I think my sleep deprivation is finally catching up to me. Today I was suppose to get up at 6:20 once again, but I had a lie in till 6:40 because I could not get my eyes to stay open. It was bound to happen eventually, but I hate feeling so bleh in the mornings.
Today has been one of my less exciting days. I had class from 9:10-12:00. (I also slept on Riley’s shoulder on the bus ride to school because I need a few more minutes of rest). Only groups A and B had an excursion today. Tomorrow it will be my turn to play on the taiko drums since I am group C. After class ended I hopped back on a bus and returned to the accommodations with Franz and Chess. The bus so crowded that I thought I was going to die of a heat stroke, due to the warmth of the amount of bodies in that tiny space!
Originally, I was going to visit Nijo Castle by myself because Franz was going to go to a Cat Cafe.(I am allergic to cats) I was totally fine with going by myself, especially since I was in Tokyo by myself for three very long days. Last minute, Chess and Franz decided to join me (mostly because they had nothing better to do).
Before heading to Nijo castle we made a quick stop to a bakery Komura-sensei recommended us called Croix-Rousse. There I ate a melon bread, but the one from Seiyu is beating all the melon breads I have eaten so far.
It only took about an hour to tour around the Nijo Castle. It was so beautiful. I pass it everyday on the way to school and now when I pass it I will have it’s beauty appear in my memory. Which is bloody fantastic.
After Nijo we went to eat pizza at the hispter place again in Sanjo-dori and then returned to the accommodations to study, because if I do very well on the quiz I will be able to move up a class.
Something I do not like about Japan is that everything closes so early, by 4 or 5 most major sites are close and many mom and pop stores
also begin to close. I feel sorry for those who have work and get off around that time and can’t really go anywhere because everything is pretty much close.