It took a long time to get moving this morning, or rather, there was too much to do so it was hard to get myself to stop doing that and go get a shower. I unpacked pretty much all my stuff and got some of it put away, and then got too hungry to keep doing that and decided to get a shower. After Greg and I were both ready to go, we decided to head out towards the station to get some lunch. Unfortunately we ended up really confused as to where we were, because we found ourselves at the Yaoka Marketplace (the store that had the McDonald's from yesterday), which we were pretty certain was on the other side of town. We decided to stop and get some groceries while we were there anyway. I got some water and a good-looking orange drink, two chocolate-based snacks, some rice crackers, and some croissants that were on sale! We decided we need some snacks in our rooms, and definitely some drinks. Somehow Japanese people don't seem to drink much at restaurants, but then there are vending machines everywhere on the streets. I got a big bottle of water, but I'm afraid it'll be gone soon. (We found it for cheaper at the Shop 99 though!)
Since we had completed our objectives, we headed back to the DK House with a quick stop at the Shop 99 store. We were hoping it would be a regular 100yen store, but it was mostly groceries. We did find that all the groceries were much cheaper there than they had been at the Yaoko Marketplace, and it was closer to our apartment. Greg got some soap and we went back home. Jen still wasn't back so we just took care of little things we needed to do. Then when Jen got back around 5 something, we all started blogging... and didn't stop until about 9:00 when we realized how hungry we were. We met up in Greg's room and lamented the fact that we had to leave and go out in the cold to get food, but we're the sannin darnit, so we headed for the station area.
After passing several drunk salarymen, we found a place called Sukiya. It seems to be the same kind of fast food type place as Yoshinoya, but it serves curry and donburi (items over rice). We all ordered curry with an egg on it for 440 yen each! The service was awesome, one guy came out with our trays, the other with something else, and then he rolled up the check and put it in its little container with a flourish. It hopped back out somehow and he had to do it again, and he did it and said the same thing the exact same way, it was like a performance. It really reminded me of Mary Poppins when they're inside the drawing, and Mary and Bert go to get tea or whatever and all the penguin waiters start running out, haha.
We took an uneventful trip home (stopping once to find that our Itoyokado store is only open til 10:00pm, not 11:00pm, so Jen couldn't get a pillow) and now here I am blogging about the day =) Oh, on another note, today we kept noticing that on all of the signs for our city, Warabi City, there was this weird rabbit mascot. We kept seeing them and wondering about it, until Greg finally noticed today that one of the signs said it was a wallaby. That seemed even weirder! Then about 3 hours later, it hit me that the mascot was a wallaby because we're in Warabi City. Duh. Crazy Japanese.
Since I didn't really take any pictures today, here are some photos I took of the sakura trees right from my balcony! This is what I wake up to in the morning, folks =)
3 comments:
ooh, pretty view! Looks an awful lot like mine... :P
Good to hear about what you and Greg did when we were separated! Still I am blown away by the wallaby thing...
uh oh, my stomach's growling...I wonder when Greg will wake up...I guess I should get some snacks for my room as well!
Hey!! I am glad your trip went well. I really like that your doing this, it is way too cool!! I miss you though :( Keep having fun and posting, I loved reading it!!! E-mail at trh1987@siu.edu or on facebook!! Have a great time!!!
Naaaats,
Your blog is so funny to me because I had so many of the same experiences! I had almost forgotten that drinks in Japanese restaurants are tiny! Find a Saizeriya...it's a fast food Italian restarant with a drink bar! Unlimited drinks yo! It's kind of a novelty over there.
I want to enroll in a Japanese high school and join the student council and duel people!
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