Japan is pretty big on large shopping plazas and almost any major train station you go to will have sprawling underground markets that you can literally get lost in if you're not careful. The one thing that I haven't seen very often, nay ever, is a real mall. Until I went out to Nishinomiya on Saturday. Five floors, food court, kids running around acting crazy, it was like being back in America without the Sbarro's. I have to admit not having Sbarro's kind of sucked but the okonomiyaki was awesome.
Shopping was difficult as usual. The stores are huge but their super spacious with only one or two shirts laid out on display. You might expect their to be a supply room in the back with other sizes, but that's pretty uncommon. If you don't see it on the floor, odds are they don't have it. Which really sucks when the majority of the sizes on display are XS or S. Funny thing is that I honestly didn't know they made clothing for men in XS. They looked like baby tee's for your gf, not something a guy would actually wear. On top of that the sizes are kind of skewed so I had to get XL if I wanted a shirt to fit the way a normal American L would fit. I never even got around to looking at sandals though so I'll have to make another run for those later.
At least the week off is finally over. I've had about all the vacation I can stand without some kind of work or assignment to do.
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