Hey all,
Well, it's officially been two hours since the premiere of Naruto:Shippuden aired. And what a show it was. The hour special was better animated than any Naruto that I've seen in quite a while. Plus, I got to watch it on Machiko-san's large TV, and let me tell you, that picture was GORGEOUS. I think she must have HD TV or something, because the picture was so clear and sometimes the commercials went widescreen. But anyways, it was great and I'm very happy.
But really, Haley's route home is quite long and tortuous. I do not envy her having to walk it everyday, twice a day. But on the plus side, I got to see lots of school kids in their uniforms going home on the train. We stopped in Neyagawashi to take a look inside Book-Off and Tsutaya, both book stores. Haley bought some manga in Book-Off, but I was looking for Newtype magazine and failed to find it. It's mysterious, and has been eluding me since I got to Japan. Where is Newtype?? It has to be here somewhere...
We went to several grocery stores in the area so I could find Naruto goodies. Strangely enough, they are impossible to find. I wonder where they sell them. I bought a little fruit tart for Machiko-san though, just to thank her for letting me stay over there. Some of the grocery stores were closed for no apparent reason. Then we took the train one more stop to Haley's house. She then proceeded to lead me through a maze of suburbs. On the way we saw a guy selling taiyaki, or fish-shaped pancakes full of red bean paste. They are surprisingly very good. Then, Haley dropped the figurine she had bought out of a vending machine (it was Haruhi in a bunny suit) and it rolled under somebody's car. We figured it was too much trouble to try and retreive it, since it was only Haruhi in a bunny suit. However, if it was Kyon, we would have been down on our hands and knees looking for it (sorry, inside joke. Just ignore and read on).
Machiko-san turned out to be a really good cook. She made homemade soup and homemade potato salad. We even had - fugu! - for dinner. As you may know, fugu is blowfish, which is poisonous. Because it takes great skill to prepare such that it will not kill you, it is very expensive to buy. We only had a small piece each. I myself did not think it was terribly delicous (I still like salmon better) but Machiko-san seemed to think so. Her house is really awesome, a lot better than my house. She's got a great setup in her kitchen/dining room, with a raised tatami mat floor and an inground kotatsu (it's a table with a heater in it). So, I'm glad I came here. Plus, here I can get wireles...hehhe.
OK well I've got to go to bed cause I've got to get up early tomorrow! I'll post later but, tomorrow I'm definitely doing karaoke! Yay!
As always, leave comments/tags plz.
