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July 4th is just the day after July 3rd
It's the 4th of July here now! But it has no meaning in Japan, so today I'm going to be extremely patriotic and... go down to Immigration and apply to renew my work visa. Hrm.
Today lunch at Heiroku was nutso. I don't know if it was because it was the last day for the coupon special (there's a new one starting tomorrow until 8/21, so no big deal) or what, but it was CROWDED as all hell. And Ohba-san, the crazy sushi chef who I used to think hated me but then decided that wasn't true, was behind the counter, going nuts because there were so many people ordering so much. I actually tried to get his attention to order at one point and he totally either didn't hear or ignored me. The old lady sitting next to me finally was like "hey! this girl wants to order." So then he looked at me like "I'm so VERY sorry, what can I get you?" It was weird. I know he was stressed out, so I don't hold it against him, but... seriously, I think next time if I go by and it looks super-crowded like that, I'm only going in if Onodera (the younger chef) is behind the counter, because he is always super-nice to me.
I went and got some travel brochures today. Seems I need to give 10 days lead time if I want to reserve flight/hotel to Fukuoka, so for a trip from 7/26-28 it seems I should go in before July 16th. Looking at the prices, they actually are expensive on the holiday weekend of 7/21, then get HORRENDOUSLY expensive through August for some reason, so my timing is actually great in some ways, it seems.
I'm never going to the Kawaguchi arcade again. They got rid of the easy UFO catchers and replaced them with impossible ones, plus they moved all the Bemani together so it's complete noise pollution and you can't hear a fucking thing while you're playing PNM or anything else. So screw that. I checked out the Akabane south exit arcade again. Good UFO catchers, but no Pop'n. The Lala Garden arcade has Pop'n but no UFO catchers. I'm gonna go check out the further Kawaguchi arcade sometime maybe too. What bugs me about the Warabi arcade is that the Bemani is now on the floor with the medal games and slot machines, which means it's always full of smoke, and that kind of sucks, even if the acoustics are pretty good.
Tonight I said goodbye to my student who is moving to Seattle for a year to study law at UW. We traded email addresses so we can stay in touch. I told her I'd see her at New Year's or whenever I end up back in town, heh. Very sad though, she's a really nice person. Her English is going to go through the roof when she lives in America, I think.
Today lunch at Heiroku was nutso. I don't know if it was because it was the last day for the coupon special (there's a new one starting tomorrow until 8/21, so no big deal) or what, but it was CROWDED as all hell. And Ohba-san, the crazy sushi chef who I used to think hated me but then decided that wasn't true, was behind the counter, going nuts because there were so many people ordering so much. I actually tried to get his attention to order at one point and he totally either didn't hear or ignored me. The old lady sitting next to me finally was like "hey! this girl wants to order." So then he looked at me like "I'm so VERY sorry, what can I get you?" It was weird. I know he was stressed out, so I don't hold it against him, but... seriously, I think next time if I go by and it looks super-crowded like that, I'm only going in if Onodera (the younger chef) is behind the counter, because he is always super-nice to me.
I went and got some travel brochures today. Seems I need to give 10 days lead time if I want to reserve flight/hotel to Fukuoka, so for a trip from 7/26-28 it seems I should go in before July 16th. Looking at the prices, they actually are expensive on the holiday weekend of 7/21, then get HORRENDOUSLY expensive through August for some reason, so my timing is actually great in some ways, it seems.
I'm never going to the Kawaguchi arcade again. They got rid of the easy UFO catchers and replaced them with impossible ones, plus they moved all the Bemani together so it's complete noise pollution and you can't hear a fucking thing while you're playing PNM or anything else. So screw that. I checked out the Akabane south exit arcade again. Good UFO catchers, but no Pop'n. The Lala Garden arcade has Pop'n but no UFO catchers. I'm gonna go check out the further Kawaguchi arcade sometime maybe too. What bugs me about the Warabi arcade is that the Bemani is now on the floor with the medal games and slot machines, which means it's always full of smoke, and that kind of sucks, even if the acoustics are pretty good.
Tonight I said goodbye to my student who is moving to Seattle for a year to study law at UW. We traded email addresses so we can stay in touch. I told her I'd see her at New Year's or whenever I end up back in town, heh. Very sad though, she's a really nice person. Her English is going to go through the roof when she lives in America, I think.