All the girls!
Karoke
Kato-san! And his Birthday "Cake"
Gummy lips are the best
We miss you all!!Thursday June 17 Day 15:
Today marks the official 2-week cap of our trip here in Japan. Time seems to be flying by, full of new food and people, but the excitement about being here has never lessened. Oh and hey my dad is here now J. Time to celebrate the first time I will see my dad since early May! So, we met him early in the morning for breakfast at his hotel. We proceeded to have the best breakfast of our entire trip, even though salad and toast had become a favorite of ours. After having a wonderful breakfast and planning to meet for the weekend, Bean and I headed to work. Our main source of excitement today was looking forward to this get together with a handful of coworkers tonight from 7-9. Almost everything about tonight was a mystery and a necessary secret since not everyone had been invited. BUT before all that excitement we had yet another official workday ahead of us. Instead of being confined to my beautifully decorated (or lack there of) cubicle for the entire day, the afternoon would be spent visiting more supermarkets with Seya-san. With the morning moving slow, or fast (I can’t remember), a PB&J lunch time was soon here. And, what did we do you ask? The two of us ate lunch in the large meeting room where we proceeded to make sandwiches and play hang man on the board. We played several rounds, laughing hysterically and nervously looking out the open door to see if people could hear us. Just when we started writing love notes to our fellow laxers, Sam-san came in and told us that we can print whatever was on the board with one simple press of a button. Trying not to be embarrassed about the fact that he was showing us how to print a large drawn heart with “Laxers + Bean and Wigs” in the middle, we just smiled. Soon after our ridiculous lunch playtime, Seya-san gathered us up (the babies) and we headed towards the subway. Arriving in an area of Japan that used to be a sea 500 years ago, we visited 3 supermarkets. We laughed for hours and made Seya-san lose her breathe in laughter as we took our usual random sleep photos, talked about how Koji-san calls us his babies, and yelled continuous questions her way. We had about 30 min left of work when we got back so we just typed up our data for the afternoon and walked back to the hotel to get money for tonight. For 4000 yen we had 2+ hours of unlimited drinks and Japanese candy at a traditional Japanese hang out from the 1950s. We were not just with 7 coworkers, but now 7 of our closest and newest Japanese friends. We spent time telling stories, eating the 5 dishes included (balls of fried octopus, edamame, yakisoba, ham, and pizza) and candy, and drinking (more like watching Kato-san drink ha). The candy consisted of many weird things like squid on a stick and random unnamed things, but we gladly found gummy lips that we proceeded to take photos with. Also, apparently in Japan it is not rude to scream "Excuse me" (Sumimasen) to the waiter and waitresses. So, our Japanese friends had an absolute blast making us scream SUMIMASEN at the top of lungs throughout the restaurant every time they wanted a refill. It was absolutely hilarious and left the entire table, including us, laughing...we are really getting the cultural experience. Finally, near the end of our dinner, we realized that we were mainly out to celebrate Kato-san’s upcoming birthday, which made the night even better! And, of course because Kato-san loves karaoke and even has a membership card (ha), we ended up at a karaoke bar afterwards. Absolutely the funniest part of the night! We sang classic songs for hours and our voices filled the private room. Bean and I basically sang to each other and laughed at Kato-san’s hilarious face/singing. Afterwards we missed the last train so Koji rode with us in a taxi. All in all…this was the best night because Bean and I really felt like we had friends here in Japan. We absolutely love every single one of them and it was a night that we will talk about forever…I even hugged Koji-san which technically isn’t “normal” behavior...woops ha.
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