Thinking about New York City

Happy New Year, everyone! Did you have a good time in new year's day?
I went to NYC to visit my friend. But I didn't go to special tourist spots even if I visited Manhattan! I didn't go to the empire state building, Central park, the statue of liberty.. Oh, I only went to Times Square but not new year's eve. I'm crazy? Yes, I think so.

NY in holiday season is very crowded, there're lots of tourist. I remembered Tokyo when I was there. It's supposed be as much as people in Shibuya plus Akihabara. If I lived in NY, I'd leave there in this season, probably. The second day in NY, I tried to go to MoMA but I gave up going there. Because when I arrived at in front of MoMA I saw a big, no HUGE line to enter it. I guess I have to wait at least 30 min to only enter MoMA! It's similar to Tokyo..

NY is not a clean city! ;-)

The same day, I went to a Japanese restaurant in East Village. It was a very nice place, every dishes are delicious and they served good rice. I like there, but it reminded me about Japan too much! Because there're Japanese menu, Japanese waiters, very Japanese atmosphere.. There're Japanese style counter seats also. I thought that if I lived in NY I'd forget to live in foreign country. After dinner, I went to a Japanese super market. I was surprised that there're lots of Japanese products and Japanese cashiers spoke only Japanese! Customers were not only Japanese, but they didn't care about it... I think it's rude.
If you want to study English seriously and you're planning to go to only language school, I never recommend to go to NY. It's going to be waste your time and money.

Sushi in NY

Another Japanese restaurant in East Village

Anyway I like NY, I don't know why I do. When I was in Japan I didn't like Tokyo, because Tokyo is too big for me and I felt Japanese don't prefer different things. For example when I went to Tokyo, I thought that I have to wear fashionable clothes, because I thought that people in Tokyo are cold for different style people.. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I just felt so when I was in Japan. But in NY, differences are common, everybody is different. People don't care about other people. Sometimes it's very confy for me, because I feel that I can do anything on my own responsibility.

I like Brooklyn bridge,
Because I think it's one of the most historical architectures in United States.

I like small city and big city, both. I know both of them have advantages and disadvantages. If I had a chance, I'd like to live in NYC. (not Tokyo! :D)

Welcome to Manhattan!