After the rather wonderful Harajuku shopping experience I had a rather traumatic Japan-leaving experience and, to quote one of my students who I think captures it perfectly, "I didn't cry intend. But I flow down a lot of tears". I will never forget that quote it's just too wonderful.But then yay happy family reunion times and a dinner that I don't remember (even though I wasn't the one who had too much Prosecco). Oh yes, look, I'm home for Easter - totally knew that it was Easter and coincided my visit for ultimate grandparent visiting and family activity-ing... well I would have if I'd thought of it...
Look at the Englishness of the tea my mum made - cho cho kawaii! I wish my students could've been there.
It was totally weird to be back though, and the trip to Sainsbury's the next day was just too much - total culture shock! And I'm sorry England but you NEED to sort out your manners. Like, thrusting my change at me with only one hand, what's that about. I was bowing all over the shop and gesturing everything and for the first time feeling a little self-conscious about this... Took a trip to London to see Legally Blonde (understudy, not Janet from 2 pints, but she was totally AMAZING) and went to the Japan Centre (http://www.japancentre.com) and felt more at home.Now I was only in England for a week, but I wanted to do some Not So Fickle investigations. Finding stuff in Japan was all well and good but (tempting as it is) I can't live in Japan for ever. I have family members and friends and a need for cheddar cheese. I wanted to see if I could find equally great stuff in England with a bit of extra effort. Well, I didn't have much time, so could only look in Bath, and was mostly unimpressed by the snazzy new look charity shops. HOWEVER, just as I was on my way home, the lovely Shaw Trust Shop, which looks gorgeous and different from the others even on the outside, came up trumps with these beautiful treasures:
line line dot dot - £7.00
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