Last night Kuniko got in late, and she was so tired. She barely made it back to my place from the train station, and we went right to bed. The next morning we slept in until about 11 a.m., and I think Kuniko could have slept more. I was wide awake, though, so I tried to sneak off and hit the showers. She heard me, though, and so we both got up and moving just before lunchtime.
For breakfast we had some donuts that Kuniko had brought from Osaka the night before, and then we got organized. We dropped in to visit Jane upstairs. She had said that she wanted to meet Kuniko, and it was a great chance for them to say hello. They have both heard a lot about each other.
Today is Respect For The Aged Day, which is a national holiday. We took the opportunity to check out Ito Yokado. Kuniko hadn’t been there yet, so I gave her a quick tour. Afterwards we walked to Tsuchiyama station and went to Okubo to catch a movie, I Robot. It’s not a movie that she would ordinarily go to, but since I had caught the Japanese movie with her, this was my payoff.
Before the movie we did some shopping around Okubo, but we couldn’t find anything to buy. We also caught lunch at a yakiniku place – we caught the tail end of an all-you-can-eat special. I can really eat a lot at those things, but common decency had me eating just enough to satisfy my appetite. It was tough – in different company I would really have put the meat away.
We got home just before dinner time, and we did a little shopping at Ito Yokado for dinner. I ended up getting ingredients for a chicken teriyaki bowl. It turned out better than I expected – garlic chicken with teriyaki sauce, over rice with orange peppers and bean sprouts… yum.
After dinner it was right to bed – we were both tired from walking all over the place today. Tuesday is a work day for me, but Kuniko has the next three days off. Lucky lady!
