A highly recommended restaurant

After the moving, Akio and I figured we should go do something around town. Since I had no plans, I asked Akio what he wanted to do. He was hungry, so he suggested we head to a store where he heard there is a really good restaurant. He said it was called "Ikea", and that it was kind of far away about 30 minutes west of Tokyo. I said something along the line of "Holy shit, there's an Ikea in Tokyo?! I'm saved!" and off we went.




Akio had never been to an Ikea before, so I made sure he followed the arrows so he wouldn't get lost. He was surprised that this "restaurant" his friend (tutoree, actually) recommended was nothing more than a cafeteria-type place in a giant furniture store, but the food was good and cheap so we didn't mind. Ikea is Japan is perhaps even cheaper than in the US. Maybe because a lot of the stuff is made in China? Anyway, I scouted a bunch of furniture that I will totally buy when I get my own apartment. A bed-loft with a desk underneath, and some chairs, or maybe a sofa-bed thing... I'm not sure. All I know is that my furnishing cost just went from ~$2000 to like, ~$600 :). Which means depending on the Rei-kin I end up having to pay, I could afford a bigger TV!

Actually, when it comes to the TV, I think I should be able to sell it when I leave for a decent price, so I shouldn't worry TOO much about that.

After shopping at Ikea and buying a pillow and extension cords, we drove back, and went our separate ways , leaving me my first night in my new apartment.