Yesterday we had an awesome 5 hour marathon airplane trip. De-to the-layed.
We’re staying in the heart of Little Toyko, at the Miyako Inn. And I know it’s authentic because the toilets are fancy. Yes, they are the butt-carwash kind. I’ve always been too chicken to try them, even in Japan. There’s a button that says massage on it. Nope, I don’t know either.
Today I went with Greyson to Siggraph, which is THE international design convention. We went to the class on how to attend Siggraph. It’s that huge. Unfortunately, the exhibits don’t start till tomorrow, so I didn’t get to see the booths and the swag. However, I DID get to see the art exhibits and the new inventions section. Which basically turned my day in Japan day =)
Several young, genius robot inventors grinned widely when I said their inventions were “sugoku kakkooii.” I took the special Siggraph shuttle back to the hotel at around noon. Greyson stayed and joined in the worship of Ed Catmull – president of Pixar. Pretty cool stuff.
After he got back, and I woke from my nap, we walked around Little Tokyo. The place is pretty awesome. There is more than one Japanese market here *gasp* The shops range from crappy campy touristy (American tourist) stuff, to the Japanese bakery in the shopping center. Mmm. I keep being paranoid that I’ll start speaking Japanese only to realize the people are Korean. Yet it seems that this place is really a little Tokyo – you can hear Japanese conversations on the streets. Greyson freaked over the import stuff. Especially the Mario spitter-power flower pillow. ^^ I want it too – I ain’t gonna lie. I’m experienced in the heart of being sorely tempted by countless cute thing, so my tolerance is pretty high. Plus, Disneyland is coming on Thur & Fri ^^
*sigh* If I can find a friggin ethernet cable I’ll upload the pics I took =)
