Hotel Forest Sendai

... communities" for the most part, but I'm lucky enough to be placed in Yoneyama, which is about 10-15 minutes away from every other town, making it easy to get to the more "urban" ones whenever I want (once again, not too unlike New Braunfels).

We arrived at the BOE and jumped right into things. Walked up stairs to the BOE office, were eyed by the 30 some-odd staff, then were shuffled into the superintendent's office. We then went through a very official ...

OMG, the Alice Nine live was amazing! I was in the very back, and it was a seated auditorium so I actually enjoyed the Zepp concert more. There's something about seats that makes me feel a bit restricted. However, the guys have refined their performance since their livehouse tour. I was more focused on their music this time.

In the morning, I decided to go to Zuihoden (the Masamune clan's mausoleum) and Aoba Castle. The rain put a damper on the ...

... One was a frog charm—frog being "kaeru" in Japanese, which also means “to leave”. The other was a pair of chopsticks, or hashi. She told me to use it in Southlake to build a bridge, also called “hashi”, between my two homes.

Super Hotel Sendai City has changed a few things, and I’m not quite sure I like it. I don’t get free goodies for being female ...

... sort of regretted not doing Vampire Knight since we saw a Kaname, but then the heat reminded us that the uniforms would’ve sucked. Comiket was a lot like Artist’s Alley of American anime cons except there was doujinshi ("amateur" comics) in addition to the prints and hand-made goods. While American cons have lots of great stuff, everything here was amazing. You don’t have people making random things from tin ...

... was there 24 hours ago. T_T Even though I had committed to the reading contest and probably couldn't have gotten a ticket, I still wanted to try.

Although I planned to get tickets to Stylish Wave Max, a visual kei event, I got distracted by the Alice Nine Untitled Vandal(ism) #2 tickets. They were 1st floor, 23rd row, center. I already had tickets, but I figured if they’re going to be my last concert in Japan, I better ...

... a plate of takoyaki and had to eat a piece in one bite in each turn. The catch was that the takoyaki could contain octopus, cheese, or wasabi. Only 2 out of 30 balls had wasabi, and everyone had been safe until the last round. Guess who wound up with a wasabi-filled ball. -_-;;

2 of the 3 girls who were there (their parents owned the nomihodai and their grandparents played shamisen) decided to ...

... The sets were cheaper, and I didn't have to worry about matching all the pieces. However, I wasn’t fond of most flower patterns because they’re so typical. There was this gorgeous black and gold one with rabbits and sakura, but that itself cost twice as much as the set. Anna came across one with a fireworks pattern that was 800 yen. The quality wasn’t good, but it’s not like I’ll have ...

... his blog. I think he said that the number on there is how much he weighs after a live. XD He's so adorable.

Next was "Saga-kun". Shou teased him by saying he had a very "rock 'n' roll" appearance. That embarrassed Saga. It's funny to see Saga go from sexy bass licker to the shy one. From what I could pick out from his MC, he told everyone that the heights and weights listed on their profiles aren't accurate. I would hope so ...

... conscious. Boring textbook. So-so - Only 2 classes. Sandy playground. Good - Warm weather good for recess. Having a 5th grader try to teach me a game. Jump rope with 4th grade girls. Talking about Duel Jewel with the teachers after they saw my wallpaper and having the new teacher next to me say that they are all ikemen (I agree! ^^). Saturday Bad - Broken zipper on my backpack so now I can only zip it up one way. Being KY ...

... visiting this shrine, we went to eat the specialty of this region which was Soba or buckwheat noodles. Most of the buckwheat which is a substitute for rice, comes from Canada. It doesn't need good land to grow. People in North and East Tokyo eat Soba. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soba It is considered polite to slurp the noodles noisily if you enjoy them. It is a sign that they taste good! I found that rather difficult as the ...