ahhhhhhhhh JAPANESE!!!! as soon as we arrived in new york, linda and i noticed katakana on a sign window. that was a very auspicious start to our weekend, as it turned out to be filled with japanese: people and the language.
i noticed a japanese lacquerware store near union square and wanted to check it out. we knew it'd be overpriced, but i recognized the name of the town bc mandy and i went there last may. we went in to look around and started chatting with the two cutie girls running the store. they were absolutely adorable and thrilled we had lived in toyama last year ["toyama-ken?! ehhh?? why toyama?!"]. we talked for at least 30 minutes and loved every second of it.
then we headed to two japanese stores [UNIQLO and MUJI]. it was an absolute blast!! japanese style is wicked fun, i could overhear and understand a LOT of japanese, AND of course there were plenty of cute j-boys to watch.
probably one of the best things about being friends with linda&sarah is the fact that we can intersperse japanese into our conversations AND that we can just randomly talk about our japan experience without getting bored. i always feel goofy bringing up japan in conversation with others bc i dont want to be "that girl" who always talks about her experience that nobody else can understand. but at the same time, japan is in my mind/heart about 30% of the time and it's a challenge to make myself not talk about it. but i dont have to apologize or explain to linda&sarah. they totally get it.
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