I’m just back from a romp through my old neighborhood in Futami. The purpose of the trip was to get some new contacts – I really like my eye doctor over there. After scoring the lenses I went over to do a little bit of shopping at Ito Yokado, looking for one of the more elusive grocery items in Japan – hamburger buns. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately they didn’t have the buns, but they had English muffins (!) and I also got some tomato paste for the sloppy joe mix. There was a classroom of young kids doing a survey in the grocery store, and I was surprised and amused when a group came up to me and asked me to participate. Actually, a boy in the group asked me, and by the looks on the faces of the other members it looked like he was in the minority in thinking it was a good idea. <\/p>\n
Still, everyone asked me some questions (in Japanese) like how often do I come to the store, how many things do I usually buy, what am I buying today, etc. They were really stoked by the end of the interview, and they ran off to brag to their teacher that they interviewed a foreigner.<\/p>\n
I popped into a restaurant for sushi for lunch, and then headed back to the train station and came home. In Vivre in the bread section I did find some hamburger buns – I couldn’t believe it. In Ito Yokado you can buy tortillas but no buns, and in Vivre it’s buns but no tortillas. <\/p>\n
This morning I turned in all of my assignment for school and finished the term. Next term starts November 19th, but in between I’m going to review some of the areas that I found most interesting from last term and also focus a little more on studying Japanese. <\/p>\n
Last but not least, I picked up the game Super Mario Galaxy yesterday and have been really impressed with it. Kuniko and I are suckers for Super Mario and the graphics and gameplay on this one are really good. Now that classes are over, look out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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