Boo-yah – shoes have been acquired. It took a trip to the outlet shops in Tarumi, but I’ve got a decent pair of dress shoes that only set me back $85. They had lots of other styles in my size, but most of them where shiny, and I’m not a big fan of shiny shoes.
Kuniko and I did a walk through of the other parts of the Tarumi shopping area – they’ve got a lot of American standards – Nike, Adidas, Columbia Sportswear, Eddie Bauer, etc. It was fun to look around and see what they had. I didn’t buy anything else, though.
We also enjoyed some time at Kobe Harborland, people watching, drinking yogurt lassi, and taking a break from the rat race. The Christmas decorations are all up and people are getting excited about the holiday season. We paid a visit to the arcade and played Jurassic Park – it was a fun game, but Kuniko was much better at it than I. We also played basketball, but it only lasted a few seconds. I stink at basketball, too.
Finally we went into the Sannomiya area to look around and get some food in Chinatown. The place was crawling with tourists, but we picked up some nikuman (pork buns) and ate those while walking around. We also did a little shopping at a Chinese goods store and I found some spicy pepper sauce that look delicious.
I’m back home and getting ready for a three day week. Tomorrow is my English lesson for Azusa-san, so I need to dig up an article to read with her.
