So, hanami happened at the beginning of April, but I'm going to talk about it now, in a typical, LJ-delayed fashion:
Follow the flower for some more pretties via flickrSakura is everywhere you look during the season, but its definitely a requirement to actually go to the park and stare at all those pretty flowers.
I went to Shinjuku gyoen with my house-mate Hannah and, oh my was it beautiful. Seriously go check out those pictures. Its almost criminal how gorgeous those tiny little flowers can be.
On the way back to shinjuku eki, we had an interesting walk which included getting lost, buying some takoyaki, and going to a doll fashion exhibit. I wish I could have taken pictures, but typical of Japanese stores, you weren't allowed to take pictures inside.
Dolls usually creep me out, but each one was dressed by a specific fashion label (sexy dynamite, baby the stars shine bright, h. nato, etc.) so it was pretty spiffy looking. The rest of the store was filled with other expensive, spiffy looking things, so we spent some time window shopping. Ther was also a retro monster toy exhibit area. I finally broke down and bought a hello kitty keitai charm, and then found
these by the register, which started a whole other adventure. More to come later.

Please feel free to check out more ridiculously pretty hana pics on
my flickr. It will make you feel shiny and shoujo-ish. You might even transform into a magical girl - ya never know