I'm back from Tokyo now! I had, both, a lot of fun and not a lot of fun... I have really mixed feelings. Nehma came with me, and while I really like Nehma, I think I like traveling alone best. I like to really schedule out my days and that doesn't work when you're having to work with how another person runs. I also spent waaay too much on food. Like nearly 1/3 of my budget went to food. On one hand, I was eating, which is good because I'd usually just skip meals, but on the other that was way too much money. It doesn't help that, if I'm going to be in Tokyo with someone, I really want it to be Andrea :( It'd be more fun if I had my bff with me... I also started getting those "I want to go home feelings" and I didn't mean Kagoshima home. I'm ready to go home-home. And then I found out today that my parents sold the house so while I get to go home to a house I have to unpack to repack and I don't think they have any idea where they're going to move to. I know we have to be out of the house by Aug. 28th. And all they have to live in at the moment is an RV (which I still think was a stupid purchase, but not my money). Now I'm just all depressed and blah. I have almost two weeks left until I go home too, so now it's time for me to start getting ready to pack. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get all the books I've acquired/will acquire back home without breaking the bank.
I'm working on a full Tokyo post, so it should be up in the next couple of days or so. I just thought I'd pop in to let everyone know I made it back. I'll probably start with a post about the Macross Live (which was awesome). I have a lot to say about it and a lot of fangirling to do hahaha :D
Me with Totoro @ Sunshine City, Ikebukuro :)

1 comments:
I'd look into shipping your books home. I tried to drag all my manga home in my luggage when I finished my year abroad. I even had the latest Nakayoshi shoved in the front of my overalls! Not only did some things get damaged but my suitcases were so heavy I had to stop a number of times to rest just in between the gate and customs!
That was back in the nineties though. When I left Japan last in 2006 I had a crying fit in the airport because my bags were overweight and they flatly refused to let me check-in! Eventually I paid a fine for overweight baggage and was able to board the plane but it was terrifying! The bag wasn't that overweight either.
I'd recommend being safe rather than sorry and shipping heavy things like books. Surface mail can keep the cost down (and take a month or more, but still) and there are even rates for printed materials and the like. Someone at your university should be able to advise you. I'm sure your friend Andrea will let you ship to her if you are concerned about your address changing. Good luck!
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