I do remember that this one has karaage (fried chicken) in it:
I'm pretty sure this is eel (my absolute favorite):
Tempura shrimp with mayonnaise:
Purin (Japanese pudding) which tastes very similar to flan, but is even softer (impossible right?). It was one of the best desserts I have had in a really really long time, and is something I will miss when I leave Japan because you can find these things anywhere (even in the 7/11 lol).
2 weeks ago we had our sadou class outside in the green area. It took around 15 minutes to set up (the teachers asked all the guys to help while we girls just stood around like queens). The weather was beautiful :)
Making tea like a pro:
Drinking tea like a pro:
(His posture and technique really are perfect btw)
Finally got to eat misokatsudon, one of the foods that Nagoya is most famous for. I loved the way the building looked from the outside haha (you can't really tell but it's a pig wearing some kind of traditional skirt-looking thing):
The entrance:
The most watered down tea I've had in Japan; even the color was kind of weird:
Group picture! I went with my classmates from my culture class:
That pig is the mascot for Yabaton, a chain restaurant widely known for its misokatsu. It's the same pig you saw on the outside of the building.
I got one of the biggest dishes there so I could have the best experience ;) It came with miso soup (of course)
Made everyone go to Baskin Robbins with me again. Btw, they call it 31 here and there is a discount on the 31st of every month. This time I got some flavor that tasted like dippin dots ^^
This guy passed around omiyage (gifts) in class last week; he had gone to Tokyo Disneyland with his girlfriend that previous weekend (an extremely popular go-to place for couples, friends and family).
She had also brought back some omiyage (I forget where from):
Every Tuesday the Badminton club meets at a different location. This time my friend invited me to go, and since badminton is one of the few sports I can play (sadly), I agreed to go although I have only really ever played it as a kid for fun. The gym was located in Higashiyama Kouen station, and because it's Japan you have to have separate indoor shoes for playing inside the gym. I of course assumed I could play in the sneakers I came in, but since they're considered dirty, I had to wipe the bottoms of my shoes before entering.
I was the only non-Japanese person there, so I attracted a lot of attention, but in a good way I guess because many people wanted to talk to me.
Since I've only played badminton for fun, it was my first time seeing people actually train for it. It was pretty intense; they were even practicing smash shots. It was also my first time playing a match with points and everything :P
I had my friend take a video for me; those who understand Japanese might find it amusing:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151130264696733
After badminton I was pretty hungry (we played for like 3 hours) and so a few of us went to a nearby Gaston (family restaurant).
On Thursday I went to a Korean restaurant close to our dorm (by Cafe de Cozy-Cozy) with 2 friends. It was pretty good, and a nice change from the usual Japanese/Indian food I eat. =P
The 3 of us :)
Last week we didn't have school on Mon,Tue and Wednesday, so a lot of people traveled from the previous Friday to Wednesday (people went to places like Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Korea, etc.). I decided to stay in Nagoya and go to the school festival.
Starting from the university entrance, there were tons of little stands lining the main path that runs straight through campus. Most of them are clubs/circles trying to raise money for their clubs.
They were a little assertive when trying to get people to buy their stuff, although it was nothing compared to sellers in India and China :P Here's a video I took trying to capture that; it was Sunday so it was really crowded:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151138624916733
It's not a Japanese school festival without a haunted house. I really liked their poster:
One of my friends is part of the sadou club, and she invited me to come participate in their tea ceremony to raise money for their club. I was slightly disappointed though because it just consisted of us sitting in desks and drinking tea, not a traditional sadou. But it was because they had many groups of people to go through and they needed to be as quick as possible (and a traditional ceremony is extremely slow).
I thought the okashi was cute though; it says Nanzan :)
My dorm-mate bumped into one of his friends, who was dressed as Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist from Fullmetal Alchemist! I HAD to take a picture with him:
A clown on stilts, roaming the Green Area and entertaining the children:
So I went to the festival with no intention of buying any food, but in the end I spent around 600 yen or so; I couldn't help myself! I bought some sweet dango (Japanese-style dumplings similar to mochi).
When we were about to leave the festival, this band came on and started playing. Their sounds were so unique, we weren't able to pull ourselves away for a long time. I took a couple videos of them playing:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151138665416733
At the end we were able to get a picture with them!
Afterwards we waited for over an hour for our friend to finish up the sadou stuff so we could talk to her (we weren't able to at all before). She was so pretty in her kimono:
And kind of random but, during karaoke last week I drank this sparkling wine cocktail thing which was pretty good. We sang for 3 hours straight; it was a good night :)
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