My day began later than normal due to being extremely tired from a week of fun, albeit tiring week in Japan. Being a huge fan of card games, particularly the Japanese card game, Yugioh, I decided that the first part of today would be going to Namba, Osaka, a place filled to the brim with different card shops. I searched around at least 10 different card shops looking for stuff to buy, and buy I did. In hindsight, I probably spent way too much money on fancy pieces of cardboard, but it was fun, nonetheless. It was very awesome to witness so many people at these different shops, filled with many people playing the games themselves, something that is extremely rare in the US. For lunch, we grabbed some fried chicken from a street vender, which was both reasonably priced and delicious.
Later that day, I met up with a Japanese friend I had met on the trip last year and we went to a fancy sushi restaurant. The sushi was like nothing I had ever tasted in my life. Even inexpensive sushi in Japan is delicious, but this was on a whole new level. I ordered some salmon by myself, but because I was indecisive over what else to have, I asked my Japanese friend, Shunsuke to order some sushi for me. This turned out to be a good call, because he chose some amazing sushi for me to try. In the end, I paid about 2000 yen for a good-sized meal of gourmet sushi, which I believe to be a good deal.
Afterword, we met up with a few other friends and headed to a local dessert shop in Tennoji and tried a few of the deserts there. Of note was a chocolate dog, which although felt morally questionable to consume, was delicious nonetheless. Overall, this was a fun day. Getting to fully enjoy a hobby of mine, alongside seeing some friends I had met last year during this trip was nice.
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