Monday, August 20, 2007

Traveling 旅行している

Well, Just another day isnt happening anymore. I am off in Hiroshima now after having a lot of fun in Fukuyama since last Wednesday, but more on that later.
Ouji and I spent our first night in Hiroshima in a comfort inn hotel. Waking up we had the free breakfast that was at the hotel. A japanese/western mix food style. There was onigiri(salmon and conbu), inarizushi, bread, toast, cereal(real cornflakes!), salad, fruit salad, etc. I mostly stuck to onigiri with salmon in it because I thought the protein would allow it to stick in my stomach a little longer.
Polishing off breakfast and following our check out we went and sat in Starbucks for almost three hours. We sat their for an unusual amount of time because we were awaiting responses from the people we could hang out with today. After a bit we were able to confirm a meeting with Eri and Aki from 2 years ago. With that Ouji and I dropped our luggage off and perused Hiroshimas parco(A 8 story mall, that is mainly clothes) after acquiring a map.
After a while we met up with them and went to a place called Marina Hop, which is kind of like an outdoor mall. There we did some shopping and ended up going to Sega World and playing games together. Note: I found SNAPPLE!
From there we went with them to Diamond City which is more like a mall than a city. There we had Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki and a custard like ice cream. Maybe, I shouldnt have eaten it but the guy who was selling it was really entertaining. He takes the ice cream and puts it on a stick like thing that and uses that to put your ice cream on the cone he has you hold. The custard sticks so well that he flips the cone out of your hand and flips it around as you try and retrieve it. TORUKO/Turk ice cream supposedly.
Oh, I forget to point out that Hidemi also joined us when we ate. However while we were eating the ice cream Yuri and Ayako joined us about when we said farewell to the others. Yuri and Ayako took us to do karaoke but along the way we stopped at a gas station and convenience store. The interesting thing was that the Gas Station had a convenience store attached. Okay, for those of you that dont know this is actually impossibly rare in Japan. It is the first I have seen since coming.
Now, I find myself watching Brave Story while I post this blog. I am in a Manga kissaten for the night. Laters

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