An Up Day.
Oct. 25th, 2009 08:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sechan19I had a great day with Eunja today. We met up at Sakuragicho and walked to Akarenga (The Red Brick Warehouses), a dining, shopping, exhibition space stationed inside of turn of the century red-brick warehouses. We ate genuine American-style burgers (by which I mean, not McDonald's) and took in some cool exhibitions.
Eunja had never had a burger before, and so I had a good time explaining to her about the best place to put the ketchup and mustard and demonstrating the appropriate way to fit said burger into your mouth in one fell swoop. The burgers were delicious and messy, and we laughed our way through the meal.
Next we took in an exhibit of local basketry artists. I was extremely impressed with the technicality and innovation employed in the works - which were clearly reaching beyond traditional basketry into the realm of contemporary sculptural art with their materials and forms. We also browsed through exhibitions of pottery, blown glass, and other art objects before wandering over to World Porters for more browsing and conversation.
It was a cold day (for Yokohama), so we stayed indoors as much as possible.
Our final stop was Bubby's Dinner, adjacent to Sakuragicho station, which serves coffee, teas, hot chocolate, and an assortment of "New York Style" pies. (They also have pretty decent macaroni & cheese, I must say, although it doesn't hold a candle to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lilyblack's. Or Pronto's for that matter. But still, good.)
Anyway, we got hot drinks and sat down to go over Eunja's first English lesson. She wants to learn, and I want to do something special for her so this works out for everyone. Besides, having to figure out how to explain to someone in Japanese why there's an "a" before book, but not before bread (although there is one before a loaf of bread) is actually pretty good practice for me. I definitely feel like I'm getting the better end of the deal.
After we separated, I came home to finish up the weekend's homework and settle down for the evening. There was a delightful message waiting for me from my friends in Tochigi. I had emailed them mentioning my upcoming vacation, and that I'd like to visit them again if it agreed with their schedule. T. wrote back that I was welcome to "come home" anytime I liked. She's promised to teach me more secrets of traditional Japanese home cooking this time around.
So I guess I'm back off to Tochigi again, in addition to my whirlwind trip to Kanazawa, and I'm super excited.
I'm feeling very welcomed and loved here in Japan. It's a great feeling, and it makes it much easier for me when I think of all the folks back in the States that I miss.
Eunja had never had a burger before, and so I had a good time explaining to her about the best place to put the ketchup and mustard and demonstrating the appropriate way to fit said burger into your mouth in one fell swoop. The burgers were delicious and messy, and we laughed our way through the meal.
Next we took in an exhibit of local basketry artists. I was extremely impressed with the technicality and innovation employed in the works - which were clearly reaching beyond traditional basketry into the realm of contemporary sculptural art with their materials and forms. We also browsed through exhibitions of pottery, blown glass, and other art objects before wandering over to World Porters for more browsing and conversation.
It was a cold day (for Yokohama), so we stayed indoors as much as possible.
Our final stop was Bubby's Dinner, adjacent to Sakuragicho station, which serves coffee, teas, hot chocolate, and an assortment of "New York Style" pies. (They also have pretty decent macaroni & cheese, I must say, although it doesn't hold a candle to
lilyblack's. Or Pronto's for that matter. But still, good.)Anyway, we got hot drinks and sat down to go over Eunja's first English lesson. She wants to learn, and I want to do something special for her so this works out for everyone. Besides, having to figure out how to explain to someone in Japanese why there's an "a" before book, but not before bread (although there is one before a loaf of bread) is actually pretty good practice for me. I definitely feel like I'm getting the better end of the deal.
After we separated, I came home to finish up the weekend's homework and settle down for the evening. There was a delightful message waiting for me from my friends in Tochigi. I had emailed them mentioning my upcoming vacation, and that I'd like to visit them again if it agreed with their schedule. T. wrote back that I was welcome to "come home" anytime I liked. She's promised to teach me more secrets of traditional Japanese home cooking this time around.
So I guess I'm back off to Tochigi again, in addition to my whirlwind trip to Kanazawa, and I'm super excited.
I'm feeling very welcomed and loved here in Japan. It's a great feeling, and it makes it much easier for me when I think of all the folks back in the States that I miss.
