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<\/a>Yokohama<\/p><\/div>\n
We went to Nauko and Ryu’s for lunch today, in Yokohama.\u00a0 We managed to find their house by walking – from what I remembered last time, all we had to do was walk up hill…and up…and up some stairs…and up another hill…..it took about 3 phone calls for directions, but we eventually made it.\u00a0 Their kitchen table was *covered* in food!\u00a0 We already knew we were having Tomaki Sushi, and Kaoru had told me it would be different than what she made, as everybody uses their own fillings.\u00a0 But I wasn’t expecting *that* much food!\u00a0 It was sensory overload though!\u00a0 It all looked and smelt amazing!<\/p>\n
Ryu explained that at his English class this morning, they had been studying Psychics and Horoscopes.\u00a0 Basically they look at something on CNN and discuss that.\u00a0 It seemed to make sense, as a good way to find a topic to improve your language skills.\u00a0 But obviously having an Aussie guest for lunch forces you to speak English, and that helps a lot!\u00a0 So it’s good to be able to do my bit, given the meal they were giving me!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Naoko and Ryu<\/p><\/div>\n
We seemed to eat and talk for hours.\u00a0 We were there for 4 hours in total, and never got up from the kitchen table.\u00a0 There was always food there, and we would just make a sushi roll as we wanted it.\u00a0 Yep – this is the life!!!<\/p>\n
After going to Bic Camera to buy a light globe for the bathroom (it blew this morning), we made it home just in time to feel the earth move again.\u00a0 This felt a lot stronger than the last earthquake I experienced, and after turning on the TV to have a look, it was under the tables for us.\u00a0 We were back out after a minute or so – it was a “Level 3” in our area, which is on a different scale to the Richter scale (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale).\u00a0 It was “Level 5” closer to the epicentre, but that was a fair distance from us.\u00a0 On the TV we could see footage from a camera mounted in Tokyo, that showed how severe it was there.\u00a0 Aah, the fun of it all!<\/p>\n
Back at home, we were going to have some noodles, but we were just too full still, and couldn’t fit anything in.\u00a0 So a bit of blogging, a bit of studying, and it was bedtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s hard to believe I’ve been here for 2 weeks already.\u00a0 I’m over 1\/3 of the way through my trip here, and I still haven’t seen any of the things I want to see in Japan.\u00a0 Work is busy from all areas, and balancing the time is very difficult. We went to Nauko and Ryu’s … Continue reading