Ok, so yesterday I went to Sakai, a large city next to KawachiNagano. It’s famous for bikes and knives apparently. So here’s a basic rundown of what I did:
Went to see a HUGE burial mound, one of the largest in the world. Also got to see a view of Sakai from the 21st floor of the City Hall which was pretty amazing. I went to a Museum after that that documented some of Sakai’s history.
Next was a Japanese garden which was pretty awesome. Great scenery, but also I saw a praying mantis! I have been waiting FOR-EVER to see one of those in real life! I got to hold it ‘n stuff, and got two pictures before it flew off! Very happy about that little incident. Also fed the Koi in the pond, which was basically a feeding frenzy as they’d all group around people with food and the water was churning with fish!
After that we went to a Bicycle Museum, which was actually much more interesting than I thought it would be. At that point it was 2:00PM and we still hadn’t had lunch. So we ate at this fancy hotel Cafe place, I had a very good pork patty thing.
Now that we were full…it was time to visit some Temples and the land that belonged to the first “Tea Ceremony Master” of Japan. It was…interesting to see, and I enjoyed t.
Then we got to go to Osaka bay, and it was really beautiful! The sun was setting and the ocean had small waves, and it was really really great! Definitely a sight to remember.
So yeah, yesterday was a very fun day. Today was just regular school, as usual.
Oh, and dinner yesterday was different, as it was a fancy restaurant with private rooms. In the middle of the table was a large bowl on a giant hot plate of sorts, and the udon was cooked right in front of you. Mary would squeam at this [maybe all the girls!] but there were live shrimp and we put them in and they got boiled alive. Definitely delicious though.
I’m REALLY looking forward to Thursday, as a game comes out that I’ve been looking forward to since MAY! Then Saturday I’m going to Domino’s with Yudai…’cause that’s my favorite Pizza place in the US and I hope it’s just as good here. First time doing stuff with friends outside of school, so that’ll be pretty cool.
I’m going to go to sleep now. I’m tired…pictures up tomorrow! Lots of ‘em!
