Japanese Things in Paris

The First Japanese restaurant I saw.  They were mostly all generic looking, and mostly had pictures of sushi in the windows.  When I peered into them, none of the workers seemed to be Japanese.  Oh well.
Glico and Lu teamed up!!
I saw this at Colette, a hip(ster) store.  It is incredible. 

Monocle is a magazine about Manga, and that dude is a character that a Japanese person may recognize.  This pop culture significance is crazy.  There was also a Toto Toilet, which paled in comparison to the ones we have as school.  But whatever, it was like a little slice of Japan to do my business on.  
And there were some racist details!!

HUGE!  ANd near the Tour Eiffel...
REALLy near the Tour Eiffel...  I was shocked!

Other than all these things, I ate all the Confit de Canard and Foie Gras my heart desired, and saw many beautiful things (including one man in particular...)

Spring Break

So, I know what you're thinking. I must be crazy to go to Paris for Spring Break. Well, the truth is this was not the original plan. Initially, my family was going to come over to Japan for some quality tourism around both Kanto and Kansai, but it turns out that our economy is in the shitter and this was just not the most opportune time. So, my mother gave me some miles and now I'm in Gay Ol' Paree to visit my boyfriend, Ben. It is surreal and wonderful. I don't have my camera connector with me, so you will all just have to wait for some images.

Sharing: It's a Rule Now!

That is a quote from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  Charlie says it after he has stolen and eaten Frank's "human meat".  

Anyways, I have loads of pictures because I haven't given you guys an update in a while.  This may or may not be chronological.  

So, last Sunday (one week ago)  I went to Byoudoin (Phoenix Pavillion) in Kyoto.  It was fun and pretty.  And if you don't know what it looks like, Masa and I will show you! 

And then, because we were in Kyoto, and there's green tea everywhere, we got some green tea soft ice-cream.  It had green tea powder on it.  It really gave you  surge of energy and turned your mouth green. 

 Then we went shopping in the main shopping area in Kyoto.  We went to Takashimaya, the best department store in the world, and for some reason went up to the roof, where we found all these broken down kid's rides.  THIS IS WHERE JAPAN HIDES THE ROBOTS!!

Yeah, and then I found the saddest one and stood on it. 

CAUTION:  EXPLICIT MATERIAL!

If you are under the age of 18, or faint of heart, turn around and go home.  

Yesterday, a bunch of us went to this great store called Don Quihote (ドン・キホテー）and found some interesting things.  Consider this:

Really Japan?  I mean, REARRY?  It's like you're making fun of yourself.  A whopping 1% of you guys know what weed is.  

And this is where it gets real.  I found this porno in the...well... porno section and found it highly disturbing.  And awesome.  And funny.
For those of you who can't read Japanese or understand what's going on in the picture, that's a nursing home.  It's a nursing home porno!  What the FFFF!!!!?!?!?!!!?!?!?!?!!

And look, Mariah Carey for about one U.S. dollar.  Hooray!  

Alright kids, that's about all I got for now.  I hope you are all enjoying your respective lives.  

Love~

Dear friends and family,

YES. I am alive. Sorry that I have not given you an update in about one week but I have been so busy.  I will try to post some pictures of recent adventures, but honestly I have had so much work recently, I've been burning my candle on both ends and I have consequently developed a twitch in my right eye.  If you have known me for a while, chances are you have seen this happen and you know how funny/annoying it is.

Love!