Sunday, April 17, 2005

April 17, 2005

Big day today

Train in to Sakura with four other teachers

Walked to Tulip Festival – old people with hats and small dogs

Ate lunch at the little kiosks and watched people. Lots of kids. One kid came up to us and started staring and then pointed to a teacher who is Hawaiian, half Japanese, and laughed. Kept watching us as he walked away. Odd

Walked around the fields for a while, saw the giant pink head


Walked back

Met up with another teacher

Went to a big mall that was largest in Japan at one point. One of the teachers from Edmonton didn't think it was as big as West Ed. That was the debate of the day

Shopped around for some stuff

Crazy clothing stores – Thrift Store!

Went for dinner at an Indian restaurant. Key is that real Indian people were cooking and working there. "Indian" food when made by Japanese is no good. It was really really good, curry buffet, mmm. Teacher from Edmonton ate so much that he actually made himself sick

Shopped some more

Went home

My feet hurt