I had a pretty eventful weekend. Took LOTS of pictures.
This post may be the first that actually has more pictures than words...well probably, not but here it goes.
Yesterday I went out walking for most of the day with my host mother.
We started off by heading to a discount clothes store near the language school.
Although the clothes were discount, they were still quite expensive. There were button up shirts normally priced at about 150.00 each that were knocked down to the bargain price of 50.00 each.
Next, we were planning on going to a sumo match but when we got to the arena all the reasonably priced tickets for the day were sold out. So I bought a ticket for Tuesday afternoon and I'll be sure to bring my camera when I go. Here are some pictures of the Sumo stadium.
We then walked to a nearby dock and saw this man selling some very very fresh fish.
We stopped by a small aquarium that was nearby. It was hard to get good photos of the fish through the glass, but a I managed to get a few decent shots.
Afterward we went to Canal City, a very big shopping area. The whole place was already covered in Christmas decorations. such as this large hanging sculpture.
Lion King the Musical was also being performed in this shopping mall's theatre. I was unaware of this when I saw these Chia pet-esque sculptures of Timon and Poombah. So I was a bit confused and was trying to figure out what exactly they had to do with Christmas.
Here's another example of how expensive things are here. While walking through Canal City, this "coat" caught my eye.
Just for laughs, I decided to check the price, turns out it was 30450円, just over $300.00. I figured it might be cheaper to buy a normal leather jacket and shrink it myself.
That's all for now. Check back for photos of the Sumo tournament, I should have them up by Wednesday.
I really enjoy reading the comments on the blog, so if you have time please write me one. I hope everyone is doing well.
じゃまった。
2 comments:
hey beish,
sounds like you are having fun, and that is would be very easy to go through a lot of money in a short time over there. I like the picture of the ray in the aquarium. Hows the Japanese coming along? Ok, have fun in n_____o land
Lars-O:
Tonight is dress rehearsal night for Shakespeare. Brian Treece has been living in the lighting booth for days and wishes you were here. Jordan Haber is doing the duty this year. Miss you fiercely but glad you are having a great time. Erin (Glen's son) made it to his goal in Miami Beach and is staying with Peter Fromm's mother. He had a serendipitous meeting with a retired astronaut and got a press pass to the shuttle launch last Thursday. Pretty cool. Love reading your adventures. I promise to keep in touch.
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