June 13, 2010 -- Shopping day!

On Sunday Takase and I went to Jusco Center to meet up with Mizuki, Richard, Emu, Sara, Jon and Mariko. I was surprised that their mall was so big! The first thing we did was go to the arcade to the purikura (picture-taking booth)! Finally, I could do some shopping! I had a long list for omiyages (gifts) to buy. I brought a very large suitcase to carry home all those goodies. We went to the food court for lunch and I bought my favorite foods, udon and vegetable tempura, for only 210 yen. I couldn't believe how cheap it was. At the mall we (Hawaii kids) even went on a ferris wheel. It was pretty scary and it moved really slow, but the view was great. After going on the ferris wheel, we just wondered around and bonded with each other. Everyone had a lot of fun!
In the evening, Takase's neighbor invited us over to a wedding party. I hesitated to go since it was already 8:00 p.m. I didn't know if they could speak English but I went anyway. I'm so glad I went! They were all so friendly and many of them could speak good English. They said funny jokes and treated me very well by feeding me a lot of sushi and dessert plus they kept asking me questions. I didn't want to leave, but we had school the next day.