風が酷くて寒かった
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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No time to blog the last two days, but I excused myself early today under the guise of sleeping. Yesterday, I made it back to school on my own without getting lost! Navigating the subway system is just a matter of finding the right line. It's very easy to understand, and I can always ask the people for help. Monday Morning a very nice young man helped me and even made sure I got off and waited for the right train. This kind of thing makes you realize no matter where you go, people are mostly the same. This is coming from a New Yorker, who has helped many a tourist on the train.
Me and Kyle met up with our Japanese professor from Hamilton College who had some business in Japan. I signed up for a ketai (cellphone), but since we left with Kamiya-sensei, I did not receive it until today. Anyways, it was really odd at first, seeing Kamiya-sensei because I knew that anything but Japanese would NOT fly, so I was kind of nervous. He even thought I was still jetlagged and sleepy, I was so quiet and nervous. D:
Me and Kyle in Ginza.
Yakitori. Yaki = burn/toast and Tori = chicken.
Kamiya-sensei took us to Ginza, which was AMAZING. It looks exactly like Fifth Ave, with all the brand name stores! :D We went to get Yakitori, since I hadn't had it yet and was eager to try. If you don't know what Yakitori is, I'd say you were missing out. It is various parts of the chicken, fried, on a stick. There was cartilage, skin, wing, liver, etc. My favorite part was, surprisingly, the cartilage! Nice and crunchy, and went great with beer. That's right you guys, I am in a country where I am of age to grab a drink with my professor. How awesome is that? Kamiya-sensei ordered a lot of things for me and Kyle to try, and they were all dericious. I had a "Lime Sour" which was a very girly drink, but still good. We talked a lot about different kinda of food.
Afterward, we tried looking for a ramen shop because in Japan, people usually eat ramen after drinking. We couldn't find a shop in Ginza, so settled for more window shopping and some interesting conversation about our host families, and direct style of speaking vs. distal style. We met Kamiya-sensei's colleagues and went to Akihabara (Akibara for short), and did more window shopping. It ain't called the electric city for nothing.
When I got home, I finally got to talk to the 3rd son in my host family, Yugo. He speaks Spanish better than me! He's traveled practically everywhere, including South America. We shared pictures, added each other on facebook, and talked about his travels. We also talked about homosexuality in Japan! Interesting topic, and I hear from Yugo that homosexuality in Japan is still hush hush. My host mother thought it was weird though.
AS FOR TODAY: BUS TOUR OF TOKYO!! But the two places we saw were Ginza and Akibara, which I had already seen. -____- We went to Asakusa, which is awesome with temples and lots of cool little stands to shop in for the tourist type. I also finally got my ketai today!! I had to buy a ketai strap IMMEDIATELY, of course.
Everyone wanted to take a picture of her because she + pikachu = ultimate mega level super duper kawaiiiiii cute. MOE!! She was confused. Silly Americans. "I'm too popular today," she said. :D
It's cute, ne?
I am sitting at a Kotatsu writing this. It's a table with an electric heater under it. Awesome desyoo?
***Wednesday Update: Trip to Shibuya today. Lots and lots of stores to buy from. So expensive!! Will have to go back with money. Owari~
No time to blog the last two days, but I excused myself early today under the guise of sleeping. Yesterday, I made it back to school on my own without getting lost! Navigating the subway system is just a matter of finding the right line. It's very easy to understand, and I can always ask the people for help. Monday Morning a very nice young man helped me and even made sure I got off and waited for the right train. This kind of thing makes you realize no matter where you go, people are mostly the same. This is coming from a New Yorker, who has helped many a tourist on the train.
Me and Kyle met up with our Japanese professor from Hamilton College who had some business in Japan. I signed up for a ketai (cellphone), but since we left with Kamiya-sensei, I did not receive it until today. Anyways, it was really odd at first, seeing Kamiya-sensei because I knew that anything but Japanese would NOT fly, so I was kind of nervous. He even thought I was still jetlagged and sleepy, I was so quiet and nervous. D:
Me and Kyle in Ginza.
Yakitori. Yaki = burn/toast and Tori = chicken.
Kamiya-sensei took us to Ginza, which was AMAZING. It looks exactly like Fifth Ave, with all the brand name stores! :D We went to get Yakitori, since I hadn't had it yet and was eager to try. If you don't know what Yakitori is, I'd say you were missing out. It is various parts of the chicken, fried, on a stick. There was cartilage, skin, wing, liver, etc. My favorite part was, surprisingly, the cartilage! Nice and crunchy, and went great with beer. That's right you guys, I am in a country where I am of age to grab a drink with my professor. How awesome is that? Kamiya-sensei ordered a lot of things for me and Kyle to try, and they were all dericious. I had a "Lime Sour" which was a very girly drink, but still good. We talked a lot about different kinda of food.
Afterward, we tried looking for a ramen shop because in Japan, people usually eat ramen after drinking. We couldn't find a shop in Ginza, so settled for more window shopping and some interesting conversation about our host families, and direct style of speaking vs. distal style. We met Kamiya-sensei's colleagues and went to Akihabara (Akibara for short), and did more window shopping. It ain't called the electric city for nothing.
When I got home, I finally got to talk to the 3rd son in my host family, Yugo. He speaks Spanish better than me! He's traveled practically everywhere, including South America. We shared pictures, added each other on facebook, and talked about his travels. We also talked about homosexuality in Japan! Interesting topic, and I hear from Yugo that homosexuality in Japan is still hush hush. My host mother thought it was weird though.
AS FOR TODAY: BUS TOUR OF TOKYO!! But the two places we saw were Ginza and Akibara, which I had already seen. -____- We went to Asakusa, which is awesome with temples and lots of cool little stands to shop in for the tourist type. I also finally got my ketai today!! I had to buy a ketai strap IMMEDIATELY, of course.
Everyone wanted to take a picture of her because she + pikachu = ultimate mega level super duper kawaiiiiii cute. MOE!! She was confused. Silly Americans. "I'm too popular today," she said. :D
It's cute, ne?
I am sitting at a Kotatsu writing this. It's a table with an electric heater under it. Awesome desyoo?
***Wednesday Update: Trip to Shibuya today. Lots and lots of stores to buy from. So expensive!! Will have to go back with money. Owari~
the stars are there to keep you warm at night,
6:21 AM
2 Comments:
Hey dude. =) It's been a whileeee! XD
It's 4:50 AM and I'm still awake again. I was watched the whole 3 hour concert for Arashi Around Asia 2008 right now. Fucking aces dude addkhklhtljj; marry me Nino/Riidaa. Or eachother, that's cool. http://tapsilogue.livejournal.com/26831.html Caps here. XD
ANYWAY
1. Nice people? In my New York City? More likely than you'd think. :B
2. Lol Kamiya-sensee stop scaring your students. :D
3. Yakitori want.
4. Alcohol lol. Kamiya-sensee is ballin'.
5. Man I don't know spanish for shit. Anything I knew was replaced 100% by Japanese. ^^
6. Hush hush you say? Well, I'm still glad for my yaoi manga and Ohmiya SK.
7. LOL scary gaijins just snapping pictures away. :D
8. Kotatsu must be epic huh. o_o They are aren't they.
Catch you laterrrr. I may sleep or watch the concert over.. ^^
New Yorkers tried to set me on fire when I asked for directions on the subway
