24th Musing: Tokyo!

RLN:
So I really couldn't think of anything to post about! Actually, I had a couple ideas, which I forgot, of course! That tends to happen when you think of things while you're half-asleep...
But anyways, this came to mind, so here it is! (well, after the RLN).
Current obsessions: 1. still TWEWY and playing the "Another Day" section, 2. I need to make ramen!! or Tamago Kake Gohan (look it up lol), 3. blogging..., 4. The Avengers!! yes, again. Maybe add the individual heroes to the list too.
currently listening to: Chopin's Revolutionary Etude (op 10 no 12). It's awesome! (usually don't use this adjective, but I guess it fits...and trust me, I really don't listen to classical music that often because I'm so picky about it!)
Is that really all? I thought there was more...
RLN over.

Recently, I watched some travel show special on Tokyo for Japanese class with a stereotypical Australian guy for a host. When people imitate Australian accents, it sounds just like his--like Steve Irwin! (Who seemed like a much better guy, though). It was actually kind of funny! ...Well, I thought so!
Anyways, he was like a typical, clueless tourist who couldn't speak a word of Japanese, but he seemed at least fascinated by it. Though, I could tell he was pretty arrogant, but amusing. Very ESTP, too XD.

Anyways, he went to different places in Tokyo (including Shibuya!) and it made me want to go more!
(Jeez, I feel like my Japanese "sensei" :D should see this and, like, give me extra credit or something). Anyways, the fashion looked so strange, but most of the time, it was pretty cool! Of course, the streets of Harajuku had a generous share of unique fashions that one would only find in Tokyo. I feel like Shibuya fashion is generally a bit more mainstream.

Another place that looked really nice was the inn, which was very traditional--futons, decorated screens, and all. I really liked the isolated, tranquil feel of it. I really appreciate it when countries still honor their culture like that....and I really wanted to sleep there! Though I'm not exactly introverted, I would love to squirrel away in that small little room and just...do whatever I wanted with no disturbances in such a nice atmosphere!

Speaking of hotel-like places, there's a hotel that's popular with business who missed their train (it stops running at a certain time), so they just go into this cheap, but cool-looking place where the rooms are literally capsules. I wonder if I would feel claustrophobic or like it?

The city is just so lively and interesting! Before I thought of Tokyo as just another metropolis, but it really has a distinct flavor about it. Someday, I'll get there.

So currently, I decided to watch "Durarara!" (can't forget the ! at the end, which is actually part of its title) because it reminded me of "The World Ends With You" (and whoever translated it to the dub version uses the exact same slang ("Gotta bounce!"), which is more nostalgia (but not nostalgia because I'm still playing it...
on a random note, Izaya is just so...interesting.
Here's the fun scene I talked about before!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKEaf3bpJB4

It depicts Tokyo as less safe than TWEWY, but overall, it's a pretty similar perspective. And it's weird how they both talk about realities changing with the person, which is something I've always thought of but never heard voiced until I played "The World Ends With You".
Maybe that will be my next (or somewhere around there) topic!

captioned as: Harajuku's main strip

Harajuku girls!

(photo cred (because I should start doing that): Wikipedia for all of them coincidentally).