The drink book-the hearts are how dangerous the drink is!
Our orientation session today centered around our host families and their expectations, ect. It was kind of long..so I will not go in to it here.
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Next, the Waseda students took us on a LONG tour of the campus-I will be lucky if I can remember any buildings at all. They also took us to a cell phone shop so we could get cell phone information and forms (We need our alien registration cards before we can get one). Having cell phones explained to me in Japanese was very confusing...I am not sure I would even understand in English. But the Waseda students helped us fill out the forms. We had some delicious Indian food for lunch, and then headed back to the hotel to rest.
Su and I were accompanied by 2 students where I taught them all "Great Dalmuti"...a card game that is unfortunately very hard to explain in Japanese. They thought the levels of power you can have in the game very exciting.
Afterwards, we went for a pizza dinner at a nearby restaurant. Now you may think pizza in Japan wouldn't be very good, but it was probably the best pizza I have ever had. It had some weird toppings, but it was very good.
After dinner, we were given information of the hostfamilies we were to meet tomorrow. My family, the Koshi family:
Mom: Kiyoko, 32--homemaker and part time student
Dad: Yoshikazu, 42--fireman!
Brother: Taigetsu, 5--Kindergardener. Under hobbies, he listed "dinosaur." :)
I meet my host family today at 1:00pm!! (or 13:00...) I am so excited!!!
After the restaurant, the Waseda students took us to a British style pub. Drinking is VERY popular in Japan!!! In our orientation booklet, the gave us information on how to perform their form of shots correctly...very strange. I took a picture of one of the pages on the menu- the hearts you see are how dangerous the drink is...I have never been to a bar in America, so I do not know if we do this too, but I thought it was pretty funny. :) Also, they had a scary looking mystery drink....very strange. In addition, it is illeagal to encourage someone to drink. In the US, we often chant "drink, drink!" but that is not ok here, especially if that drunk person gets hurt. (the blame falls on you!)
2 comments:
Maddy it sounds like such a good time! Continue to keep us updated!
1. Back in'01 when I went to Japan, I had a 'seafood' pizza that looked horrendous - but was actually really really delicious: pizza sauce, cheese, squid, octopus, etc.
Pizza in Japan is actually a delicacy of some sorts - just look at the price! It's like $40 for a normal pizza!!!!!
2. The picture of the hearts rating the level of the drinks reminds me of Zelda.
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