Last night after work I met up with the two inspectors at the tachinomi (“the Tach”) north of Hyogo station. It was fun to chat with these guys, curse the Tigers for losing on the TV, and drink beer and wine. There were some new members there as well, so I met some new people who seemed pretty friendly. Next to the inspectors, my intermediate level Japanese sounds like translator level – so I was showered with compliments the whole time I was there. I guess they are not used to foreigners in there that can speak Japanese.
After that I headed on to the station to go home. When I caught the train there was an attractive young woman laying on the floor in front of the opposite side door reading her cell phone. Laying on the floor of the train is definitely unusual behavior for Japan, so I was interested to watch other reactions as people got on the train. Eventually she stood up when the door on her side slid open, but once people got on board she laid back down again. Weird behavior, indeed.
It is Friday, and we’ve got a couple of events planned this weekend. Kuniko has invited a bunch of coworkers over for BBQ, and so I’ll make shish-kebabs and grill sausages for dinner for them. Also on Sunday we’ll go out to Sannomiya to buy some rupees for our trip. Should be fun to get our hands on some more foreign currency!
