Thai Festival in Tokyo

Yurie-san invited me today to a trip to the Thai festival in Tokyo with some of her friends. So we met at Harajuku Station. Well, again easier said than done :D Because everyone else in Tokyo seemed to have the same idea, it was crowded as hell in front of the station ;)

I tried to find her friends by communicating over Smartphone, but even when we send us each other detailed descriptions how we looked and where we were, it was sure a difficult challenge ^^
But nevertheless, we found each other and headed for the festival. We had much time to talk, because even the walkways were like traffic jams. So I got to know Yurie-sans friends and their friends: Candice, Tang, Rie and Haruka :)

It was especially funny, because two of them were working at Rakuten. It is the online selling platform in Japan. You could say it's like Amazon, but the whole concept of the buying system is very different. That's mainly the reason why no one in the Western countries knows Rakuten, I suppose oO
Because I have to do with this platform at work, I talked especially with Tang a lot about this platform and it's possibilities for programmers. So I've got a new contact for my programming questions :D

At the Thai Festival, there were just booths with lots of different food and drinks. Don't get me wrong, if someone loves (nearly) every food, it's me ;) I just hoped they would also have some performances or another kind of entertainment program. But well, that's just me :)

So each of us grabbed something to eat and we headed out for the park nearby. Because eating while going in this crowd isn't much of a fun ;) Luckily, the park wasn't as crowded as the festival itself, so we found a spot for us easily. There we used the time rest and to share our food ^^

Because it was still very early, we decided to go to an 居酒屋 (Izakaya, Japanese bar). Of course, the way there was long, so we bought some beer as provisions for the walk :D
During the walk, we enjoyed also other food booths on the festival, especially their smell. Well, one was especially unique, maybe you already know durian ^^ If not, let me just tell you, that this fruit is really tasty, despite its strong smell. So don't be a chicken and try it ;)

After a while (and a little shopping center), we found a Chinese restaurant. Well, we all ate Japanese food the last days, so this was a good change :) And Tang made the ordering process in Chinese much smoother ^^
Thanks to all of you guys for being there, it was a lot of fun today! :)