Becoming aliens and so on

Yesterday, we had to handle a lot of business-related stuff. We applied for our "alien registration card," which upset Laurea, as she did not want to be an "alien." Fortunately, the process went smoothly and took only about 45 minutes.
We also signed Laurea up for her new preschool, which is right next door. Then, we found Donkihotei (this is the romanized spelling of the Japanese, but if you say it quickly, I'm sure you can recognize the name!), a discount store, for the school supplies Laurea needed. (Fortunately, it's a pretty lowkey school, so we didn't need to spend several hundred dollars for a uniform and school backpack, like many other Japanese private schools would require.)
On our way back, we did have some fun, discovering a new way back from the subway station. We found a nearby park (see picture). The fountain looks a bit Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired to me, but I think it's supposed to reflect that a Frenchman used to have a business in the area that would run fresh water from a spring at the top of the hill down to ships in the harbor below.