• BAUMKUCHEN :(
  • speaking, learning Japanese everyday
  • 美紀 - Miki
  • 桜ヶ丘 - Sakuragaoka
  • the Studio Ghibli museum in Mitaka
  • 渋谷 - Shibuya
  • Loft department stores
  • Daiso!
  • コンビニ - konbini/convenience stores
    • delicious konbini cake :)
  • walking EVERYWHERE
  • living alone
  • suburban Tokyo
  • the trains
  • 山手線 - the Yamanote Line
  • 原宿 - Harajuku (not on the weekends though!)
  • my keitai
  • phone charms!
  • being able to walk around at night alone (SAFELY)
  • the way my room smelled during the summer/fall
  • my futon
    • but not the pillow that smelled like cats :(
  • listening to the Keio rugby team scream at each other well into the night during their summer practices
  • スイーツパラダイス - Sweets Paradise (all-you-can-eat dessert buffet!!)
  • the flower shops on Hiyoshi's central shopping street
  • サイゼリヤ - Saizeriya
    • my weekly Margherita pizza
    • the chocolate ice cream
  • 飲み放題 - nomihodai, all-you-can-drink!
  • 市川さん - Mr. Ichikawa
  • that one bar I went to a few times with Mr. Ichikawa in Kikuna
  • 居酒屋 - izakaya, a sort of Japanese drinking establishment I guess?
  • Kiddyland!!!!
  • 池田先生 - Ikeda-sensei, teasing me about my boyfriend, going on dates, getting married, etc.
  • all the miscellaneous government holidays that would result in days off from uni
  • salarymen
    • judging/comparing them based on their suits, ties, and shoes, haha
    • fighting on the train!
  • well-dressed men (both young & old)
  • the stray cat outside my apartment building
  • Mister Donut
  • the stationary store in Hiyoshi
  • the stationary store across from Keio's Mita campus
  • perfectly clean streets, even in downtown Tokyo
  • the ramen shop near Waseda, owned by Indian guys serving Thai-style dishes (???)
  • the used English book store somewhere between Mejiro & Takadanobaba
  • Skype as my primary instrument of communication
jun 9 2011 ∞
apr 11 2012 +