I had a nice time with the inspectors last night at the tachinomi. They brought along two guys that work directly for one of Kawasaki’s customers, and they turned out to be good people to talk to as well. It was interesting to have five Americans in the tiny little place.
During the conversation with the new guys, it slowly dawned on me that they were in some strange way my customers, and that I should keep that in mind while talking to them. Fundamentally, we were all Americans staying in a foreign country, but during the talks I had to remember to be careful what I talk about and how I say things. Just in case.
Tonight after work I’m meeting Kuniko in Kobe and we’re going out to dinner and a movie. The dinner is not entirely set, but probably will end up being the Rokko Beer Diner in Motomachi – the closest source of locally brewed beer on tap. The movie will be Life of Pi. I read the book years ago when it first came out, and it remains one of my favorites. I’ve heard that if you watch the movie and take that as a separate experience, you won’t be disappointed. We’ll see tonight.
Kuniko is working both days this weekend, and she’ll be going out with her friend Kori tomorrow night here in town. I haven’t figured out exactly what I’m doing, but it involves a big basket of giant mushrooms that I bought at Costco a while back. I need to research some interesting recipes for those…
