I started early with a walk through Shinjuku park. I did this to kill time because I’m waking well before any shops open, so since my first goal was Shinjuku I got off a station early and walked through the park. It was nice to see some nature, and the mosquitoes were happy to see me as well!
I was absolutely and utterly ruined. My muscles were in tatters and even the reserve tanks of my reserve tanks of energy were drained. In truth I couldn’t understand how I could even walk.!A quick early lunch helped, and I ventured into shinjuku to visit the usual shops.
Shinjuku is a bit of a maze, and I’m not even talking about the famously labyrinthine station. Coming from the park brought me into the city via it’s late-night district and while most establishments were closed it was still worth a walk through to see all the host/hostess clubs and unusual bars.
With my Shinjuku shipping complete I headed over to Shibuya (2 stops from Shinjuku), went to Mandarake and a few other shops, and made a few purchases that confirmed the need for a third suitcase. After returning to Akiba I took care of that. The selection was astonishing so it took me forever to pick and I hope I got a good one. I’ll fill it with more goodies to bring back to KLS!
My exhaustion had returned and in addition the heat and humidity had got to me again. I ate my spaghetti dinner quickly since my plan was to spend the evening playing games in Hirose Entertainment Yard (my favourite arcade of all time).
And then it happened. While searching for something at Yellow Submarine I happened to stop into the Lashinbang store in Radio Kaikan ‘just to see’ if they still had the massive Zoffy vinyl we saw back at Christmas time. They did.
I estimated the size of the box, legged it back to my room to see if it would fit in a suitcase (it didn’t seem likely), legged it back to Lashinbang so I could make a more accurate measure of the box and then return to my room again to confirm that no, it wouldn’t fit in my luggage.
Despite this, as I was heading back again to Lashinbang I texted KLS and urged her to talk me out of buying it. She did the opposite, probably because she knew I’d already made up my mind. And so I bought this:
It’s big. Very big. And I’ve wanted him since I saw him at Christmas!
The problem is he doesn’t fit into any of my luggage. He’s too big! I bought him well aware of this fact.
That will be a problem for me to tackle tomorrow since now it’s time for me to go to bed 🙂