Wednesday is my short day. I get finished with work at 1 and then come home. Today I went with Clo to Kurashiki. She is taking me around the city and trying to show me everything before she leaves to go home. I appreciate it. I like the guided tours by a veteran; it’s really nice!
We got off the train and walked around close by. We were meeting her friend there and he was supposed to be on a train that was coming soon so we didn’t want to go far. We went al looked out over the city. There are MANY more lights here than at my train station stop. There is a little amusement park there called Tivoli Park. It looks very impressive in the dark. It is all lit up and the rides and buildings are outlined in lights. It’s pretty. I was thinking about Six Flags when Clo gave me the lowdown about this park. It’s apparently not as cool as I though, haha. It has a couple of rides and you pay a ton of money to get in. I think I’ll just look at it. I did take some pictures though so you can see.
So we are standing there looking at it and all, keep in mind that this is a Wednesday night, and there are some interesting things going on around us. Some people are down below and it looks like they are drinking from the fountain. While we are watching them, people are swarming around us enjoying the summer air. An old man comes up to us and decides to stand next to me and speak to Clo and me in English. I about jumped over the railing. He talks, we ignore. He keeps talking, we look the other way. He talks more, ‘Where are you from? etc.’ and we walk off. He then says sorry to disturb us.
I just don’t understand. So far, no one in Japan wants to talk to me. Maybe they are just interested because I look different or whatever and everyone here looks the say. In America everyone looks different so I don’t think about it but I just don’t think that EVEN IF everyone looked the same I’d walk up to the one person who was different and try to strike up a conversation. I don’t talk to strangers in America; I’m not going to start talking to them here!
After that we walked around the city to find food. We saw many interesting shops and people. I love how everyone is so polite and, no, wait…that’s not true. They will RUN with their bicycles! While searching for a restaurant we passed an establishment that is just not fit to talk about in an email. I will leave it to your own imagination but I will say that there were many ladies and gentlemen were dropping them out in from of this place. Hmm, maybe it was like a dorm where they all lived. Yeah right.
We ate at a local little place. It was tiny and reminded me of a tiny version of Billy’s in English Village. It was so cute. We ordered food and chatted mostly about “Amanda in Japan.” It was a good time, very relaxing and I could say whatever I wanted because they understood. It made me miss hanging out with my friends at home. After dinner we just chatted forever. Finally we had to leave to catch trains to go home. I knew I was going to be tired but I was so happy to have had a fun time and feel at home in a new place.
The walk home from the train station was eventful. Clo and I saw two kids (one maybe 2 years old and the other in the lower teens) walking down the road. It was after 11pm at night so we found that extremely odd. The next thing was that we found a man in the road sleeping. This was not a bum, but a well dressed man. He was lying on the side of the road with his bike next to him. He was completely asleep. We woke him up and asked if he was okay…but WOW, he was drunk. He waved us off and continued to sleep there in his business clothes. Wednesday night mind you! I never would have thought…
That was the end of our evening. Home for me and in the bed. Makes you want to come to Japan, huh? You need to see this stuff for yourself!! J
We got off the train and walked around close by. We were meeting her friend there and he was supposed to be on a train that was coming soon so we didn’t want to go far. We went al looked out over the city. There are MANY more lights here than at my train station stop. There is a little amusement park there called Tivoli Park. It looks very impressive in the dark. It is all lit up and the rides and buildings are outlined in lights. It’s pretty. I was thinking about Six Flags when Clo gave me the lowdown about this park. It’s apparently not as cool as I though, haha. It has a couple of rides and you pay a ton of money to get in. I think I’ll just look at it. I did take some pictures though so you can see.
So we are standing there looking at it and all, keep in mind that this is a Wednesday night, and there are some interesting things going on around us. Some people are down below and it looks like they are drinking from the fountain. While we are watching them, people are swarming around us enjoying the summer air. An old man comes up to us and decides to stand next to me and speak to Clo and me in English. I about jumped over the railing. He talks, we ignore. He keeps talking, we look the other way. He talks more, ‘Where are you from? etc.’ and we walk off. He then says sorry to disturb us.
I just don’t understand. So far, no one in Japan wants to talk to me. Maybe they are just interested because I look different or whatever and everyone here looks the say. In America everyone looks different so I don’t think about it but I just don’t think that EVEN IF everyone looked the same I’d walk up to the one person who was different and try to strike up a conversation. I don’t talk to strangers in America; I’m not going to start talking to them here!
After that we walked around the city to find food. We saw many interesting shops and people. I love how everyone is so polite and, no, wait…that’s not true. They will RUN with their bicycles! While searching for a restaurant we passed an establishment that is just not fit to talk about in an email. I will leave it to your own imagination but I will say that there were many ladies and gentlemen were dropping them out in from of this place. Hmm, maybe it was like a dorm where they all lived. Yeah right.
We ate at a local little place. It was tiny and reminded me of a tiny version of Billy’s in English Village. It was so cute. We ordered food and chatted mostly about “Amanda in Japan.” It was a good time, very relaxing and I could say whatever I wanted because they understood. It made me miss hanging out with my friends at home. After dinner we just chatted forever. Finally we had to leave to catch trains to go home. I knew I was going to be tired but I was so happy to have had a fun time and feel at home in a new place.
The walk home from the train station was eventful. Clo and I saw two kids (one maybe 2 years old and the other in the lower teens) walking down the road. It was after 11pm at night so we found that extremely odd. The next thing was that we found a man in the road sleeping. This was not a bum, but a well dressed man. He was lying on the side of the road with his bike next to him. He was completely asleep. We woke him up and asked if he was okay…but WOW, he was drunk. He waved us off and continued to sleep there in his business clothes. Wednesday night mind you! I never would have thought…
That was the end of our evening. Home for me and in the bed. Makes you want to come to Japan, huh? You need to see this stuff for yourself!! J
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