Last night Miss Kageyama and I went out to see “Tomb Raider 2” in Akashi, about a 15 minute drive to the east of my town.
When I got in the car, Miss Kageyama gave me a birthday present – she had made a CD of popular Japanese music, complete with liner notes in both English and Japanese. She had also made a cheesecake, and presented that to me as well. I had brought a congratulations gift for her – a CD that I had made of popular American music, so we both have some listening to do.
In Akashi we went out to Chinese food. It was pretty Japan-ized, and tasted fairly similar to some soup dishes I’ve had in Japan. I tried to get the equivalent of chow mein, but the noodles were fried until they were hard, and then soaked in the sauce. It was actually pretty good, but definitely not the Chinese food that I’m used to.
We went up to the movie and sat down, but we were a little early. Something that is different is that they have people that sell ice cream to you while you are sitting waiting for the movie to start. The poor kid walks down to the front of the theater, bows, and then loudly explains that he has such and such flavor of ice cream, the cost, and how happy he is to serve you. Then he walks slowly up the aisles, looking at everyone hopefully. I feel bad for the poor kid.
The movie itself was a lot of fun – I think it was a little better than the last Tomb Raider. They had the sound cranked up in the theater, so it was very loud during the exciting parts – cool!
Afterwards, Miss Kageyama dropped me off at my apartment, and I had a couple of slices of cheesecake to celebrate. All in all, a very good day.
