I’ve been in Yaizu, Shizuoka for the last few days (uh, since the 28th). School is out right now (and begins on 01 Sep), but I’ve been meeting the teachers at the school. Everyone is very friendly and tries very hard to speak in English. The English teachers here are the most confident, and one in particular , Hayashi-sensei, has been helping me out a ton. Today, we opened a bank account, and yesterday, we applied for an id card.
Dinner with Dice was sweet! He took us to the east gate of Sinjuku station to a great restaurant that had an ancient dungeon theme. A robotic samurai answered a door, and we had to say the password. Once inside, we saw the crazy decorations! Re-bar and sheet metal everywhere, heavy industrial theme going on there. It was sweet.
Tomorrow, I hope to buy some things I need: slippers for school, an umbrella (a typhoon is scheduled for tomorrow!), and some other things.
New experiences include:
- Japanese toilet (a squatter)
Raw octopus (ie sashimi)
using my inkan
wearing a bathrobe kimono
uisng a Japanese shower
seeing Fuji-yama