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On August 22 2008, seemingly recovered from jet lag and sleep dep, I woke up nice and early to the mechanical buzzing of the Cicadas.  Yuji woke up soon after me and brought me out for a spontaneous walk.  We walked aimlessly, as I tried to see an actual cicada or “Semi”, until we reached a small temple.

I was bitten by a mosquito there that still itches, and while writing this, I’ve gained a sliver of vengeance against the species by killing one here in McDonalds.

After the temple, we walked back and Yuji introduced me to Orange jelly Fanta from one of the many vending machines found everywhere.  I was instantly turned on.  This, not only fizzy but also jelly, drink is the drink of the gods.  Well, at least the gods of ‘What the???’

Once we got back to the house, we picked up Marie and headed back out to Little Bear, a little pastry shop that I highly recommend.  The people who run it are sweeter than the pastries that they serve.  We brought the pastries to a historical house and spent several houses chitchatting until some children came to entertain us with cat’s cradle and Chinese chess.

Around noon, realising that we’d been sucked into the peacefulness, we escaped to meet Laura and Caesar, one of which was Yuji’s friend, at Harijuku Station.  We went for Gyoza, then around a park.  Laura and Caesar left us there for a while until Laura returned.  We then went to the temple, and then wandered around the alleys. I’ll come back to Japan simply to walk around these alleys again.

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