June 11, 2009
A student post: Koshigaya Laketown
Hello everyone, It’s Ai again. Last week after having all of our tests, Ella and I went to Koshigaya Laketown in Saitama Prefecture which has the largest shopping centre complex in Japan called Aeon Laketown. We took the JR Musashino Line and while we were in the train, we were in the country side. I never thought that the biggest shopping mall in Japan would be in the country side.
When we arrived at our station, everything looked new, and I found out that Aeon Laketown was opened last year in October. It has over 550 shops and it is about a kilometer long with about 4 or 5 stories. It was the biggest shopping mall I have ever seen in my life. It had 2 buildings, one was called Kaze, meaning “wind” and the other was called Mori, meaning “forest" which were joined together.
Ella and I didn’t go around to all the shops because we didn't have enough time. Also, we got lost because it was so big it was like a maze. It could take me 3 or 4 days to get around everywhere but I am not so stupid as to try that. ^_^
Ai