Planetarium Lullabies, Kitty Cafes, and Kiwi Adventures

Three days ago, I finally had a free day, a.ka. recharge day. =^.^=
I went around town, wrote more in my other blog, and then headed off to Shimokitazawa. I just wanted to explore a bit more, but ended up shopping a bit and expanded my wardrobe...lolol. I finally found "girly" clothes here that don't make me look awkward with having muscular legs vs. tiny Japanese girl legs. It was very exciting. So many great purchases, you guys.

The Claire's stores in Japan are a bit different than in the US. It's geared more towards teenagers and young adults rather than little kids. They have so much awesome jewelry, accessories, and hats, that it doesn't seem like a Claire's at all.
After about an hour or two, I went back home and watched more of Once Upon a Time. I've caught up with it D=. NOW WHAT? I tried watching LOST yesterday but didn't like it very much. I'll probably try another episode today though. I mean, if MoMo likes it, how can I not? ^____^'

On Monday, I went to Ikebukuro with Mitchell, Moe, and Yuuki (different Yuuki). I have to say, I was not mentally prepared to speak in Japanese the whole day. Since classes ended, I haven't had the opportunity to use much Japanese for a longer period of time. This day was a challenge x___X. But a good one!
We picked up our tickets for the Planetarium and wandered around the Sunshine City mall for a bit.
Here is Yuuki looking pretty at the Disney store:

 Then, we went out to lunch at a nearby restaurant. This was pretty delicious:

And then off to the Planetarium! We had to run there and inside the Sunshine City building in order to get there on time XD. We probably looked pretty funny, rushing to go to the Planetarium...
We decided to go to the space/shooting star showing. It was really relaxing. Actually, it was too relaxing and I think I may have dozed off for majority of it, waking up here and there to see fake stars above me. It was a good use of 1,000 yen. lololol.
After, I was still really sleepy, but we headed off to a Kitty Cafe.

 It was a really chill cafe, but with cats.

There were people just lying down, knitting, working on homework, reading the Manga that you can borrow from the bookshelves, all while being surrounded by cats. You do have to pay for the amount of time you're there, so we only stayed a half an hour for 600 yen. I would have loved to stay longer, but I did wish there were more cats that walked around. Most of them just sat on their chair or bed and didn't move the entire time. They ruled the place and they knew it.
The atmosphere was definitely really nice though.

Kitty meets KITTY.

 Yuuki was scared of the cats XD.

 Moe liked them though ^____^

 They had free wi-fi, too. So naturally, everyone was on their phone at one point.

Mitchell giving the cat some lovin':

And then it turned around and gave him the butt:

 It just reminded me of:

"Oh, great. The butt."

After the Kitty Cafe, there was an advertisement for an event on the 7th floor in one of the department buildings...
It was for this:

Yes. That really happened. I love Valentine's Day in Japan. Mitchell and I are pros at this sampling thing. This time, it was just chocolate though. Oh my gosh. I wish MoMo could have been there. We got to try about 20+ different chocolates from all over the world. Two places even let us try theirs twice, as we were debating on buying some. So much chocolate O_O.
There was even another floor of other sweets I snuck a shot of:

We must have been there for over an hour and a half because when we went outside, it was turning dark out. lolol.
I wanted to take this advertisement home:

Yesterday, I went to the gym and then met up with Luke to get some fer eeking spicy ramen from Nakamoto.
I really loved all the contents of the last one, so I decided to stick with the same one. We asked if it could be made spicier. The worker said they couldn't, but there was a bowl of chili powder so we could do it ourselves ^___^.

I added just a bit more. I had forgotten how good this was, which is a good thing because I would have wanted to get it everyday forever. Luke seemed to have really liked it, too. He told me that when he was talking with his friend, he said that business men like to go out to drink and have a dinner and then after, go out and get ramen late at night before they go home. Two dinners, man. Post-dinner dinner. XD

Filled with noodles and spices, we left and took a train to Shibuya to explore the areas nearby, Daikanyama and Aoyama. Oh yeah, we had to pick up something sweet after, of course. XD Luke bought an amazing looking Cream puff donut thing and I got some more manako. Anko is so good x__X.

First, Daikanyama-

"You are what you Eataly" lolol.

It had huge pieces of bread. I didn't take a picture of the biggest pieces, but they were double the size of the ones on the top shelf in this one. The store had, well, everything Italian- cheese, noodles, meats, chocolate, wine, an Italian chef (lolol), etc. Luke said it smelled European, so now I know how Europe smells. I know the smell, you guys.
Women's face shaving service:

Face fuzz is not allowed.
Daikanyama was a very simple suburb-like town with independent shops and such. It had a very hipster feel, but more relaxed than Shimokitazawa.

 Bling Me!

 So much shiny stuff in that shop...

 Gundam Building:

It was a school! So awesome. It was designed after the Gundam from the anime.
We also saw a show being filmed. We may have seen a famous person from a J-drama and we didn't even know it. XD
After walking around for a few hours, we had to stop at a conbini to ask where the heck Aoyama was. It turned out that it was on the opposite side of Shibuya, so we had to head back XD. We stopped at one of the malls that had a sweets floor in Shibuya, planning on buying something sweet for later. However, we were given a few things to sample, and didn't bother buying anything ^___^'. I think I'm getting sampled out...x___X
I was able to take a picture of one of the shop's cases!

So cute. So perfect. I wonder how it tastes though...h00t.
We walked from Shibuya then to Harajuku and then to Aoyama. It definitely felt like a smaller version of Ginza.

 There was a small temple in the middle of the city:

Oh man. The rocks were raked. There would be no escaping if we stepped on these:

I found Japanese Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin/The Dark One/The Crocodile/The Coward (Did I miss any names?):

DAT HAIR.
lolol. After walking more, we were in Shibuya again ^___^. Luke had plans for the night, so I decided to shop around Shibuya for a bit before hopping home.
At Liz Lisa, the shop that has clothes that are so pretty, I got to try on a shirt. In the same store in Harajuku, they don't let you try on shirts, so I was pretty pumped.

I fell in love with it. It made me feel so pretty D=. But it ended up being pretty expensive. Bah! I thought it was half of the price but that was just for an accessory they had put underneath it. ONE DAY, LIZ LISA, ONE DAY. haha ^___^

With working out and venturing the whole day, I had accumulated 7500 fuel points on my Nike fuel band with almost 35,000 steps. lolol. woof! =]

Oh, by the way, the reason why the title of this post says "Kiwi Adventures"- apparently, "Kiwi" is a nickname for a person from New Zealand (Luke). That is too cute. C'mon, America!

The plans for today have changed since the amusement park that the exchange students and I were going to go to is closed on Mondays-Thursdays during this season. lolwut. So today is another free day!
 Two weeks, man. Two weeks.