sunday in Tokyo

This past Sunday was one of the best I've had in quite a long time. Me and my girlfriend headed off to Tokyo for a day of shopping, having fun, and relaxing. It was quite nice to go back to my Japanese hometown as I call it and to get my mind off of the stresses of life. We went to many different places during our day there, and I even experienced some new things on this trip.

First we headed off to Harajuku to pay a visit to Meiji shrine and Yoyogi park. Going back to both always brings back memories as both places were important to me during my time at Sophia University. Afterwords we went shopping for clothes at some of the very fashionable and popular stores in Harajuku. This was a new experience for me and one that I found quite interesting. Many of the stores were quite packed with a festival like atmosphere that I had seen only on tv in shows about Christmas shopping or popular stores in places like LA and New York. After going to many of these stores, and enjoying the sites and sounds of Harajuku, we decided to go a little American for lunch and stopped by Burger King in Shibuya. This was the first time since coming to Japan that I had been to Burger King, so it was nice to have a Whopper again. Afterwords on our way to the train station we did some more clothes shopping and enjoyed the views.

Afterwords we headed to Akihabara to do some sightseeing and shopping. Sadly the thing I had come to buy there was sold out at every store in the area, and even sold out everywhere else I searched later that day. Disappointing, but it was still nice showing off the area to my girlfriend. We then headed to Shinjuku to do more shopping for tea and books. By this time the rain had started to pour down in Tokyo, and since we had no umbrella and it was getting late, we ran to catch the next train. Luckily we made it thanks to an accident at another station causing all departures to be delayed. It was a great day, and we both had a great time together! Even though we couldn't go everywhere or buy everything, we had the best time, and already we are planning our next trip there for next month. I can't wait.

There was one unfortunate thing however, my pain in my knee started to bug me again. Its been an issue for a long time, and after all the walking yesterday it was really a problem. I'm thinking of going to the doctor about it, but I'm worried they will say I need surgery.

Tomorrow I go back to work. Another week that I'm sure will be hard. I hope it at least goes smoothly. But even if its hard, I'm so happy right now to be in love!