After a day of doing nothing more than relaxing I went to the busy Shinjuku station. About 4 million people in average are passing through the station, or just below half of Sweden š I met with Chie at Isetan department store from where we walked together to Koue, a Korean BBQ restaurant. There we met with Mina-sensei for some serious yaki-niku (BBQ).
When I have yaki-niku I usually eat too much. Today was no exception. It is just too yummy with buta-bara (some yummy part of a pig) and kalbi (some fancy part of a cow). Afterwards we got a chewing gum and were sprayed with some liquid to get rid of the smokey smell from the BBQ.
On or way home we made a brief stop at Yamada Denki (a shop for electrical things like TV, computers, and iPads). Long enough to buy an iPad 2 for Chie. The number 2 is because it is the second generation of iPads from Apple, but is also the second iPad for Chie š The only thing I am allowed to do with this iPad is to provide “Apple Care”.
Shinjuku seems really crazy. š
Are Korean people more like Japanese or Chinese people? Strange question, I know, but I remember when we visited that Chinese restaurant (the one with the SUPERHOT food) and they were nothing like Japanese people. š
Maybe more like Chinese people… A little bit more direct and louder than Japanese as the Chinese are, but friendlier than Chinese people in general I would say. When we were in Seul so many people stopped to help if you for instance were looking a bit lost š
Mm 4 million people, not god to be in hurry š
It is crazy and a place I try to avoid, but there are some nice restaurants there and a lot of places for shopping so sometimes you just “have to” go there š