Hakone and an Unexpected Trip

Two weekends ago, my friend Saba and I went to Hakone. We met up Saturday morning at Mishima Station and took a bus from there. As we neared Hakone, we saw some snow on the side of the road. It wasn't much, but it was exciting because it was the first snow I had seen all winter (besides on mountains in the distance).  It took about an hour to reach Hakone. We got off at the final stop, which was at the southern side of the lake. We soon found...

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Christmas Break 16: The End of Christmas Break

Monday, January 10thJonathan's plane left on Monday afternoon, so he headed towards the airport late that morning. Before he left, we went to a bakery one last time. We ate at Anderson in Tokyo Station. I had some sort of cheese sesame bread, corn and cheese bread, and a chocolate muffin with a marshmallow on top. Delicious. :) After eating we went to Nippori Station where he took Keisei Skyliner to Narita Airport. I wanted to go to the airport with...

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Christmas Break 15: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Sunday, January 9th We didn't have any big plans for most of our last full day together in Tokyo. We spent the morning eating breakfast at a cafe and browsing the Yodobashi Camera store in Akihabara. I bought a really cute puzzle there. The pieces are really tiny! I've done a few puzzles like this, but they've only been around 200 pieces. Then we went to Shibuya and ate lunch at Freshness Burger. Yum. :) That's a lime soda. There was half...

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