
It was New Year’s Eve and we were headed to Costco to stock up for our dinner party/ outing.
12月31日…カウントダウン パーティー用の買い物で Costcoに向かっていた。

Tokyo Tower lookin’ good as usual.
東京タワーも相変わらずいい感じだった

A 30 minute car ride and I was at the Kawazaki Costco
川崎店Costcoまで車で30分…平日だったらね…

Costco was packed as usual. I guess we weren’t the only laggers in Japan.
Everybody at Costco was probably a lagger like me!
中は大混雑!やっぱみんなも最後まで買い物してなかったんだね!
意外と同じ性格の人達の集まりだったかも…

People in Japan don’t shop like this…They don’t buy everything at once.
They go like 3-4 times a week to shop. I miss this style of shopping.
日本ではこういう買い溜めはあまりしないよね〜
たまにはアメリカンスタイルもいいね!大量に、一気に買う!
部屋まで運ぶのは大変だけど…

The main course was prime rib!
Yaks, Asamix, C☆,Ritz, and Makocchan filled the seats.
We ate good food…
パーティーのメニューはなんとプライムリブ!
参加者はYaks, Asamix, C☆,Ritz, とMakocchan.
うまい肉を食って…

…drank Yak’s super rare Porsche Champagne and let the party begin!
薬師寺さんの超レアなポルシェのシャンパンを飲み、メッチャTENSION UP!!

With the party at peak energy, we headed down the street to Harajyuku again to dive into the party crowds.
Last year was so fun we had to hit all the street vendors again!
We bought mad alcohol at the “Conbini” convenience stores and the party was on~
メンバーのテンションがMAXで外へ!表参道と明治神宮へGO〜!
去年が経験が楽しすぎて今年もまたウロウロする事に!
コンビニで酒を大量に買い、冒険を始めた。

After prime rib, it was time for desert!
Harajyuku = crepes.
Every person got to eat the crepe of their choice except C☆ …
原宿と言えばクレープ!
C☆以外はみんな美味しそうに食べていました…

I was too drunk and only ordered my own! lol , my bad!
Here I am getting the finger for it.
C☆の分は俺のど忘れでなし!はい、すんません。
中指ガンガン立てられています…(汗)

Makoto and Ritzco looked like they were right out of a teeny bopper Docomo commercial.
マコッちゃんとリッちゃんもなんかドコモのCMみたいになっていた。

Chillin’ in front of Laforet…the line to get in was like 3 hours long!
ラフォーレの前でワンカット。

The Riot Control Guard stood outside Meiji Jingu Shrine.
This place gets PACKED after awhile but for now,
the lone trooper was just a cool picture for all the tourists.
明治神宮の前には警察が。まだ混んでいなかったので仕事もラク…
外人観光客には人気!

We headed into Meiji Shrine knowing very well that it was like a 3 hour line…
and didn’t I take this same picture last year?
そして3時間待ちだと分かっていながら明治神宮へ!
去年と全く同じ写真みたい…

After a short walk, we turned around and headed to Togo Shrine for the traditional New Year’s wishes.
少し歩いてから引き返し、東郷神社に向かって初詣!

My key words for 2009?
Reflect, Progress, Grow, Develop, Humility, Plan, Commit, Establish, Discover, Try, Imagine, Dream.
Happy New Year Everyone!! I hope your 2009 ROCKS!!
そして今年の自分のキーワードは、
反省、進化、成長、安定、洗練、検挙、計画、決定、攻め、発見、挑戦、想像、夢。
出来るかな〜?(笑)
でもみんなお互いがんばりましょうね〜!
2009が良い年でありますように!!