Mito, Japan
Went out with Alexis and Bernadette today to take a walk around Mito. I also had to get my laundry done. Washed it at Kenny’s and went to the “Soft Cream” Laundromat and got it dried — just a note it was 100 yen for 8 minutes, 400 yen for 32 minutes and my clothing was dry. To get there you leave Kenny’s and go down a hill and across a bridge. When you get to the other side it’s to the left at a cross junction. It says Soft Cream on the front of the building.
While my clothing was drying we fed the ducks, pigeons, white and black swans. There was a nursery full of kids around us playing with the birds while we fed the birds. Usually birds are disease ridden creatures — at least ones in cities, but it feels somewhat safer here since everything is cleaner in Japan. The animals should be too, right? I had a few pigeons eating out of my hand, literally. So did Bernadette and Alexis. I took some great video of them feeding the birds too, looks great on the HD camera that i borrowed from Rodrigo.
Of course when we finished we all washed our hands — they’re still birds after all. I washed my hands a few times — I’m just like that.
Afterwards we continued into Mito. It was a pleasant day out — not very cold. We went to a stationary store. I bought a ton of brush pens, not because they were cheap, but because they were readily available.
Afterwards we continued down the street until we hit the Keisei department store. It’s a 9 story building filled with department store goodness. Up on the 8th floor or so we went to a store called Loft — you can buy all sorts of cute toys there. I saw some more Ghibli toys and I had to buy more Totoros. I got myself a Jiji cat from Kiki’s Delivery Service. I now have all three of the Totoros — the white, blue, and gray ones.
We ate at an American cowboy themed restaurant.
I got to go into a grocery store and bought some snacks for everyone back at home.
I intend to ship all my goods back so I don’t’ have to carry them back on the plane. I hope that plan comes to fruition. Or maybe I can leave the stuff here with Kenny and have him ship it.
We took the elevator up the Mito Art Tower and looked out of all the different portholes. You can see Fuji there on a clear day, but not today — it was a bit hazy.
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