In Japan Again

I'm back in Japan again. This time I'm staying at my girlfriend Chi's house.

I arrived in Japan about five days ago. Again, over the north pole. At my stop in Canada I discovered an express walkway to help move people down a long hallway. It starts at a normal speed and then the plates that you stand on soon separate and extend. I was moving so fast on that thing that, despite being indoors, I could feel the wind in my hair. I found a video of it on YouTube. Apparently it's the first one ever made. Maybe the only one?



The other day Chi went to take a TOEIC test and I spent the day hanging out with her friend Sawa and Sawa's boyfriend U- (pronounced eww). They took me to a street full of candy stores. I saw and tasted lots and lots of new treats. Unfortunately I can't remember the names of any of them right now. U- is a funny guy. We had a great time

After that we picked up Chi and went to Sawa's house. There we walked Sawa's dogs and ordered pizza. The pizza here is quite different from the states. There is no pepperoni pizza. No mushrooms either. There is sausage, but they put the whole sausage on there, not ground sausage. There is salami, but I'm not sure if it tastes the same as pepperoni. There are many other ingredients you can add to the pizzas, many of which I don't know the names of. The pizzas are smaller and more expensive than the ones in the states. They taste different, but are still good.

It seems my Japanese has improved since last year. I can understand maybe 60% of conversations now. Yay :). Things like the TV and books are still way too difficult though.

I'm having a great time here. And everyone has been treating me to everything, so I haven't spent hardly any money. I tried to pay back Chi's mom by sneakily putting some money on her bed, but she said that if she happens to find any money that is not hers, she'll throw it away. :(

The three pizzas that we ate the other day costed ~$80.
We went out to dinner at a nice traditional japanese restaurant the other day and chi's stepdad payed for everything. It was ~$200.
I was treated to many other things, but I think those were the most expensive.

I'll try to get into a habit of updating this blog every night. また明日 ( mata ashita; see you tomorrow)