Shopping in Imabari
On Sunday, I woke up and left Aileen’s flat and walked to the Tsutaya parking lot down the way to meet with Will and his eikaiwa student, Mimi. The three of us went shopping in Imabari for random stuff. Will and Mimi were both Christmas shopping, but I was just kind of along for the ride. I ended up buying a bunch of cards. I will send them on their way, but they will not make it before Christmas and New Year’s. So sue me. Ha ha.
We went to Hard Off first. Allow me to say that this is a poor choice for a store, but it is entirely innocent, I assure you. It is supposed to be a shorthand way of insinuating discounted prices on hardware. (The “off” from “20% off” and the “hard” from “hardware.”) Get it? Ok. Well, it basically sells everything. Clothes, furniture, electronics, toys, games, musical instruments, etc. I think it may be a high end thrift store. Not sure. But it is fun. We struck out there, and moved on to the next store - which wasn’t a store at all, but Fuji Grand.
At Fuji Grand, we stopped and had a wonderful lunch. It was yummy. I had the pork cutlet curry (since we decided not to go to the Indian curry place, and I was in the mood). Will had the Demi-glace sauce pork cutlet, and Mimi had the “Lady’s Set.” There was nothing ladylike about it. It was bigger than our meals combined. We had to help her slay that mammoth and then we split up. Will and I hit the big departmenty-style store. I was teased really bad by the Wii that they had on display. They are selling the controllers, the games, and all the accessories, but not the actual system. What gives? Ugh. After shopping for a bit, we left and hit the last store on the list.
Daimaru is a really expensive department store. While Will shopped for his gifts, Mimi and I browsed the aisles at random. I took her over to the Rolex counter, pointed at the ¥1,069,900 model, and asked her if she felt like buying it for me. She said no. I dunno why. Ha ha ha. Craziness. That is way too much money to spend on a wristwatch. Ha ha. Anyway, we headed back to Hakata and I fell asleep on my couch at some point, but woke up just in time to go to bed in my bedroom. Ah, the weekend.