American University Reunion~!

Good morning~!!

I went to Shibuya yesterday.
Shibuya is one of the wards in Tokyo and this is the place you might want to come if you're interested in youth culture in Japan.
I think the most important role of Shibuya is setting trends.
So if you want to know what's cool in Japan quickly, you should go there!
Also, it's the city that never sleeps.

I actually live in a kind of rural area in Tokyo, so it took about an hour to get there. Then the number of the people on the train got increased as Shibuya station approached. Though I'm a citizen of Tokyo, I'm always nervous to go to busy areas like Shibuya. The reason is, I don't like being in crowded places. But being in Shibuya itself is soooo much fun!

I went there for American University reunion! I went to American University last year as a participant of the program which was made by AGU. As you can imagine, the memory of the program is sooo amazing! So I still keep in touch with the other participants and we sometimes hang out together. 20 people went to the University last year, and yesterday 9 of us came. I was really glad to see how each of us were and talk to each other. Though we belong to the same department, we don't have time for looooooong conversation. So it was soooo much fun just talking about the school, boyfriends, girlfriends. and the things each of us did in this summer!

After eating and drinking, we went to Karaoke! It was soooooo fun as well because I looooooove going to Karaoke with my friends!!!!! I sang 2 or 3 songs. It reminded me of the days I went to Karaoke in Maryland! It's interesting, isn't it?

Alright, I took some pictures yesterday.
I always get excited to see neon-glittering cities like Shibuya because it makes me feel like something's always going on at the places.

I took this picture after I went through the ticket gate of Shibuya station, so this is the first thing you will see when you go to Shibuya by train. See how bright it was! The city that never sleeps wakes people up as well!


This was also taken at the same place as the first one, but it's on the right side. The building on the left side is called TSUTAYA and they sell CDs, DVDs, books and so on. They even rent videos. On the 1st and 2nd floor, there's Starbucks. Then, the building on the right side is one of the famous department stores for young people in Japan. It's called 109 (ichi-maru-kyuu), and it's got 9 levels and each floor has diffrent kinds of stores.
Also, this is the place where the movie "Lost in Translation" was filmed. (I love the movie because it helps me take a look at Japan in a different way and how they describe Japan is interesting!)

There are a lot to see in Shibuya and the places around Shibuya are also fun! Actually, the campus of AGU locates in Shibuya and I can go there everyday when I'm a junior. So I think it's a good way to get used to crowded places. Then by the time I graduate, Shibuya will be one of my favorite places! Hahaha~. :)