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Despite the upcoming tests tomorrow (TWO grammar tests, in fact!) as Annie and Ffion are only here a few more days, I took the day off Uni to hang out with them!  Natsuho took the day off work too so we were able to make a proper day of it!  The weather was glorious and everything went swimmingly to plan!

We met at Waseda and took the train to Mitaka station.

A nice view from the station…

As we walked away from the station, we came across this rather cute Ghibli bus for getting to and from the museum!

However … it was a very warm day, so we decided we would walk!  There was no risk of getting lost as Totoro was there to guide the way!

We eventually arrived at the gates, and I took lots of photos of the outside of the museum – you can’t actually take photos inside …

Next up … the classic photo that everyone takes who goes to the museum – I took lots of this chappie, but I guess you only need see one … here he is.

These two seemed to be enjoying it!

I thought this was interesting – it’s the drink I had in the restaurant, but the straw is made from actual real genuine straw!

Also I ordered what in Japanese was a ‘Vegetable’ sandwich … turned out to be a club sandwich.  Look at all the meat I rummaged out of it!

Yum!  Anyhow yes, after lunch – which meat aside was very yummy – we left the museum, and I found a cute drain on the way.

We strolled then, away from Ghibli, through Inokashiraonshi Park.

It was all pretty stunning actually, not been somewhere that nice for a long time!  This might be the last time I get to do proper sightseeing here, so I’m glad it was so lovely!

We took the train from Kichijouji along to Kudanshita, and went to the Yasukuni shrine where there was a huge festival going on!  I had some festival food, and Annie danced!  It was dark and so really hard to photograph – it was also PACKED!  However, this gives you SOME idea – basically these people were dancing in the middle, and people were dancing around them in circles, following them.  People including Annie!

Last but not least, my favourite Ghibli offering being Laputa, I bought a couple of cool things.

Fantastic day!  Thanks Natsuho for helping with the tickets and the festival and everything, and Ffion and Annie it’s been so great having you come!

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