Day 15 #2, Asakusa kitchenware town, Akihabara

From Elise:

This morning we woke up from our capsule hotel and went out for a quick breakfast at Mister Donut and a convenient store. 

Kitchen-ware town:

After breakfast we went to "America street" where we bought various interesting flavors of Kit-Kats for pretty cheap! They had flavors like wasabi, strawberry cheesecake, sake, and more. 

Ueno, American Street (Ame-cho):

After America street we went to Akihabara which is a busy shopping area in Tokyo. There is a lot of anime items and tax free shops for foreigners that purchase a lot. 

Serena, Savannah, and I shopped around for a while, ate ramen for lunch, and went to an arcade for a while. Serena won two cinnamon roll stuffed animals, now our group is carrying around 4 of them! After the arcade we met up with the group and headed back to the capsule hotel. 

Here we said goodbye to Xai, one of sensei's former students that now lives in Japan and teaches English in a high school near Tokyo. He was really fun to hang out with last night and today, and he informed us about opportunities to come back and live in Japan in the future. 

On the way to the hotel Savannah unfortunately got pooped on by a bird inside the train station...

Back at the capsule hotel we grabbed all of our bags and headed back to Kasukabe to meet up with our host families. We rode a couple trains and finally met back up with our wonderful host families!