Asakusa (浅草) with Mr. Know-it-all

[forever_wandering]

We had planned on going to Asakusa at around noon, but since I was still jet lagged and didn't wake up until around 16:30, Y-san* and I ended up going at around 18:00. It wasn't as crowded and everything looked so much more impressive in the dimming light, so despite not being able to spend the entire day there, but it was still really enjoyable. 

Y-san* is one of those people who knows a lot about everything and isn't afraid to show it.
The majority of our conversations begin with "Did you know..." Usually, I don't know, he explains it further, and I learn something new.  I had been to Asakusa a couple of times before going with Y-san, but being there with him and listening to all he had to say made me feel as though I was visiting it for the first time. 

As we made our way down the street, Y-san* tried to get me to "try" just about every treat there was, and I'm sure he did that to bug me about watching my weight. When I finally found a snack I did want to eat, he looks at me with those big eyes of his and asks, "You...want to eat that?!"  Which of course, made me not want to eat it at all. We stared at each other before we started laughing and carried on.  On our way back, we ended up splitting some dorayaki which was what I had wanted to eat in the first place when he teased me! and green tea. 

Oh! Right! No trip to Asakusa is complete without some kind of omiyage!
Y-san* bought me a little cellphone strap with the five yen and sandals attached. I thank him but explain that I already had a new cell phone strap I had purchased the day before. "But," he begins to say, "Look. This one jingles." He shakes it a bit, and it does indeed jingle. I nod slowly, thinking it was very unlike him to be attracted to something noisy. He must have sensed my confusion because he finishes with, "If you have this on your phone, I can't lose you and I always know when you're coming." 

.....So I'm like a cat, Y-san*? 

"I like cats." He says and proceeds to put it on my cellphone. "Plus..well, we won't discuss how you always get lost. I like cats. Lets leave it at that." 

We left it at that and headed back to the station, my new cellphone strap jingling jangling all the way.  

Y-san= My friend's name starts with a Y, but in order to protect his privacy, I did not use his full name. 

Comments

[heaaartbreaker.livejournal.com]

I've only been to Asakusa once last January but I loved it. I definitely need to go back and take everything in without getting smothered by thousands of people lol I wish I could've spent more time there and just people watched but had to catch my flight! :(

[kurikuribebi]

Yeah, it's hard to enjoy with so many people....
I've decided I'm going to re-visit all my favorite places in the evening, now that I more or less know when there is no one there.

My friends don't let me people watch anymore. I'm not entirely sure why.

[heaaartbreaker.livejournal.com]

I guess there's a good and bad to being around so many damn people lol people watching but no space to breathe :(
I'm still no-where experienced to do that at night at anywhere :( I can't wait to explore and just get myself lost in a part of Tokyo and wander around.

aww i would just sit at a cafe or smthing by myself and watch the people pass by lol idt i could ever people watch w/ my friends b/c i space out so much lol

[kurikuribebi]

That's when it's best! When I first started getting lost on my own, it was when I didn't speak a lick of Japanese. I'd just wander and wander. If I wasn't allowed to be somewhere, someone would give me the 'batsu' sign and I'd just move on. Besides, Tokyo is safe =D and your phone will have GPS.

My best friend and I sit in Cafe's and do that at the stations but when I'm with the guys, they're like "Stop that," or "Hey, you're here with me, remember?"

[heaaartbreaker.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's what I'm so excited for lmao I can't wait to explore Harajuku and Shinjuku because those are the two places where I've been really wanting to go but I've never been. Especially Harajuku w/ its uniqueness. I'll definitely be doing that, although my face will be in a map half the time b/c I'll most definitely get lose and will be nowhere near Harajuku lol

[kurikuribebi]

Let me know how that goes lol. I personally hate both of those places, and have no intention of going back. Too crowded and a lot of the shop owners are hella rude! I went in to this shop once in Harajuku to buy a friend a birthday present and before I even said anything to the woman, she gave me the once over and told me they wouldn't have anything in my size. At the time, I was 110lbs, which is underweight for me as it is, but I wasn't even there to buy for me. It was for an 80-something pound girl!

In any case, too crowded for me and the sales aren't worth the frustration.

There IS a really delicious pancake shop there though.... Haha.

[heaaartbreaker.livejournal.com]

The reason why I've never been there is b/c my mom hates it lmao She probably doesn't like the mass amount of people either lol But I don't mind it; I feel more safe and relaxed if there's more people around me. I'm definitely a city-girl, I don't think I can I ever live in a suburb. It's too quiet for me lol
I rly want to visit the shops there! But I hope I don't run into that woman :|