3rd Nov 2006

Met an American girl at a party and she invited me to the cinema in maihama…which isn't too far from where I live…but despite this I was still late…and the cinema was at the entrance to Disney land here…anyway we had some really nice dinner…I had a chicken and pineapple burger with actual chips! Was amazing to taste something that wasn't oriental for a change…think that was the first time in a month! Craziness. It's very tacky where we went, probably because it's owned by Disney and they try to make everything 'nice' we ate at a restaurant on a fake outdoor street…with neon signs lining up everywhere and a painted ceiling…it was weird…

The movie was cool, although I'm sure we all looked like idiots sitting there with out 3D glasses on. A fetching green. Obviously not designed for fashion purposes. The glasses clearly stated that they wouldn't protect against UV radiation…just in case you felt the urge to wear them outside the confines of the cinema as part of some crazy fashion statement…god knows.

The movie we saw was 'the nightmare before christmas' there is a crazy amount of marketing over there…sooo many things you can buy, also have a lot of pirates of the Caribbean things…lots of small jack sparrows to adorn you phone or key chain…

Today I have also seen a lot of young girls dressed up in kimonos…apparently, the culture day (the holiday that we just had) is some sort of coming of age day for kids…7-8 yrs for girls and a bit younger for boys…think the boys get dressed up too. But think they just looked like they were training for some kind of fight…with a head band…