Ghibli Museum with host family, pics and engraved Howl’s Moving Castle ring
Posted on June 28th, 2010 by admin
It was beautiful. Styled like the buildings in his movies, and lots of plants and water pumps and old fashioned steam-punk things around… Just gorgeous. I wasn’t really allowed to take pictures inside, but I did take a lot outside and I get some video footage of inside at certain places. We all walked around and I was having a fit over just how beautiful everything was.
Then we went to the showing of Hoshi wo Katta Hi (”The Day I Harvested a Planet”), one of Miyazaki’s short films. From the posters I saw outside the theater, I noticed that the main character looked a lot like Howl when he was a young boy, so I was immediately attracted to this movie. But then it started, and it was so good and the soundtrack was so amazingly beautiful that I just fell in love.
As I walked around the gift shop, I was sad that there wasn’t really much Howl’s Moving Castle stuff (it’s my favorite book and the movie adaptation is also a favorite). I got to the section where they had like silverware and glass things… I saw a silver ring with red jewels and I just froze. Engraved on the inside was “Howl & Sophie”. My heart melted instantly and I asked to have a look at it to see if it would fit (since most of the time, rings are way too big for me), and it fit perfectly. I stood there for five minutes staring at the ring, then my host dad came over to ask what was up. I told him that I wanted the ring so bad, and that it was about $127. He talked to the cashier and told me that this was the only store you could get the ring at.
And as I looked at the names in the ring once more, I said, “I’ll buy it.”
After going to the register and getting everything wrapped up, we found out that I had just bought the last ring and they were now sold out. *___*
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this is a collection of some of my photos taken in beautiful Japan. I went with People to People Student Ambassadors Programs and had the time of my life 
after school
this is a collection of some of my photos taken in beautiful Japan. I went with People to People Student Ambassadors Programs and had the time of my life 
This episode of Tokyo Swan is jam packed with all sorts of interesting views on what is happening now in Japan. For one, the seasons are changing and Spring is here. Everything is starting to bloom, and the weather is much nicer now. We also take a brief look at the unfortunate case of homeless people in competitive modern Japan, and then a look at a nearby shrine. Finishing the episode, my friend Kevin (of www.dogentricks.com) has moved out of the dorm and is doing a home stay program, so there’s some fun footage of helping him move out. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for all the comments and subscriptions! Please keep them coming, and we’ll see you next time!