Yes, I’m using my laptop on the train, again… I swear, I’m only a geek *most* of the time…. plus, this wireless internet is so fun to abuse!<\/p>\n
It’s odd, I didn’t take many more pictures on my trip. A quick rundown of what I did since last writing: That’s everything! Without all the interesting details, of course!<\/p>\n So, looking back, I’d say that was an awesome time. And I owe it all to Hana-chan and her generous family. I stayed with them for almost a week. THANK YOU! Everyone was willing to spend so much time with me and aid my oh-too-slowly developing Japanese skills. And it was not easy, because they do not speak very much English! (And yes, I speak even less Japanese…) =( Electronic dictionaries are *highly* recommended in situations like this! I’m thinking about getting an electronic dictionary, but I like Shirley’s reasoning: “Why not just buy a pocket pc and put a dictionary program on it?” YES! What a great excuse to get another toy! \ud83d\ude00 But, that really is a good idea! All these things I have to research the costs in Japan, however. Maybe I’ll do that now… if the Internet can connect. Wireless Internet is great when it works, but a lot of the time the trains are out of range… but it always manages to connect at the stations.<\/p>\n I’m a mere 40 minutes away from Ogaki. From there, I will take the bus to Anpachi-cho. I’m looking forward to returning to the dormitory and unpacking all the stuff I bought. I’m not looking forward to returning to work, so much, and I’m also not looking forward to doing laundry. =\/<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yes, I’m using my laptop on the train, again… I swear, I’m only a geek *most* of the time…. plus, this wireless internet is so fun to abuse! It’s odd, I didn’t take many more pictures on my trip. A quick rundown of what I did since last writing: – Thursday – watched Pirates of… Continue reading sitting on a train, heading back from Tokyoo – the end of my Obon holiday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[78,210],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-japan","tag-japanjournal","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4jEMb-a6","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– Thursday<\/strong> – watched Pirates of the Caribean with Hana and went out for an awesome dinner with her parents;
\n– Friday<\/strong> – went to an izakaya with Hana and a couple of her friends (Ako-chan and Akiko-chan), and we even went to a puri-kura!;
\n– Saturday<\/strong> – last day at Hana’s house. Sabishi. The plan was to meet a bunch of the CJP people for dinner and drink, and stay with Jeff again, at his NTT dormitory. The next day, Sunday<\/strong>, I would head home. I asked if Hana wanted to come out for dinner with us, and eventually she decided she would! Sugoi! Because Hana-chan was with us, we went to an izakaya in Shinjuku that she knew, and even had a membership at, so we got a 30% discount! Izakayas are awesome – one of the most social meals you could have. Anyways, the plan followed through mostly accurate, and now it is the next day, and I’m on my way home.<\/p>\n