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Going to Shibuya

12:23pm JST Wednesday 16 March 2011 (day 14966)

My big debate today was how to pack for a trip to Shibuya. I wasn't sure if the trains were running, so I packed a bit of extra food + water bottle + clean clothes in case I had to ride 40 miles to The Pink Cow.

But the trains are running so I'm sitting comfortably on the on-time train, with plenty of other people. It looks 100% like normal; on the train there's no way I'd be able to tell anything had happened. In the station, the only sign was a sign saying that some lines were not running and others were running at 50%, 70%, 80%, and important lines were running at 100%,...

and that the convenience store in the station wasn't fully stocked, but they still had milk tea and plenty of chocolates for me to get Lin for White Day (yesterday).

Pink Cow vegan night

10:49pm JST Wednesday 16 March 2011 (day 14966)

After chillin' in Shibuya at Royal Garden Cafe, I went to The Pink Cow for vegan buffet night! Lin emailed that she wanted to join so I went to Donki- to walk back with her. We enjoyed a feast with the company of Earl, Keleigh, Dob, Bruce, Antonio, and Robin, Daniel, etc at the other table. Talk was about the earthquake and people's varied experience of it. Keleigh said she walked 5 hours home from Odaiba to Ikebukuro. Wow. Also, quite cool that she did that!

Special thanks to Traci, Andy and Pink Cow staff for encouraging normality, the only way we'll get back to normal.