Best day ever!!!

This Saturday, I had the chance to go to Kyoto with Veronica, Heather, and Rose, and let me tell you, it will be hard to beat that day (although I know my REAL best day ever will be on March 10th...but I'll write about that later). We rode a bus to the train station, and I tried to follow my friends as they were debating what train to go on and whether to transfer or not. I'm still confused, but I think I might be able to manage the train system. We took the slower local train (the same price as the express train), and it was less crowded than the express. We had to go about 15 stops before we made it to Kyoto. Basically, when we got there, we walked to this shrine where there are a bunch of shops and went through several of them.
One of our first stops was to get crepes (flavors: chocolate banana, sweat bean, and strawberry). I got strawberry, and it was pretty good! It had strawberries (obviously), whipped cream, edible cinnamon stick chunks, and an edible cinnamon stick for decoration. Our other stops consisted of random stores, but the most important store was the Ghibli store, where there were tons of items from Miyazaki films. It was pretty much the coolest thing ever...Spirited Away, Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro, etc. It was great!
After shopping, we decided to get something to eat, and after walking around for about twenty minutes and looking into really risque restaurants, we found this restaurant, where the food looked ok, but what got my vote were the cute Asian guys in tuxes. We went inside and ordered our food (there was American and Japanese food) and decided that the restaurant was a good choice. Then...a string quartet came out to play music, making this restaurant even more awesome, but the awesomeness didn't stop there. Oh no, it went all the way to completely epic when they played songs from Miyazaki films!!! It was like a Miyazaki night. Between us girls, we decided that Veronica would marry the celloist, Heather the violist, Rose the violinist on the inside, and me the violinist on the end. XD
When our food came out, we were both preplexed and pleased. Heather and Rose got spaghetti, Veronica ordered a 6 object meal (I say object because coffee isn't realy a course), and she got six pieces of silverware while the rest of us only got one or two pieces of silverware. I had ordered a hamburger which was three separate slices of hamburger, lettuce, and ham on thin slices of toast, and it was pretty good! Heather and I ordered milkshakes, which was just milk, ice, and flavoring. It tasted like tapioca pudding! Rose got a parfait which was basically a huge ice cream and fruit sundae.
After reluctantly leaving the restaurant, we decided to do Purikura, which is basically a photobooth, but way more awesome.
The photobooths are in a place that is all pink and girly, and there are mirrors provided and curling irons so you can do your hair (may I remind you, all for a photobooth costing 400 yen). You take six pictures, decide what type of eye editing you want (they enlarge your eyes and sometimes it looks freaky), pick your background, and then you get ready to pose. You have to be quick though, and sometimes, the machine will make you squeeze into a small area for a picture. Then afterwards, you go to a separate booth to edit your photos; however, your time is limited. When finished, you send two to your email and get the rest in tiny pictures.
We did it twice and Heather took out her knitted cat that her friend made for the second round. When we were finished, we went upstairs, where there havare crane games...totally rigged...like always...but Veronica, Heather, and Rose each played at least once.
Finally, we left and took the express train home. Then, we found out that we could take the bus from the station to a stop close to the seminar houses rather than stopping at the university and then having us walk back to our houses. Overall, it was a great night!
An update on the Valentine's chocolates:
I made them yesterday, and they turned out pretty good! It just took about 4 hours to make them. Plus, I had to walk to the store three times: once to get the last few things I needed, once to get something I forgot, and once to get more white chocolate. I plan to give them to otosan, okasan, the RAs, and my friends.
*******Also the best thing that could ever possibly happen happened last night*******
I really like this band called The Gazette (they are basically my favorite band ever), and I went on their website last night to see if they had any shows coming up.... They have only one...A 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW!!! It was all in kanji so I had to ask one of the RAs to translate for me, and when I found out there was a concert, I danced and spazzed out. It's March 10th in Tokyo and costs 7,300 yen. I will do what I have to to be able to go. My only dilemma is finding someone else who will go see them with me since I can't read Japanese, and it's a long trip. I will go without someone else if I have to, but I would like to go with someone...and I have to find someone preferrably by this Saturday because that's when tickets go on sale, and I'm pretty sure it will be sold out quickly...so I really hope I can find someone to go with me, and I hope I can get a ticket!!!!!!! It's an 8 hour bus ride to Tokyo from here, but it's 2-4 hours by bullet train; however, the bullet train costs over $100 one way...so I think I'll take the bus. Wish me luck!!!