What I have been doing in my spare time..........

Hello again!


Now for my final post of the day: what I have been doing in my spare time.

Food

Seem to be eating out a lot. Sushi, Ramen, Bentos, Okinomiayaki pretty much everything that is shoved infront of me. Some things I've had I haven't liked (squid tenticle stuck in my throat or "Octopus balls") but the food is so good here! Not too pricy either. The 100 yen Lawson shop near my house has been a Mecca for cheap food too.

Drinking

I keep going to bars and people keep buying me drinks! I met up with quite a few people and these people will not take no for an answer. I met a group of students who were in a choir in a bar near my house. They sang a very old Japanese song for me. There are many bars and resturants near my house! Including a very loud train. There is also a dog cafe on my street:

Cafe ground floor, hairdresser first!

Often you can buy all you can eat and drink for a few hours for maybe £30! The ALTs and I will go out after a meal or get a few beers and watch a film. We went out to Dotombori which is the second biggest nightlife district in Japan. The place was packed with bars and made looking people. Japanese people love being sick in the street!

A group of ALTs, teachers and Japanese friends

Need to order something? Well do it on this touch screen!

My neighbour on the left with a couple of ALTs and Ayane

The longest Keiten (conveyor belt) Sushi in the world

I can't stop eating Sushi, so cheap! Maybe £1 a plate!

Tennoji Nightlife District

All you can eat and drink! Count the beers!

Karaoke only after a few drinks!

Sumiyoshi Shrine

There is a popular and famous shrine about 10 mins cycle from my house. I got to see a wedding when I was there. This place is so beautiful and very old.

The famous old bridge

Gate

The wedding taking place

Inside one of the old buildings

A rabbit shaped fountain where you clense yourself on entry.

The after wedding photo "cheezu"

Grace and Danny on the bridge

The square

Taekwondo

I met a guy in a bar who ran his own Taekwondo classes. I thought I should try a martial art (even though it's Korean). Here is a picture of me in action:

I like this picture, but I don't think its my kind of thing!

Nara

A group of us went to Nara for the day. It was only 40 mins from Osaka by train. We saw the biggest wooden building in the world, killer deer amongst many other things. I really liked the place! The weather was perfect!

Oh-deer!

So big, not busy, great weather!

The reason I came to Japan!

The biggest wooden building in the world.......

....housing one of the biggest Buddhas in the world. The head is a different colour because
of the many earthquakes and wars that chopped it off!

Climbing through the nostril sized snose to gain enlightenment.

Here deery deery deery.

Another one of Nara's epic buildings!

The group. Enjoying a nice day at Nara

Angela: deer whisperer

Kevin-Sensei getting mauled. Deer biscuits for very cheap!

Rows of stone lanterns