- 5/10 -
I've moved to Tokyo! Things are scary right now, there's a lot of unanswered questions.
But throughout my worrying, I am soothed every now and then - there's so many plants here, its beautiful.
The trains are so cool, and I found them easy to understand. I haven't made any friends just yet, but I've met a couple people
who seem cool and friendly. My neighbour also has dyed hair and plays guitar, like me!
I think I should invite him to get coffee.
At the moment, I have a limited amount of money + medication, and I have to wait until October 22nd until I can get more. There are
household items I would like to buy to make my life easier, but I'm abstaining - I need to save for food and transport.
I'll check back in a couple days . . . see you later ^_^
fresh color
crawling up
the train station
- 9/10 -
Today, I met with a friend and explored Nakano.
I used to know this friend back home, and miraculously we both moved to Japan at the same time!
Nakano Broadway is a 4-story complex filled with niche shops. It's a weird mix of otaku merchandise, casual clothing, and high-society watch shops?
I didn't buy anything.
More importantly, afterwards, we took the bus to a philosphy-themed garden!
There were signs describing concepts like spiritualism and materialism throughout.
And that was the first time I felt truly at peace since coming here so far. Friends make everything better.
the smell of rain . . .
hair on the back of my neck rises
- 11/10 -
I followed the Arakawa River today.
The river is right next to my house. It was a really hot day (probably the last of the year :[ )
It was nice to stand under the bridge and feel the rumbling of the trains above. I took a lot of photos.
You can always hear the cries of grasshoppers or cicadas there, it's really nice.
On the path home, I saw about 5 grasshoppers all together jumping around as I walked through!! Exciting
I picked up a rock from under the bridge and took it home :3 mine now
final call for summer
the grasshoppers party
- 31/10 -
I think I've finally settled in.
It's been about 2 weeks since the last entry - and I've been living day to day slowly unravelling my way around life. I'm enjoying school, I made friends with the other residents
in my sharehouse, and slowly I've been exploring the city. Last year I sort of went a little too crazy with all the freedom of adult life, so I'm trying to take things at My Pace.
I haven't even been to Ni-Chome yet! Or any clubs! It took me 2 weeks to finally go to Shibuya. My favourite moments have just been walking around nice places and taking moments to
breathe. Or connecting with friends and drinking tea. One night me and a housemate spent the evening drawing in my (physical) diary line by line, covering our eyes each turn.
I went to Shibuya on Saturday with my housemates, and it was SO crowded. I'd say 40% of people were wearing costumes, but many were very detailed! I went as a cat maid. It was
really fun to prepare our costumes at home together, like before a musical production backstage.
Masashi told me today in Harajuku there's probably gonna be a huge party! I went after school and it was sort of the same as Shibuya to a smaller extent. However I went
to ACDC Rag and got a cool T-Shirt. OH! I forgot the name but I also found a cool character shop in a corner somewhere. The owner liked my Dreamcast T-Shirt too!
There was a lanyard with an original character on it for 400 yen! A cute blue kitty, and the band was orange so it went with my Dreamcast shirt - I sort of bought it to be kind to the owner ^^;
I'll see you the next time something cool happens
even on this cold autumn day
the colours of summer break through
the shadows cast by the trees
twinkle, in the corners of my perception