Sunday was a nice easy day, that culminated with a visit to Futami and a chance encounter with just about everybody I know in that small town.
Kuniko went into work for a little more than a half-day, and when she got home we headed to Carrefour to look for a particular tequila that a co-worker had tried in Japan and liked. Unfortunately, they didn’t have it in stock anymore. We bought some Hawaiian beer instead (Kona Brewing Co.) for Kuniko’s dad to get him in the mood for Hawaii, and I bought a couple for me since it is really hard to find ales in Japan.
While we were at Carrefour we bumped into one of the regulars from Denya, Takao-san along with his wife and kids. They were really surprised to see us, and we promised them that we’d go out drinking at Denya sometime soon.
After Carrefour we headed over to Kuniko’s parents house to pick up a futon for Kuniko’s sister to use at our house next weekend. Kuniko’s mom strong-armed us into eating another dinner there, and so we ate and drank with them. It worked out to be a really good thing, giving Kuniko a chance to vent some of her work frustrations in full-on Japanese. We had coffee and dessert, and then headed out. Of course they loaded us down with some goodies – we took home two large bags of macaroni that they had gotten from someone. Next week will be pasta week, I think!
On the way home we stopped in at Ito Yokado to pick up some food for lunches, and we ended up bumping into Yasu’s mom, Yasu, my ex-upstairs neighbor Jane and another ex-ALT named Chris. We shopped upstairs and Kuniko found a new track suit to wear for her upcoming Sports Day. I found a pair of size 30 shoes, which is huge for Japan. I tried them on quickly and then bought them on the spot. Size 30 shoes don’t show up in Japan too often.
Finally we came on home, tired and ready for bed. It was a really nice day because we got to see so many of our friends, and it really hit home how many nice people we know here in Japan.
