Burger in Japan.

Friday night and no party? What? Am I still at AIKOM?
Nah, actually it's kind of nice to have a night in that's not spent studying/working until midnight. XD This is only the second or third one since I've been here, I think.

Yesterday was a long day of classes (my longest of the week), then dinner at Freshness Burger. Etienne was joking that it should be like a taste of home for me (the American), and, indeed, it was really the first "American" food I'd had since being here.

Friday is my shortest day of classes of the week, so after Japanese and a visit to the AIKOM office (where I turned in my course registration sheet! No going back now...), I went with Sebastian, Aprille, Yisha and Fiona to Shimokitazawa where we got donuts and shopped the shops. Later, I came back, then went out to the little Uniqlo that's right here in Mitaka and bought a shirt. In the US, men's small shirts are generally just slightly too big for me, so that they're wearable, but don't look good. The small men's shirt here is perfect. Although, oddly, I note that it says it's for chest sizes 80-88 cm, and I measured myself at 88 with the measuring tape that was int he sewing kit I got at the 100en shop, so it ought to be just big enough... But there's definitely room to spare. Huh.
I probably shouldn't spend my scholarship money on clothes, at least not before I get into some kind of predictable rhythm of more important spending, so that I can budget accordingly, but I had been wanting a another nice-ish shirt for daily wear since before I came here, so I feel okay about it. It is, I think, a very Japanese shirt. Striped body with solid white collar and cuffs... I've seen them a lot here, but practically never in the US, so in my mind, anyway, it's kind of a Japanese style.