Today was Green Day here in Japan – and nobody I asked knew quite what it was about. Kuniko looked it up in her dictionary, and apparently it was the former emperor’s birthday. Then he died, and they renamed it Green Day. Every new emperor’s birthday is a holiday automatically – after 300 more emperors Japan will have a pretty light work schedule.
I slept in this morning and then headed out to Osaka to meet up with Kuniko. We ordered a pizza in after she showed me a Domino’s Pizza ad – they have a habanero pizza. Bonus points – it has shrimp on it. It turned out that it was pretty nice. They also had an option where they bake Camembert cheese into the crust. Interesting – very decadent.
After lunch we did some shopping Osaka. I picked up a belt because my old one is out of holes and a little too big. Kuniko was searching for a watch, but we struck out wherever we looked.
We stopped in a juice bar for some refreshments, but we were still looking for something more substantial, so we ended up going to the Indian restaurant near Kuniko’s apartment. The food there is great, and very spicy. We both had a couple of beers, and we felt pretty good. Afterwards I headed back to my place, and I just got home around 11:30 p.m.
It was a pretty nice day – I’m sure the emperor would have been proud of me.
