Past the Pizza Hut, Left at Pachinko

~*~My Commute Part I: House to the Station~*~

So I took a bunch of pictures like 2 weeks ago when it was really sunny and beautiful out. I was bored so I walked to the station in a search for ice cream, and documented the first leg (out of three) of my commute. It takes a little less than 20 minutes for me to walk from my house to the station. Let's take a tour, shall we?



Outside of my house.



I've never seen this store open, but I guess they're a Fashion House? I just like the painting of Adam and Eve, lol.



One of the many beauty salons by my house. This one is called Bunny. The decor is pretty cute.



An important landmark on my journey. It means I'm almost home. I really, really dig those delivery scooters. Also, my host parents thought that it was Pizza Hat because "Hut" in Japanesified-English is ハット (hatto), and the sign does look like a hat. I find the idea of a pizza hat really amusing.



My local post office. I use the one by my school though, because this one's always closed when I'm around.



And here we have the shopping street that composes most of my walk home. There's a place with karaoke pretty much every 5 stores. I was thinking it might be cool to do a photo collage of every time I see the word "karaoke."



My host dad told me this is a really good Korean barbecue place. I would like to eat there sometime.



I really like the posters on this store... and the phrase Smile Papa.



Local comics, magazines, porn...



I dunno what this guy is (I guess an egg), but he's cool.



This is actually facing the other way, but you can see the store better. It's a little bakery and to-go food place that are pretty popular.



This pachinko place means I'm almost to the station, and I have to turn. When it's open, it's really loud, as most pachinko places are.



This is a little side arcade with lots of food stalls that I haven't been down. It looks cute though.



And here we have the area around my station (the actual station isn't that interesting looking). I really like the name of the used bookstore, 本の森 (Book Forest). It's a cute name, just look at the kanji...



This was my destination, the Lawsons, but I was not pleased with their ice cream selection so I moved on and stopped taking pictures, because that was the end of this part of my commute.



And here's a cell phone ad featuring the pop group Arashi right next to the Lawsons.


Stay tuned for Part II, the train!