Ah the city lights and busy streets...this is my home!

I'm sitting at the PDX airport right now, waiting for my flight to Japan. Since I won't have internet access or a phone there (I know, I'm cut off from the world!) I thought I'd update my blog before I left :)
I'm so exited to go back to my hometown, Tokyo! There's so much to do there...if you keep a bucket list, I urge you to put visiting Tokyo on there. My plan is to see my friends from elementary school, shop A LOT, sleep, eat the best food in the world, celebrate new year's (biggest holiday in Japan!) and work on art of course ;) I'll have tons of stories and pictures to share once I get back, but for now here's a tiny pictorial tour of my favorite things:

Shibuya, the busiest crosswalk in Tokyo and the absolute center of the night life and shopping!

Takeshita Dori of the Harajuku District - all those black specs are people! It's crazy crowded and it's one of the cheapest and coolest places to shop.

Design Festa - My absolute favorite art gallery in the back streets of Harajuku. Artists can rent rooms to feature their work - so  cool!

Ahoy!

Here's my super low quality, last minute picture of me and my dad with the AP Art poster...woot! Thanks daddy, for supporting us! :)

She's Baaack

I must say, my Thanksgiving break this year turned out to be the BEST one yet! There was a total of 16 men and 4 women there...I met many of my second cousins for the first time and they were all crazy football fanatics. Literally, a football game would be on by the time I woke up in the morning, then they'd play some football outside, check their football stats online, talk about football, watch a few more games, then when it was too late at night, play football video games....Nonetheless it was cool to be emerged in the  Southern culture (SO MUCH SWEET TEA!!!) and spend time with loving family :)

Oh, and remember my crazy, sassy Aunt Ginger's picture for the family portrait a few months ago?

Well I got a new one that's pretty funny!