Yokohama with Yurika - January 8th

For the past couple days, Yurika has stayed at Sacchan's place in Odawara, but she is going to hang out with another friend in Yokohama for the last few days before she returns to Osaka. Since her friend has a date that afternoon and won't be able to meet her, Yurika asked if I wanted to hang out. Sacchan was going to meet up with her cousin and her baby in Tokyo, so I had no other plans. I met up with Yurika and we spent the day hanging around the Akarenga area, checking out the various shops and running away from birds. We walked all over the city, and ended up in Chinatown, looking for omiyage and eating world-famous nikuman.

Sheryl was free that afternoon, so she met up with back at the station. We wandered around the ferris wheel near akarenga, and went back around the half-moon hotel, a notable landmark if you've ever been in the area. We went through the base of the hotel and happened upon an apparent photo shoot for a teen model, with a few middle-aged men standing around, lending their presence to the already creepy atmosphere. We turned around that point and headed back towards the station. This time I made sure to take the train going to Tokyo.