I SAW STAR WARS!
Yes yes, Episode III came out two months ago in America but I saw it a week early here in Japan! I went after school with the other exchange student at my school. We both decided we wouldn’t be able to live normal lives if we returned without having seen the last Star Wars. So we got to the theater two hours early to get tickets that cost about 15 USD (but it was star wars so it was worth it). We had to wander around a lot because they wouldn’t allow people to be seated until 10 minutes before the show. So we had fun taking purikura with our tickets and drawing us with little light sabers. Have I mentioned purikura before? That sentence might have sounded weird for those of you who don’t know what it is. Purikura is short for photo club (I promise) and it is WAY popular among Japanese girls. For 400 yen you take pictures in a photo booth and then you decorate them on a screen outside the booth. They come out on a sheet about the size of a large index card. Depending on what quantity you get the purikura are usually 2 cm by 3 cm. It’s popular to put them on your keitai (cell phone), electric dictionaries, and all the girls have albums for them and people trade them too.
Today I went with my host father to a famous place in Lalaport, 東京パン屋ストリート, Tokyo’s Bread Shop Street. Bakeries from all across Japan decided to gather in one area to sell their bread. We had to get there 40 minutes early to avoid what everyone describes as ‘Disneyland like lines’. And it was a good thing we did, people were wrapped all around the outside of the mall waiting to get in. However we got screaming baby sandwiched. This little girl right behind me would not stop screeching but the ringing in my ear helped drown it out, haa. I went to three different bread shops and got some awesome bread! I just ate it for lunch. It was all fresh and gooey! But there were $6 hamburgers that I didn’t understand. Afterwards while waiting for my host dad I poked around the Lalaport bargain area. They had foreign sweets so I decided to check those out. Nothing too special, they had questionable cappuccino flavored popcorn. I saw this funny day timer that said on it ‘NO TOUCH NO SMOKING: don’t touch my body. smoking is harmful to your health’. I don’t know how someone decided those two things are related. Well, that was my adventure today. Bye everyone!
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HANA! I just got back from Japan! I went to Kyoto, Hiroshima, Iwakuni, Yanai, Tokyo, Yokosuka, Harajuku, Miyajima, and Nagoya!! I saw the Mijo castle, the Nishihongwangi, a little of hte Kodokan, the 5 hump bridge, deer, shinto temples, the hide museum, and way too many bunny things! I had 3 large suitcases full of omiyage and stuff. I miss you. Bunty misses you! Anyway, how are you? How's school? Are you fluent yet? Do you go to judo practice EVERY day or when? How long do you practice? What belt are you? I'm about to get my promotion to purple (finally..ne!)
Anyway, I have to go now, but I'll drop another comment soon or if you have time send me an email!
Welcome back or welcome there, or something... hehe. i'm doing good, besides the rain which I'm sure you experienced some of. I stepped in a big puddle today and got my socks soaked, yay! Evil green high socks. That's awesome that you went to a lil' kodokan! I study Japanese everyday, at and after school. Kanji, gah!!! Anyway at my school's dojo there are only white and black, so I'm white right now. Since summer is coming up, I'm not sure of the schedule, but we'll still have Judo. This past week we had a break becasue of exams but we had practice today. We practice usually weekdays from 3*30 to 5*45ish, sometimes shorter sometimes longer. I'll try and email you, tell me about your trip more! I have to go eat now though! Food! Did you eat nato??
bai ;p
Hana! You are lucky to be able to stay there and learn so much Japanese! I practriced all I could and i picked up a few new kanji *yay* and I learned the rest of the katakana "alphabet". Yah, I got rain, but only 3 days of it. Its SOO humid there! i felt like a can with condensation on it! hehe.
Wow, what are you learning in judo? I missed 4 practices since I was in Japan, so now I'm fat and lazy. n_n I need to get in shape again for school gym *bleh*. You practice a long time and probably harder than here ne? I'm still contemplating onm the homestay or a new option came up where I can go with my relatives to live in the mountains of Yanai on a mountain that my mom's side of the family has owned since prehistoric times...JK! but is has been theirs for a long time. I would stay there for a monthand learn more, since they don't speak ANY english, sleep on tatami and a futon, use an ofuro, and eat a lot of yummy things. I could go to school for that month or however long I wanted, which would be a month. n_n. It would be in the summer, but It would be fun.
As for my trip, We got in to Nagoya Airport and got our luggage and things. We caught a bus to the train station where we took the Shinkansen to Kyoto. From there we walked across the street the the hotel. We got settled in and I took a bath and fell aspeel watching a Japanese soap opera, which I can't remember the name to. The next day (with major jetlag) I went to the Nishihongwanji and attened an hour and a half service seiza style. After that we looked around Kyoto and then went back to take an English tour of the place.
After that we rested and then ate some zaru soba. yummy. The rest of the day, we went to temples and some other things. The next day we met up with a family friend who showed us around the Kyoto area.
i have to go do chores now, because my mom is yelling at me, so I will tell you more later!
ja mata ne!
Wow! All the comments came pouring in at once, I feel so loved *^_^*
Kell! Kyoto sounds awesome! I wanna go too! hehe! Did you take lots of pictures? I want to see them sometime. You should so go back! Even in a month you can learn a lot, especially in a family that doesn't now English ( like my next one, yay). And being in the mountains would be a neat experience, probably a lot different than most foreigners who choose to live near the cities. Keep me updated! If you ever have any questions ask me! When would this trip be, next summer?
Katers! Fresh cool dry mountain air, that sounds sooo good. I doubt there is anywhere in Japan that isn't humid right now! So evil. I always have a morning afro. Make sure someone takes pictures at the baby shower! I can't wait to come back and meet the baby! Say hi to Sarah too! Tomorrow is my last day of school, so we can be on break together, yay!
Lilli! Yeah, Star Wars ^^! All I can say is Anakin you dummy!!!!! But anyway, I'll be nice. I saw 'A New Hope' in Japanese and let's just say dubbing should be outlawed. R2 was fine C3PO was okay Luke sounded like a chick and Darth Vadar... yeah no good. Hi merk!!
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