I wasn't able to get to bed until quite late last night (the sky was already starting to be light blue outside lol) and so when I woke up this morning, I basically didn't want to do anything! I felt a lot better later in the day but being tired immediately after waking up made me unmotivated and so I decided not to head to Shinjuku and instead see what I could do near me.
After I actually got out of bed, I spent the first part of my afternoon going to nearby 7/11s to get buy a bunch of candy to get limited edition ZUTOMAYO clear files lol
Originally from 7/11 Japan's Twitter
I'm not sure if allowed or not but I didn't want to try to get multiple from the same store so I ended up hitting up 3 while going about my other business. Maybe I'll work on getting the other 2 designs soon. You can see what the full collection looks like from the Twitter user below!
For these types of events, you have to buy some kind of product to get the free item. In this case, 2 packs of candy. So now I have a ton of candy that I don't even necessarily want.
I'm probably going to try to foist it upon a few of my friends that I am meeting up with on Sunday. Actually heads up I won't be blogging from this Sunday (September 28) until probably the following Monday (October 6) while I they are in Japan too. Part of it is logistical since I don't want to take my laptop with me and blogging takes a lot of time usually, but also I don't want to involve people unnecessarily lol
During my clear file gathering spree, I made time to hit up Yushima Tenjin. They had a little bit of light landscaping going on but there were still people hanging out and paying their respects
I didn't check it out last time I was here, but I stopped into the shrine's museum as well while I was there. The museum fee was ¥500. It wasn't very large as it comprised just 2 rooms, but it was pretty cool nonetheless. The first floor had some mikoshi and other larger items and the basement level mainly had art depicting the enshrined deity, Tenjin.
Although photos were permitted on the first level, they weren't in the basement. In addition to images of Tenjin, the collection also had some ukiyo-e prints. I think my favorite was one by Hasegawa Chikuyō depicting Yushima Tenjin in the late 1800s. You can see what it looks like here.
There was also a set of horse armor! (Maybe actually just clothes doesn't seem too protective) How would they put this in Uma Musume??
For lunch, I ended up stopping into "a la campagne" (but in cursive) for lunch, a self-proclaimed patisserie. I don't know about it's qualifications there but it did have a pretty good quiche. I only got the drink set but I regret not getting the dessert set a little, but I've been having too many sweets lately (and I just stocked up on a ton this morning!!). But look at their offerings!!
Well, I'm writing this post pretty late today and didn't do too many other noteworthy things today, so I'm gonna call it here. But as a parting gift, take a look at this absolute unit I saw today. It didn't even seem to need one of those "oversized load" signs and it was in regular traffic lol
