Today was always going to be a good day, we had this planned out for months, because we had to buy the tickets for the museum months in advance to avoid disappointment.
We left the flat in Asakusa early in the morning to head towards the Mitaka station, picked up some breakfast on the way, I picked up a French croissant with a Japanese twist of melon whipped cream! It took us an hour to get to Mitaka from Asakusa station, which wasn't too bad, the hardest bit was trying to negotiate the JR lines schedule.
We walked to the museum from the station, which is around 1.5k away, took around 20mins, it was quite a picturesque area. We traded in our tickets for the souvenir tickets, we saw the short film first, which was about a boy and a rabbit fighting over a walking stick, it was really cute and had some wonderful music.
We explored the museum and walked through the "adult" size version of the cat bus from Totoro! It was really well built, we went to the cafe on the roof to get a famous Ghibli beer! brewed especially for Studio Ghibli cafe, it was quite a nice ale! We explored the museum and the sites more before tackling the store! £80 later we started to head home! We were suppose to meet my friend Aaron at 4.15pm (Near Mitaka) but we were finished a bit too early so we headed back to Asakusa to drop off our wares!
By the time I got back to the flat I was unsure if we'd meet up with Aaron and G-rat, but I got in touch and we literally shot straight back out to meet them at Musashi Koganei, several trains later we made it to the station. I haven't had a night out with students for a long time, and these guys really knew how to party... and on the cheap! A few beers later after meeting the "crew" we headed to karaoke for quite possibly the most fun night you'll have in Tokyo. 2,700yen for all you can drink/sing Karaoke (2 hours) represents good value for money. Several songs later, some amazing versions of "Don't stop believing," "Hot In Heeere," "Nothing else matters" and "I'd do anything for love...but I won't do that."
G-Rat showed us a really good place to eat, which was spectacular, Dan had a curried rice dish with egg, I had a chicken, rice and miso dish... also amazing!
All in all, the best night we've had in Japan thus far, we felt very welcomed by these guys, Aaron, Mark, Mike, Noah, Sihiro, Alex and the others, sorry if I missed anyone out, I'm rubbish with remembering names especially after about 9 pints!
Dan managed to best himself at 1am, by managing what can be best described as the McGangBang! He first started with a double quarter pounder (half quarter pound of beef!) then he had another one and put a chicken sandwich in it in between the patties... the chicken sandwich was quite big, I'd say it was about quarter a pound of meat! In about 30 minutes he'd eaten nearly a pound and a half of meat... Champion! I would have taken to the challenge but I wasn't brave enough.
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