ゴールデンウィーク．．．始まる！
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday was the start of ゴールデンウィーク (Golden Week), a week of traveling and playing, and tom foolery. I don't have classes until Friday! Whoooo!
Classes went by relatively quickly, and I did not have any plans so I loitered around a bit. Norbert (half Hungarian, half Korean raised in Japan) invited me to his little birthday celebration. He turned 20-the legal age in Japan! Amy, Kyle, Christie, and I went to eat dinner first and found an Okonomiyaki restaurant. Okonomiyaki is the best thing ever! I want to eat it everyday. You have to make it yourself at the restaurant, and me and Kyle took control of all the cooking since Amy and Christie looked a little clueless. (I love you tho, k.)
This is what the perfect Okonomiyaki looks like. Inside: egg, cabbage, bacon, squid, shrimp, some kind of potato and on top, oyster sauce, mayo, and bonito flakes. It's good for you!
In the making. The people next to use saw us looking at theirs and offered us a taste hahaha.
Food makes me and Christie sooo happy.
After, Christie and Kyle got crepes, and me and Kyle went back to Yotsuya to meet Norbert and his friends. Met some cool people, and Norbert taught us some Japanese slang/curse words in Hungarian. He'll probably regret that later!
Saturday Christie, Jordan, Yasu, Takuma and I spent the day in Yokohama, which is the city I live in. I met Yasu and Takuma at the English speaking club. Takuma is a student at my university, and his English is rather good! Yasu's English is adorable! That's all I can say ahhaha. In Japan, you would call this a date apparently, since a date is any outing with the opposite sex. HMM.
Aren't we cute?! :D From left to right: Yasu, Takuma, Me, Christie, and Jordan in the back. In case you're wondering, Jordan is 6'6" and the tallest person I have ever met. <3
We ate lunch in Chinatown and bought bubble tea and sesame balls filled with anko (GREASY DELICIOUSNESS!) We walked around looking for presents to bring back to our friends.
Leaving Chinatown.
We walked to Yamashita Park where we saw a man juggling fire, then swallowing the flame. :O
Group pic! We boarded the ship in the back, which had been historically preserved on the inside! We wanted a titanic scene picture but the front of the ship was blocked off.
I settled for a captain's pic.
Christie and I wanted to ride the ferris wheel, so we walked around the park until it was dark since the atmosphere is better at night.
This is how we amused ourselves.
We ended up riding a roller coaster instead because the line for the ferris wheel was SOOOO LONG. (Couple's night!) But it was fun, if only toooo short! I need more intense rides now! We also rode a weird ride that spun you 360 degrees, upside down. And of course, we finished with some purikura!
Zya, mata. ♥
Classes went by relatively quickly, and I did not have any plans so I loitered around a bit. Norbert (half Hungarian, half Korean raised in Japan) invited me to his little birthday celebration. He turned 20-the legal age in Japan! Amy, Kyle, Christie, and I went to eat dinner first and found an Okonomiyaki restaurant. Okonomiyaki is the best thing ever! I want to eat it everyday. You have to make it yourself at the restaurant, and me and Kyle took control of all the cooking since Amy and Christie looked a little clueless. (I love you tho, k.)
This is what the perfect Okonomiyaki looks like. Inside: egg, cabbage, bacon, squid, shrimp, some kind of potato and on top, oyster sauce, mayo, and bonito flakes. It's good for you!
In the making. The people next to use saw us looking at theirs and offered us a taste hahaha.
Food makes me and Christie sooo happy.
After, Christie and Kyle got crepes, and me and Kyle went back to Yotsuya to meet Norbert and his friends. Met some cool people, and Norbert taught us some Japanese slang/curse words in Hungarian. He'll probably regret that later!
Saturday Christie, Jordan, Yasu, Takuma and I spent the day in Yokohama, which is the city I live in. I met Yasu and Takuma at the English speaking club. Takuma is a student at my university, and his English is rather good! Yasu's English is adorable! That's all I can say ahhaha. In Japan, you would call this a date apparently, since a date is any outing with the opposite sex. HMM.
Aren't we cute?! :D From left to right: Yasu, Takuma, Me, Christie, and Jordan in the back. In case you're wondering, Jordan is 6'6" and the tallest person I have ever met. <3
We ate lunch in Chinatown and bought bubble tea and sesame balls filled with anko (GREASY DELICIOUSNESS!) We walked around looking for presents to bring back to our friends.
Leaving Chinatown.
We walked to Yamashita Park where we saw a man juggling fire, then swallowing the flame. :O
Group pic! We boarded the ship in the back, which had been historically preserved on the inside! We wanted a titanic scene picture but the front of the ship was blocked off.
I settled for a captain's pic.
Christie and I wanted to ride the ferris wheel, so we walked around the park until it was dark since the atmosphere is better at night.
This is how we amused ourselves.
We ended up riding a roller coaster instead because the line for the ferris wheel was SOOOO LONG. (Couple's night!) But it was fun, if only toooo short! I need more intense rides now! We also rode a weird ride that spun you 360 degrees, upside down. And of course, we finished with some purikura!
Zya, mata. ♥
the stars are there to keep you warm at night,
8:37 PM
1 Comments:
alright... okonomiyaki seriously looks like vomit on a plate, but it sounds really good. maybe they have it in new york city. <3
japanese slang? O__O like what. teach your kouhai please.
any outing? O__O 2 girls to 3 guys too... someone is going home alone. ;___; or everyone LOL.
i love the pirate pic although like i said before please steer the ship before you murder everyone kthnx
idk wtf you are doing in that rock picture but it looks really zen... or something. :D
but omg the last picture. EVERYONE LOOKS SO CUTE. CREEPSTERS HUH? APTLY NAMED.
ilu :3
