day 33 - cinema

today i go and watch ironman 3.
the only cinema i knew of was in tachikawa and when i check internet it also says that the nearest is there so i headed there.

the 3d show was at 3 something and i reached by 1 something.
then i saw that there was a cheaper 2d version at 5.50 so i bought ticket to that instead.

that means that i had 4 hours to kill.
which i did.
spectacularly.

first i had to eat something cos i was starving. desiring a taste for home, i went to macs, and indeed, it tastes just like in sg. only the serving smaller.
i order the golden week special and when the burger came i literally opened it to look for the patty.
i thought they forgot cos the burger looked so small.
IT REALLY WAS THAT SMALL. THE PATTY WAS HIDING BETWEEN THE EGG AND THE BREAD.
i'm just saying. not complaining. it still tasted good...

after that, another 3 hours plus to kill....
i remember that yesterday at church one of the uncle say that there was a nice park near tachikawa station and that today there was a once a year event happening.
so i go back to the station to see if i could smell out any clues as to how to get to this place.
there's signs to this park nearby so i decided to go check it out.
but first, as a season traveller, i went to pang sai. this way i would have no emergencies later.

after that i'm off!
today i realised very early(but still too late) that my camera got no sd card.
GOOD JOB, cannot take picture and bring for nothing.
but nevermind, skilled photographer dun need good camera. so all my shots today is use my handphone to take. haha.

so i walk and walk and walk and eventually i find this

ok cool.

showa is one of the emperors of japan and a period of japan's history is named after him.
so like now is the heiwa period or something, showa was the period before now.
i was born in the last year of the showa period
so my birthday here is 昭和 63 年 11 月 17日.
cool eh?

welcome welcome

anyway so this park is a memorial to showa and i walk abit more and i reach the entrance.
and then i realise that there is admission fee.
"huh, go park also must pay?"
but i go closer and it turns out today no need to pay. cos is SHOWA DAY.

how nice!

so i happily walk in and snap away.
basically, even if pay, the place is totally worth it. very cool park to come see, and if japanese, totally worth coming with friends.
the place has so many things to see and do.
it's a huge park and got lotsa open space to chill, fly kite, picnic.
there are futsal courts and soccer field
there is water play area for kids
there is big playground for kids
there is basketball half courts
there is big garden to go and see
there is traditional japanese garden to see
there is barbecue area where got lotsa pits and tents and sand on the floor(almost like a beach area)
there is a disc golf course
there is even garden for u to let ur pets run wild.
I DUN THINK I EVEN COVER EVERYTHING.
so anyway, here are just some pics that i took

disc golf looks fun. throw a frisbee into a frisbee thing

let your pets run wild here

customary flower shot 1

customary flower shot 2 (so pretty hor)

entrance to japanese garden

fountain at the front

futsal court - FREE

BIG OPEN SPACES

a lake in the japanese garden

lost children here

full soccer field

some big bouncy thing for kids to jump on. *.*

big lake that u can rent boat to row around in

so like that, 3 hours burned. i didn't even see all that i wanted to see.....
next is back to the cinema.

this is what it looks like inside

and very cute, there is this staff that will come and make announcement like i dunno what she was saying and also that the show is starting soon.

lady talking but nobody listening

after the show i went back to hachioji and i ate mos burger for dinner.
and the burget look and tasted so much better than mac (of course but i still love macdonalds dun worry).

good stuff

so with that i came home and did my essay.
need to submit soon so i had to rush.
at the same time i realise my feet smelly. (from all the walking i suppose. and maybe cos i haven't change socks in a while)
so i do work with my feet sticking out of my door.

after i bathe, my feet still smelly! i could not take it.
likely it was cos i never wash my feet (or body) with soap so i went back to toilet sink to wash my feet with soap and now it's ok already i can sleep in peace.

so yup. good night.