A Big Blog of Garbage

So yeah sorry about the lack of updates, I’ve done so much stuff that I don’t really think I can remember it all, but I will try to talk about some of the more interesting things.

So after that whole Pachi-ko experience I think we had our tour of Mito. We saw several sites. There are pictures of them on facebook. So hopefully you can piece together what the pictures are of if you actually know me in real-life. If not then I guess that too bad for you and maybe you should just ask questions in comments somewhere.

Something interesting about this day though is we rode the bus for the first time. The way it works is you get on a stop and get a ticket. Then, when you get off you pay the amount it says to pay up on the board, which probably isn’t a good explanation without a pictures, but it’ll have to do. Also Japanese bus drivers are complete pros. seriously it is hard to convey the amount of skill require to drive a bus on streets that are two lanes that would be considered on lane in America.

At the end of the day we, some of us went with someone we met at the welcome tea party to Kappazsushi, which is a kaitenzushi place. Now for those of you who don’t know, kaitenzushi is a type of restaurant where sushi goes around on a convey-belt and you pull off what you want. It’s two pieces of sushi for 105 yen on most plates. Also, if you have a special order you can use a menu to ask for certain items, and a shinkansen train will bring it out to you.

Then next day I believe I had my first Japanese class, which went ok. After that, we went to the bank to get some more Japanese currency; the USA decided to be lame so the exchange rate went down from 92 yen per dollar to 88 yen per dollar and we got screwed out of more money. After that we went to Mito station. I bought Kanji no Sonomama for $30, which is awesome because it costs double that in the US. During that whole ordeal, three of us got separated from everyone else, so we went to McDonald’s. Apparently McDonald’s in Japan is not like in the US, so if you find yourself in Japan, it’s probably best to order something they don’t have in America. After that we went to the arcade and had curry. Curry was awesome, but I ordered mine too spicy. I’ll give 1000 yen to anyone who can eat a level 10 plate.

We did karaoke that night. Karaoke is Japan is awesome. Suffer with my lack of giving details.

The next day we did nothing all day, then had ramen. Japanese restaurant ramen was really cool. I’m really starting to get hungry at this point.

After that we did some more nothing and then went to Mito station to check out some shops. We went by car, which was very interesting. Japanese cars and very small and Japanese drivers are also very skilled. They can back up like crazy. Here, almost everybody backs into parking spaces, and they can do it very quickly. When we were by Mito station, we went to a place called Mister Donut. There we learned that donuts in Japan are expensive and less sweet, but still good.

That night we went to this Japanese bar I just remember I forgot tell you we went to the night before. One of our roommates works at the bar and some of us had gone the previous night, and he comped us drinks, so we felt obligated to go back. This bar is awesome. The people there were so cool, and there was a cute little girl who became very fascinated with one of us.

Now as habit as the blog goes on I become more and more tired of writing. I mean I’m not some kind of writing machine made to write for other people’s entertainment. Last time I check I’d not an English major specializing in composition, nor am I am anthropology major doing a study on Japan. , though I did think about studying anthro at one point. Anyway this blog is about my trip to Japan, I think, so I should get back to writing about that. Point is I don’t really feel like being descriptive right now so I won’t.

Sunday, which is yesterday as of this writing, we went to a mall. There were lots of clothes stores there. There was nothing in my size. Everything is so expensive.

So that’s pretty much it I think. Not much to say after all I avoid saying just now. Comment with your question, and I’ll blog again at some point.