Blogging doesn't exactly come naturally to me, so bear with me as I try to recount the second half of my first month in Japan. And yes, its already been a month!
In order to give you a sense of where I am as I type this long overdue post, here are some hints:
Maybe you've heard of a little chain called Starbucks? This is perhaps the best starbucks I have ever been to. The Jazz music permeats the entire garden and I can sip on my Roasted Almond Frappucino while sleeping on a recliner chair facing an incredible view of Tokyo.
The location of this starbucks is in Harajuku, on the 6th floor of a department store type building. Shhh don't give this place away to a lot of people, I dont want my recliner chair to be taken when I go ;)
Now to try and recap the last two weeks..
This is me with the filmmaker/producer of Hafu, a film about half Japanese people. AKA, me! It was a pretty eye opening film...I never really felt like I belonged to any one country. I dont feel like I completely belong with Japanese, Taiwanese, or Canadian people. I feel uncomfortable when I speak with native people in Japan because they assume right off the bat that because I look Japanese, I can speak the language perfectly. Its a struggle, but at the end of the day, I'm proud to be a pretty multicultural individual and I thank my parents for raising me to be whoever I want to be.
Before this, I spent an entire day at Odaiba with Niji no Kai. Being placed in a group of strangers for the event is always scary at first, but everyone was incredibly fun to be around and open to do anything. Like going into a haunted house. Anyone that really knows me understand that I dont do horror movies, and I turn into a complete wuss at haunted houses. My group had to split up to enter, so I ended up with Dei the Niji no Kai group leader. And damn it, the girly girl side of me took over and for the entire maze I clung to his backpack and probably pulled him back a few times. Maybe no more haunted houses for awhile.
This is where we had our picnic, I dont remember the name of the park, but it is in Odaiba and really close to Fuji TV. One of the girls made us all sushi and it was adorable. She'd make a really good girlfriend I'm sure.
Maru: The Leader of the Niji no Kai club and a total camera whore.
Also from Niji no kai, he probably isnt as good as a chef as he thinks he is.
The ferris wheel at Venus Fort is the biggest in Japan and costs 900 yen for a ride. I'll visit again at nighttime!
Always wanted to visit Italy? Why not settle for the Venus Fort mall?
Odaiba is definetly my favourite place in all of Tokyo. The area has so much to offer, and the perfect place to take in a night view of Tokyo and the Rainbow Bridge. If the train cost to get there wasnt so expensive, I would go there every night even if its only to study and drink coffee.....
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