A Tad Bit Lost
Although I have internet access here in Osaka, some sites only display in Japanese making them all but inaccessible to me... Blogger is one such site. I have only gotten to this point by guessing at what the menus say, mainly through sheer luck and recollection of button placement.
Well... yesterday my wife, mother in law and I went to Kobe to walk around a bit then grab lunch. Kobe is filled with a lot of nice new buildings, mainly becase most of them were damaged beyond repair during the last large earthquake.
We all arrived at Dai-Ten sushi just after 11AM. They open their doors for lunch at 11:30 but there were already a few folks in line ahead of us! This place is supposed to be great and since they only have a small counter it is good to get there early.
Believe it or not this was my first sushi meal while in Japan! And yes, it was GREAT! Not only was the food excellent but one of the chefs moved with a funny, dance-like manner when he assembled his sushi creations. It was fun to watch; tasty and entertaining!
After a bit more walking (we were all stuffed and the walk did us all good) and a stop for coffee we stopped at Yodobashi (were I am now). Misato went off to get some information on... something... and I sat at the icafe checking my email. While outside I soon found myself in a conversation with a couple young nihonjin; one a guy studying Economics and the other a young woman studying English. Her friend was forcing her to flex her language skills, and she spoke English a lot better than I spoke Japanese.
I learned that she will move to Tokyo in a few months and begin working as a JAL flight attendant once she has completed her degree. They asked me my thoughts and impressions of Japan in general and the Kansei area in particular. We talked for quite a long time then when it was time for them to go they asked to take a some pictures with me.
Hayashi-sama went home ahead of us while Misato bought some meats for dinner tonight. While she was shopping I looked for the post office, or yubinkyookyu, which was also in the basement. The door I found was locked but a young woman also heading to the post office offered to guide me there. Along the way we added tow more young women to our posse.
After mailing the postcards to my family I found my wife, she shopped a little longer then we returned to the condo and cooked dinner at home.
Well... yesterday my wife, mother in law and I went to Kobe to walk around a bit then grab lunch. Kobe is filled with a lot of nice new buildings, mainly becase most of them were damaged beyond repair during the last large earthquake.
We all arrived at Dai-Ten sushi just after 11AM. They open their doors for lunch at 11:30 but there were already a few folks in line ahead of us! This place is supposed to be great and since they only have a small counter it is good to get there early.
Believe it or not this was my first sushi meal while in Japan! And yes, it was GREAT! Not only was the food excellent but one of the chefs moved with a funny, dance-like manner when he assembled his sushi creations. It was fun to watch; tasty and entertaining!
After a bit more walking (we were all stuffed and the walk did us all good) and a stop for coffee we stopped at Yodobashi (were I am now). Misato went off to get some information on... something... and I sat at the icafe checking my email. While outside I soon found myself in a conversation with a couple young nihonjin; one a guy studying Economics and the other a young woman studying English. Her friend was forcing her to flex her language skills, and she spoke English a lot better than I spoke Japanese.
I learned that she will move to Tokyo in a few months and begin working as a JAL flight attendant once she has completed her degree. They asked me my thoughts and impressions of Japan in general and the Kansei area in particular. We talked for quite a long time then when it was time for them to go they asked to take a some pictures with me.
Hayashi-sama went home ahead of us while Misato bought some meats for dinner tonight. While she was shopping I looked for the post office, or yubinkyookyu, which was also in the basement. The door I found was locked but a young woman also heading to the post office offered to guide me there. Along the way we added tow more young women to our posse.
After mailing the postcards to my family I found my wife, she shopped a little longer then we returned to the condo and cooked dinner at home.
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