Japan!!

This past weekend was Chusok, so our school had Friday and Monday off. I went with Kristina and Abby to Tokyo for the weekend. We left EARLY Friday morning, took a cab to the airport. Kristina and Abby were on a different plane so I was a little scared about finding them in Tokyo, but they were waiting for me at my gate with a sign and everything:) Our next challenge was to figure out how to get from the airport to our hostel. The Japan subway and train system is soooo confusing and expensive. The money was hard to get used to too. They have coins that go up to 500 yen, which is like $5. It made you feel like you weren't spending as much money as you really were. We finally got on the subway. On the map, the airport looked like it was really close to Asakusa, where our hostel was, but turned out there were lots of stops that weren't even on the map. We were so confused! We asked some Japanese girls, who tried to tell us we were on the wrong train, but then they went and got their english teacher. She told us we were on the right one and where we should transfer. It took us about an hour and a half to get to Asakusa. Once we got there, we luckily ran into some people staying in the same hostel who led us there. I don't think we could have found it from the website directions. We got checked in and dropped off our stuff, then headed out again. First, we took the subway to Shinjuku. There was lots of shopping there. I dont think any of us really bought anything there. We more just looked around. We found a Hello Kitty store that had a Hello Kitty popcorn vending machine inside. You can't just pass on an opportunity like that! Video is posted on facebook:) Next, we took the subway to Ginza, which had several themed restaurants. There was a vampire one and an Alice in Wonderland one. We chose Alice in Wonderland. It was soooo cute. They were decorated for Halloween too, which was a little much. The waitresses were dressed as Alice, the cheshire cat, mad hatter, vampires, etc. I got pasta made to look like the cheshire cat, Kristina got pizza shaped like the queen of hearts, and i think abby's was a mouse or some kind of creature. We got tweedle dee and tweedle dum icecream to share too. It was not a cheap meal, but definitely worth it! After dinner, we headed back to the hostel. We decided to wake up at 7:30 to get to Puroland when it opened at 10:00. We overslept a little (8:00-my fault!). It was a little confusing trying to figure out how to get there. We had to take the subway and the train. It took us a while to get there. I think we got there around 11:00. We also found a Daiso store, which is like a dollar store. We have it in Korea too. We went in to see what kind of Hello Kitty stuff we could get really cheap before paying a lot for it in Puroland. I bought quite a few souvenirs at the dollar store. Ok, sorry to end at such a weird spot, but I'm at school and this is taking longer than I thought. I'll try to finish this later today! Sayonara!