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Having gelato by the sea with Mako-chan~ I also assisted Jess in photographing her “babies” by the love bell while she hid out of sight in shame, but only because she introduced me to the world of delicious black tea gelato. I should probably have been embarrassed of taking 98493 photos of makoharu by the while my camera tried to focus, but I’ve exalted past that level of humanity to a new lvl of fujoushi

The place I wanted to see in Yokohama, second only to Cosmo World, was the Yokohama over view park where they filmed my favorite scene in Seven Days. It’s embarrassing how much I enjoyed that live action, but all thoughts of embarrassment flew out of my mind when I spotted this area where Seryou first kissed Yuzuru :’’))  Alas, even the overcast could not dampen my mood as we took selfies next to a handful of couples and the group of girls out on their picnic. Shinara and Kise came along, because this is the kind of fujoushit I’ve become now :’’)

I’m sad I forgot to bring my acrylic chain of Akira and Tapioca, so I improved by recreating scenes from Tsuritama on Enoshima~ 

On our way to the beach, we stopped buy a street vendor for a fried squid. The lady kindly pointed to the sign about hawks, which we laughed over while I quickly finished my food. Ten minutes later, I witnessed two giant hawks descent out of nowhere to snatch the bread out of a foreign couple’s hands. The couple shrieked and ran away while the hawks circled overhead, doing one last victor lap before disappearing. Eat your food quickly, kids :’) 

On the flight back to Chicago a few days later, I watched  陽だまりの彼女, which prominently features Enoshima. Coincidentally, Jess and I had a conversation on Enoshima about the stray cats just a few days prior. “It’s weird to imagine a cat crossing the bridge to get to the mainland,” Jess said while we shared gelato by the sea, but that’s exactly what happened in the movie. I’m still embarrassed to admit that I cried during a movie staring MatsuJun, but it’s probably the residual Enoshima magic. 

We dropped by Yoyogi park during lunch on a Friday. Not photographed are the endless picnic tarps full of coworkers, friends, and couples out on hanami dates. There’s a certain feeling you get when spotting a large group of Japanese salarymen in perfectly tailored suits descending down a staircase while holding giant boxes of beer. Sadly, we didn’t bring food and opted to just walk around, taking photos before grabbing something from the street vendors. I will miss the cherry blossoms in Japan ;___;

Vain Sakura selfie collage featuring @osomatsus and @lovebyelove

We tried having a picnic under the cherry blossoms but failed to (1) allocate enough time to drink the day away (2) bring a plastic tarp to cover the ground and (3) understand Japanese people’s ability to idle away under the sakura trees. These elderly, Japanese photographers kept snapping photos of us from afar, so I finally posed for their camera. One of the ladies laughed, came by, and asked us for an actual photo. Apparently they found it cute that we brought food from the konbini instead of bringing home made food like everyone else :’’) A group of Japanese obaa-sans also called me “nee-san” and asked me to take a photo for them, pushing each other around and teasing me for my 100 yen daiso flower crown. I’m glad we were about to catch the beginning of cherry blossom season~