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okie. I shall now officially conclude my japan trip! :D
ONE. You will never realise how much city lights and 24 hr convenience stores are (VERY MUCH) appreciated at night until you go to long-lost-almost-abandoned-places. like Takayama :)
yes, due to the fact that it is winter, and that the sun sets at four, the whole towns goes to sleep and becomes a place for zombies to roam. So we sort of walked around in the dark using starlight and traffic lights to help guide us around :)
BTW, 24 hr convenience stores are really quite interesting actually. like, there's stockings, and manga magazines, and dessert, and dvds, and plastic spoons and... well, you get the point. :D
TWO. Business hotels have way better channels and is a lot cheaper than the fancy-for-tourist-only hotels :D
Ppl, if you are going to Matsumoto, GO TO RICHMOND HOTEL, because they have really cool channels. There's this channel called Animax, which shows ANIME NON STOP FOR 24 HOURS A DAY. oh, and they have bbc world news, and channels dedicated purely to movies (in english). (>v<)b My sister got sick so we rested at the richmond hotel for one whole day, so i just casually checked out the channels. :D
that hotel has really cool toiletries too :D
THREE. Onsens work best when u have really bad eyesight.
uh, that is self explanatory. :)
FOUR. Eating in japanese restaurants without spilling anything is an art :)
Dont worry, you'll get used to it :)
FIVE. Those japanese people have really cool grandmas.
So, my sister and i were walking along this track in the mountains in god-knows-where, and we chanced upon this house with this awesome grandma in front. she gave us (FREE) dried permissons, and her hair was a violent shade of PURPLE. i bet she was a harajuku kid when she was younger. or a serious manga fan :D
SIX. Snow makes a really dangerous weapon.
Snowball fights are really not as fun as you think it is. FOR EXAMPLE, snow sorts fo clumps together to form soild ice. SO my sister threw a chunk of that SOLID ICE into my back. it hurts like crap. really.
SEVEN. Just because the whole theme park is deserted, that does not mean that it is really wise to go on multiple roller coaster rides at once.
Trust me. your head will hurt like hell.
Speaking of rides, there was this really scary ride, called the White Canyon and it is made out of WOOD. yeah, but it super-de-duper violent and prove how violent it is, after going on it the second time (my sister pulled me back on it), i smacked my head on the sideboard of the carriage and obtained a headache that makes migraines look like nothing.
yups, but it cleared... after i left the theme park. ==
EIGHT. All inanimate objects are never really.... inanimate.
Ok, so the theme park we went to had this mascot, which was a dog with a super sad face. So as we were leaving the park, we saw a human sized mascot kinda proped on the stairs, leaning against the railing, facing the anumsent park. my mom was like "omg, it lookes so sad"
then my dad goes up next to it and says "let's take a picture with it", before patting its head. the for some unknown reason, he says "what a stupid dog" and WHACKS its head.
and the dogs moves and waves its hands wildly, the way someone would when fending off an attacker.
my first thought?
"Japanese technology is so goooood..."
before i realised that it was a human in the mascot suit.
:O
i laughed until my stomach cramped.
i think my dad had a major heart attack.
NINE. If one plans his/her time properly on a plane, it is possible to watch four moives in a row, and play bookworm as well. ;D
Yeps, i watched G-Force, Bandslam, Four Christmases and The Simpsons. :D they were good.
OKIE, i will go and read my manga now, and spend time fangirling over Usui Takumi. KYAAA~ 
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