Day 5 – Shinjuku and the Square Enix Store
I started off the day trying to find a place to wash my clothes. I didn’t want to pay the exorbitant amount per item at my hotel. A guy at Guest Relations told me there was a coin laundry nearby the next train station. I looked at him puzzled because there are several lines that go through JR Shinagawa. I was like which one was it >.> He left and came back a few minutes later pointing it out on a map.
I went off on my merry way to get my clothes and figure out how to get there. I realized that it wasn’t that far at all and not even worth riding a train to get to the next station. By the time I got to the train, I could have walked there.
I decided to stop by McDonald’s to enjoy breakfast first before I went off. I saw they had something called the Mega Muffin which I don’t think is available in the states. Here is a pic. This thing is massive lol.
I noticed the trash receptacle was a bit more complicated than the ones back at home :P
After eating, I started walking to the coin laundry place.
Along the way, I found this funny curry restaurant under the train tracks.
I snapped a few more pics along the way.
Here we are at my destination. Nice little coin laundry place.
It was going to take 40 minutes for the wash cycle to finish. I figured I should stroll around a bit until it was done.
Ahoy! Thar be a whale!
More random pics
After I finished getting the clothes washed, I headed back to the hotel.
There is two train tracks that cross the road which should be in a picture above. On my way back, 4 trains decided to cross one after the other, two on each side. It was fun waiting for them.
7-11!
Picked up a snack at the 7-11. Green tea flavored diet coke and melon pan!
After snack time, I made my way to Shinjuku to visit the Square Enix Store. I didn’t take many pics along the way because I was trying to find this store. Apparently, it’s difficult to find. I almost passed it. After crossing the street from Shinjuku’s south exit, just stay on that part of the sidewalk all the way and you will eventually reach it.
Square Enix Store was dangerous. I spent so much money :( I had a problem with one of my credit cards because if I sneeze in the wrong direction, they like to lock my credit card -.-
I also saw some footage from upcoming games. Apparently, not all of them are available to the public yet. I saw some footage from the new Kingdom Hearts PSP game Birth by Sleep, Versus XIII, and a handful of other games. Birth by Sleep looks cool.
By the way, this store is awesome. They have lot’s of cool crap to look at. I may have to swing by again to pick up a few more cd’s before I go.
Enough rambling about how awesome that place is. On my way back, I snapped a few pics of all the pretty, tall buildings. I also stumbled upon a Gamers branch here and dropped more money :(
That is one busy crosswalk to the station. Look at all the people.
It was running a bit late and I figured after dropping almost 600 bucks, I should probably stop for the day. I wrestled some grub at the usual place. I figured I should diversify my diet a little so I added some fruit to the mix and got some cool orange juice (no pun intended).
That’s it for today. Until next time…
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