Not even finished and Here I go again!

daruma doll from Blogadilla.com

Well I'm still working on the entries to my last trip and have planned another in April. My best friend from middle school wanted to go to Japan with me! I was thinking I wouldn't see Japan again for many more years, since financially I shouldn't be going on any trips. I was sad  but resolved. Then my best friend from middle school, who said she'd never be able to afford a trip like that... well she has plenty of money to go and is willing to pay for our activities and accommodations! ( she actually could of afforded this trip 10x over if she would stay in hostels, take trains, and eat from grocery store specials) So some how I lucked out yet again! I'm nervous because we are a bit different in tastes. Hostels sound like absolute hell to her, while hostels are wonderful slices of culture where you can meet wonderful people to me! I'm also very much of a walker and am trying to stay active through to my 70's. She is not a walker anymore ( in our teens she walked a lot more than I even did!). She also just wants to do activities and not buy things. While I am dying to buy things! I want to renew my good luck charms and I was considering whether to take my Daruma with me to get returned to a shrine. But he came out of the airport so I don't know if he'd be accepted anywhere.. I want to get a case for my phone if they have it, charms, doll clothes, fountain pen refills, maybe a bell wind chime, ghibli stuff!

Anyways even though I'm nervous, I know that 1) she is independent so if we really don't want to do something together ( like she wants to spa and I want to hike, example) then we can part for a few hours and meet up again.
2)We also both agree on Takarazuka (YES) and cake buffet!!!
3)Also I think we are getting excited to see one another. We had a dry spell where we never got to see each other anymore and where email killed our 40pg snail mail letters. So we are actually agreeing to a lot of compromised things to visit, like butler cafe( her), toy/doll stores ( me), karaoke ( both ), Ghibli ( me), Sento (her and kind of me if I could get over being naked in front of everyone)...

Unfortunately my previous companion was not happy about this, but I'm not sure how to remedy the situation with her. I went 2 weeks with her, while my best friend is asking 1 week & paying for the trip pretty much...
So I am a bit down because of that... but I will still keep the good memories of my last trip <3