May_22 The first day of rain.

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Waking up this morning, the sun wasn't shining, for we had the looming clouds over head. Noticing this sudden change in weather we all ran and grabbed our rain gear before heading to the Silver Pavilion. 

Upon arriving at the Silver Pavilion, we were greeted with deep, deep sand raking that looked almost dug out of the earth, instead of the typical ones which seemed to be made using a garden rake. A few moments after we arrived on the Pavilion grounds, first came the thundering of the school children, followed shortly by the thundering of rain. The whole pavilion area was soon covered in both, with the two noises sharply…"contradicting" each other. 

 After a now hasty walk around, we left the Pavilion, and started off to look for a tea house. This adventure was cut short by the squishing of socks in shoes and it was decided the course of action would be to head to the International Manga Museum a few hours earlier than we had planned. 

Lunch was bought from Fresco's grocery, which was eaten before we walked down to the International Manga Museum. By now the rain had thankfully stopped, and it allowed us to see a rare site. Behind the walls of the Museum, in it's courtyard we saw Japanese Cosplayers.  For those of you not familiar, a Cosplayer is simply one who dresses up as a character from their favorite animated TV show, film, or video game. None of us had expected to see them there in the courtyard and we were all awed at the level of detail and craft that was put into these costumes. 

 

Later, we had a few hours of free time, then we met up for a group dinner. I think one of David's favorite stores is Takashimaya, for that is where we've had quite a few rendezvous points. After we had all met up we found a nice little japanese restaurant where everyone had their fill of raw fish, Okonomiyaki, octopus and (some) sake. Seeing how David has more than one sweet tooth for desert, we promptly finished dinner and set out for what I know is David's favorite store in Japan. 

Now, when I say this store has the most epic Ice Cream I have ever seen, I am not joking. On display were over 50 kinds of ice cream, ranging from leaning towers of soft-serve, to giant, $100 bucket delights of sugary goodness.  Just one parfait was, well…amazing. When we were served we had our breaths quite literally taken away with the sheer awesomeness of the dessert placed in front of us.

After that day and that dinner, we waddled back to the hotel, quite content. 

~Buehler, Andrea, Alicia 

 

Comments

[Lorie]

Yum! That ice cream looks good. Glad you got to see the Cosplayers!

[c]

What a crew!! I could see having to "waddle" after desserts like that !! YAY DAVID !! A very good choice indeed! The Cosplayers looked really detailed, the people playing the part had the perfect build for the characters. ( Duh.... manga IS japanese!) Sorry for the "soggy" < but I'm sure you guys are smart enough to make it fun!