rkold | Lots of Fuji pictures XD; (Reply)

I left on Friday to go to Japan but because of time changes I didn't arrive until late Saturday. I managed to get my upgrade to Business class to go through from the NY to SFO part of the trip and discovered the new personal DVD type players one gets. This gave me a chance to finally see the Transformer movie. There wasn't nearly enough time spent on the Transformers in it. I also saw Mister Magoriums Magical Emporium, a very sad at times film, where I think Mister Magorium spent too much time with Clow Reed at times. Both flights were completely packed which was not bad in business class but sucked in Economy Plus to Tokyo. Ah well.

For dinner on Saturday I met Eleniel on DoA. She was very nice but we couldn't find the restaurant I wanted to go to Nakano. I was also suffering from some pretty bad jetlag. In fact the jetlag was so bad I'm not even sure where we did end up eating! ^_^;

Sunday was the Zenkoku for Geass, the actual reason I was going to Japan at this time lol I got there a bit later than I would have liked so there were about 200 people in front of me and sadly comic cities don't ever have cosplayers. However nearly every single circle was doing sketches and I got a sketch from my all time favorite circle Kashi. I've loved their art work since I discovered them in 2002 doing AsuKira books for Gundam Seed. They're a very prolific circle and professional. They even have a story in the J-boys book put out by Biblos. While I can't read Japanese I can tell you their stories veer from wrongness to completely cracked out. I also got a sketch from Zaco and finally a sketch from a smaller circle that did amazingly pretty SuzuEuphie. I'm actually much more into LuluEuphie than SuzuEuphie and I like Euphie/Cornellia the best, but the art was just so damn pretty! I got a ton of very fun books, found some new circles and found some old favorites. I'm really hoping that SCC has some good Geass as well! Post the event, I went to Ikebukuro to do some fast shopping before going to meet

dilettantka for dinner. I admit now, I was not just excited to be meeting Eda for dinner but also the fact Eda wanted to go with me to one of the vegan places I wanted to try to Tokyo! Eda looked so pretty with her hair grown out, it's odd everyone says as you get older you ought to trim your hair shorter but wow, long hair so worked for Eda! The place we ended up picking was fabulous! The little vegan cookie part of the dessert was just fabulous.

Monday, I was planning to leave in the early afternoon for Kansai, but did some fast shopping in Tokyo before meeting

bittenbefore for lunch! Sadly, I could not find the Bellini's branch in Shinjuku so we ended up at Capricossa. Judy looked so pretty, not that she doesn't usually, but her hair color/style was just so flattering! On my shinkansen, I was happily surprised to find out I had Fuji-san side and the weather was quite clear so by Shin Yokohama, I could actually see Fuji-san! All my transfers went well and I didn't have a hard time making it to Kate's where I ate a yummy dinner with her and Corrine.