Tokyo, Japan>, Jul 28, 2009
I wanted to explore some places i used to frequent as a kid, so i walked “off base” and commenced a very rigid search. I was able to find the “yen store” as we called it very easily, but it was closed. This store holds many special memories, like the time my “friends” told me the refrigerator outside of the store contained free items. It made sense to my seven year old brain, if the cokes and ice cream was outside the store how can they charge for them, right? This lasted a few hours, when my mom found all the empties and inquired as to how i was able to afford such bounty on my paltry allowance (which was zero dollars). When i told her they were free, but for some strange reason she did not share my enthusiasm. Instead, she marched me over to the store to appologize for my transgressions. Which was pretty much the worst punishment a seven year old could endure. I will not bore the reader (singular on purpose) the rest of the flashbacks, but needless to say, i wanted the chance to see the inside of the yen store once again. So i was devastated when the store front was closed after hours of operation.
Another landmark i wanted to find was a graveyard i used to walk by and sometimes spend time in because it was so beautiful.