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sunday, mrs. architectureandfootball and i came to japan. i think its wednesday morning now, here, which means its tuesday night in chicago. no photos uploaded yet but give that portion time....
we arrived monday with very little problems in the flight. i watched a plethora of movies on the way...1.no reservations 2.transformers 3. the outsiders 4. casablanca 5. talk, talk, talk, 6. ratatouille.
monday night was basically a game of me vs. my internal clock, trying to stay awake long enough not to embarrass myself. i half won. of course they immediately fed me alcohol once we got back to mrs.　architectureandfootballs parents house, so that didnt help anything. but the amazing dinner which the wifes mom prepared was enough to keep me going for a few hours.
yesterday we both got haircuts in the morning. in japan, they hardly use clippers, so the guy cut my hair, then i got a shampoo job and then a massage!! apparently thats standard fare over here. so it was a very pleasant surprise. usually i hate receiving massages too, but this one was phenomenal.
during the day we went around doing business oriented things, so nothing really interesting to report. but that evening, mrs. architectureandfootball, her mother, her brother, and i went to an ohnsen. its basically a hot spring spa where the men and the women get separated, then walk around naked going into different temperature baths and such. it was amazing. all the water was treated with a peculiar, dark red treatment, which was a base so that you could stay in the water longer without your skin drying up. we then put on some pajamas and went into the restaurant, all sat together again, had a great deal of beer and japanese food, and then went back for one more quick dip, then walked back to the house. i opened another beer once i got here, immediately passed out on the couch and spilled the beer all over myself. such is my life.
so today were going to shibuya, the biggest, busiest part of tokyo to go to citibank, and then some other things, going to ginza for shopping, and then having fugu for dinner: pufferfish!! its my favorite. they kill it and carve it just before you eat it so in some cases, if youre eating sashimi, its still quivering while its on your plate!!
tonight the japanese olympic football team is playing in a qualifier match so well come home and watch it.
more later! ja-ne
we arrived monday with very little problems in the flight. i watched a plethora of movies on the way...1.no reservations 2.transformers 3. the outsiders 4. casablanca 5. talk, talk, talk, 6. ratatouille.
monday night was basically a game of me vs. my internal clock, trying to stay awake long enough not to embarrass myself. i half won. of course they immediately fed me alcohol once we got back to mrs.　architectureandfootballs parents house, so that didnt help anything. but the amazing dinner which the wifes mom prepared was enough to keep me going for a few hours.
yesterday we both got haircuts in the morning. in japan, they hardly use clippers, so the guy cut my hair, then i got a shampoo job and then a massage!! apparently thats standard fare over here. so it was a very pleasant surprise. usually i hate receiving massages too, but this one was phenomenal.
during the day we went around doing business oriented things, so nothing really interesting to report. but that evening, mrs. architectureandfootball, her mother, her brother, and i went to an ohnsen. its basically a hot spring spa where the men and the women get separated, then walk around naked going into different temperature baths and such. it was amazing. all the water was treated with a peculiar, dark red treatment, which was a base so that you could stay in the water longer without your skin drying up. we then put on some pajamas and went into the restaurant, all sat together again, had a great deal of beer and japanese food, and then went back for one more quick dip, then walked back to the house. i opened another beer once i got here, immediately passed out on the couch and spilled the beer all over myself. such is my life.
so today were going to shibuya, the biggest, busiest part of tokyo to go to citibank, and then some other things, going to ginza for shopping, and then having fugu for dinner: pufferfish!! its my favorite. they kill it and carve it just before you eat it so in some cases, if youre eating sashimi, its still quivering while its on your plate!!
tonight the japanese olympic football team is playing in a qualifier match so well come home and watch it.
more later! ja-ne
posted by darkred at 4:14 PM
1 Comments:
You are a bold man Charlie Brown. Pufferfish is freaky as heck. We went out one day at work and one of my co-workers made me try it. It was weird having something that newly dead in your mouth. Whatever works for you I guess.
I also enjoy the fascination that the Japanese have with being naked, yet tasteful.
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