Night Walks To Higashi Koenji

Yesterday was International Yoga Day afaik and my watch notified me if I’d do a 10-min yoga, I’d be getting a special badge. I thought of doing yoga for the badge (I’m a collector 😅) but looking at the space and the mess in the house, I could only do yoga in a very tight area or in the bed. I don’t think my mind will be able to handle that so I gave up on yoga and went for a walk on a Friday night.

My initial plan was to roam around just around the train station and back while checking out the laundry shop on one area and get some groceries on the way home. Or I could go to the gym to do some cardio since the gym was really so small you couldn’t do much there.

All of that didn’t happen. 😂

I found myself following the main road leading to the next town.

I rarely walk around this area so I was a bit surprised I found a small shrine. It was Kitano Jinja. It’s lit at night compared to some other shrines that look creepy at night time because it’s dark.

There were some benches outside the shrine. It rained before so they’re wet. I didn’t bother resting though.

I just looked around the shrine, snap a photo and poof, I was off to the main road again. Even when its bright, I couldn’t shake my weird imaginations of what will I be seeing on shrines at night time.

I continued my journey and found some familiar anime characters on the billboard. Are you familiar with her? She’s the girl famous for her railgun. It’s a nice anime, you should watch it. I think this building is a pachinko parlor. I always thought pachinko parlors operate 24hrs a day but then I saw they close at night time.

Passing by a small restaurant chain called Osaka Osho meant that I was near the intersection of Higashi Koenji train station. Osaka Osho is nice, but can’t help but be compared to Gyoza no Osho because of the name and the food they serve. If I’d choose between the 2, Gyoza no Osho will be my choice definitely. It’s totally different taste.

The next alley is called the Nico Nico Road. It’s where izakayas (Japanese pubs) are located, though I think there’s more to it. I’ve only been in this road once, only to check for some restaurants where we could eat but at that time, we couldn’t find a good one that we liked.

I think this small road is famous in this town.

Now at the intersection. Dunno what to do and where to go. So I just crossed the street and see where my feet would take me.

I noticed a lot of people go to this side so I followed them. It’s a small path with lots of trees, so I figured maybe there’s a park here.

And I wasn’t mistaken. There’s a big park here indeed. I’ll probably share some photos of the park in another post.

Found some people hanging out outside the train station. Why? I don’t know. Maybe this is where people hang?

On the other side was the bicycle parking. It’s quite a big parking area. Many people probably use bicycles around here.

More of the road side..

And this was the train station. It’s a subway.

I have an interesting and embarrassing story to share.

Whie at the park, I wanted to pee. But I didn’t want to use the restroom at the park. It might be cold or whatever. Since I decided to drop by at the nearest gym, around the intersection, I thought I could use the restroom there. After all, the restroom in the gym I also go to, is comfortable and clean. But when I went inside the gym, I roamed around such a small area only to look for the restroom but couldn’t find it. I went outside, then checked. At this time, my feeling wasn’t just to pee. There’s more. 😂 Oh no, emergency lol

I went back in again, scanning my membership and all that. If they’ll check my login history, they will probably wonder why I went 2x only to go out a minute later. So after going back inside the gym, I checked for the restroom again.

Then, I gave up. There’s no restroom in this small gym. I checked google reviews and my assumptions were confirmed. They have none.

At this point, I just wanted to go home, and be relieved from this situation. But that will take a while and I don’t know, I don’t wanna embarrass myself from releasing gas wherever. I remembered the park. The restroom I ignored at the park was my only hope in that situation. 😅 And so, I found myself at the park again.

Lesson learned? A lot. See the things that you ignore may be the ones that will help you. 😂 Don’t assume that because in one place it’s nice and comfty, the other will have the same facilities. Everything is different- same as with people, not just things. 😂 I learned so much just because of that embarrassing moment. LOL

If you wanna know if I went back to the gym the 3rd time, I didn’t. Although they have more equipments there, I was too shy to go back. The lady working out there might wonder what’s up with me going in and out, I might seem suspicious to her so I took the train home. I’ll just be back at another timing to try their equipments there.

Because that was so stressful, on the way home I bought the new seasonal flavors of mcflurry from mcdonalds. Calories lost, calories gain.

How was your Friday night?

Thanks for reading!
See you around! じゃあ、またね！

_{All photos are taken with my phone unless otherwise stated.}

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