Today was my first day back in Japanese lessons for the year, and I could not for the life of me remember when it was supposed to be. I knew that we had changed it, but I couldn’t find my Japanese teachers phone number, and she didn’t reply to my emails, so I just decided to strike out for Akashi and wander around to kill time if necessary. In the end, I had enough time to sort out my study notes, do a little bit of revision over a cup of tea, and then met with Kojima-sensei for my regular 2 hour Japanese lesson at the Akashi International Association (1 on 1 lesson with a lovely teacher for 2 hours for 250 yen!). I wrote a story in Japanese about my holiday, and she was so happy with it that she photocopied it to take home and show her husband (I assume they will stick it to the fridge to remember my awesomeness). After the lesson, I had a coffee and some bakery goods with Kojima-sensei. She is so lovely, and I will miss her when I leave Japan.
When I got back to Okubo, I met up with Jodie at our place. We were considering riding her new bike to her place this afternoon, but as the sun was already getting low, we decided to give it a miss, wait for Sam to finish work and go to an izakaya instead! It ended up being one of the more expensive izakaya trips – I think for the amount of umeshu (plum wine) we drank, we would have been better off with nomihoudai (all you can drink). But we got to take Jodes to our favourite izakaya, had a lovely night out, a lot of karaage (my favourite fried chicken!), and even managed to convince Jodes to stay the night. Sam showed off his Sonic 2 skills while we feigned interest, then we all headed to bed.
Food Highlight of the Day: The walnut bread I shared with Kojima-sensei.
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