Culture
Yookiso
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 | Culture | No Comments
So classes started today. Everything went well. Tomorrow is the Autumnal Equinox, so there aren’t classes (Japan is awesome for having that as a holiday). Anyway, nothing really out of the ordinary happened today… we’re going to Softbank tomorrow to try to get phones, so I’ll update everyone on how that’s going tomorrow evening. As of now, it looks pretty messed up. All the cell phone companies started charging high cancellation fees, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens.
Anyway, going back to yesterday! To start off the day, we met the people from CUPS (Chubu University Peer Support), a group of Japanese students who help us crazy gaijin out with daily life on and around campus. They met us outside the dorm at 9:00am, and after that we walked to the school bus stop, paid our 200￥, and rode to the train station. From there, we got on the train at Jinryou Station and rode to Chikusa. This cost another 230￥. We then switched over to the subway from Chikusa to Kakuouzan, which cost ANOTHER 200￥. From the Kakuouzan subway station, we walked maybe ten minutes to get to the Yookiso Villa, where this multi-cultural event was happening.
Yookiso Multi-Cultural Event
Sunday, September 21st, 2008 | Culture, Food | No Comments
Today we went to a multi-cultural event in Nagoya at a place called Yookiso. It was a good time, but I’m going to have to write about it tomorrow… I’m like dead tired right now, and I don’t think I’ll be able to do it without falling asleep at my desk. Instead, I’ve uploaded the pictures I took on the trip (60 total) for your enjoyment. Of course, these will receive explanation when I write the actual article about Yookiso. Until then, enjoy the pictures.
As a side note, there’s a nice, small ramen shop which isn’t too far away called Dosan-hime. Me and Mike ate there tonight, and it was quite good. I had shouyu ramen, and Mike had miso ramen, then afterward we shared a plate of (rather freaking good) gyoza. Suffice it to say, it’s the kind of place we could get used to going to.
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