The past week was Golden Week and I had one of my
friends come to visit me from a different city in New Zealand. It was really
nice because we hadn’t seen each other in quite a while so it was ironic that
we managed to meet and be together on the other side of the world! She really
wanted to stay in and around the Tokyo area and she’s originally from Sri Lanka
so she thought it was cool to see the similarities and differences between two
Asian countries. It was really fun to show her around some places I’d already
been to, as well as do some new things I hadn’t done before. For example, I
visited Odaiba for the first time even though it’s not so far away! It’s so
interesting that Odaiba is man-made and we couldn’t believe all the things it
had, especially the indoor theme parks; how does it all fit?! We also went to
DisneySea which was really amazing, and we found out it’s the only one in the
world! It was cool because my friend had never been to any Disneyland before so
she was pretty excited (but not about waiting in the really long lines). One of
the last days, we went to Enoshima and I was so happy to see the beach and the
sea again! It was a really nice ending to a really nice week because as we
walked back to the station alongside the sea, the sun set next to the
silhouette of Fujisan, turning the sky gold; Golden Week truly lived up to its
name!
