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July 7th, 2015: Training day 6. Another day of training another day of training finished. We’ve been doing demo lessons and learning how each level of teaching is supposed to flow. We desperately needed to go grocery shopping tonight and thats when I found a bottle of mystery liquor... 4 L of 25% for $16!? (20%alc. for $14 right next to it) I have a very strong hunch this may be nail polish remover, Google translate tells me is some form of Sake.
July 6th, 2015: Training Day 4. Tonight we finished later and were pretty wiped after training but on our way home through the Asunal shopping center we saw this awesome neon tree. This was our first time passing it at night and during the day its a little hard to conceptualize random neon on the side of a building as a tree. It was pretty cool none the less!
July 5th, 2015: Today we went to Higashiyama Zoo, home of the “Sexy Gorilla”. As a zoo it was somewhat depressing, our impression was that they were once a very good and on the cutting edge of enclosure habitat/layout, but nowadays falls short. The new exhibits such as the Koala exhibit were actually really awesome exhibits and not only because there was this super cute baby! Unfortunately we didn’t get to see Shabani the sexy gorilla but we did have a lot of fun! Make sure to check out Zoo Critic’s post on Higashiyama Zoo or our blog yyz2ngo!
July 4th, 2015: Today we finally remembered to take a picture of our tiny bathtub! We’ve discovered that if I sit the other way I can actually fill the tub enough to get my knees and shoulders underwater! Its actually pretty tall and as you can see, slightly raised off the ground, Allison has to hop to get into the tub. By no means is his more comfortable than a western style tub.. but it will do. That window on the grey unit next to the tub is to see if the gas light is still on... yes... that’s right... we need to get the gas going to have hot water in our apartment.
July 3rd, 2015: Training day 3. Today we went out for dinner at a cool little cafe/restaurant called ii cugino. Its a nice little spot we found for pasta on the second night we were in Japan. Tonight we had the dessert sampler plate... every single one of them looked better than they tasted... but still tasted pretty yummy!
July 2nd, 2015: Today was a bit of a slow day, day 2 training, but on our way out the door we saw this pretty rad beetle hanging out next to our front door. It’s a Japanese Beetle, I remember these bad boys back in Canada destroying my Grandma’s raspberry garden, but this one was at least double the size of any one I saw in Canada.
July 1st, 2015: Day 1 of training. Today was a lot of paperwork and going over general stuff, today was also the day when we had to fill out our applications for our bank accounts. Now in Canada, a signature is how we prove our identity and authorization, in Japan this is typically done with a hanko (a stamp/seal). In Japan, hanko’s are a special unique replicable signature, Canadian signatures are not. When filling out official documents your signature/hanko is blown up many times to make sure there are no minute differences, if there are... it fails and the form is null/void. I had to fill out the bank form 3 separate times because I couldn’t make the necessary 2 signatures 100% identical.
June 30th, 2015: Today we went to do a little sight seeing at Nagoya Castle! It was pretty amazing. A large portion was bombed during the war so its currently under renovation, but the castle itself was beautiful! Climbing to the top was well worth it to see the city of Nagoya from a totally different angle. The grounds were also home to a 600 year old Nutmeg tree; the only natural national monument in Nagoya!
June 28th, 2015: After 2 horrendous sleeps, Allison and I caved and bought a mattress pad that almost literally doubled the thickness of our bed. Our nights have been much more pleasant since. The next issues was that bright window in the background. This picture was taken at night.... there is a light right outside our bedroom. We solved that issue by covering our window in tin foil.
June 27th, 2015: Today we decided to go for a walk in Tsurumai Park (the park near our house) and stumbled upon a beautiful lotus garden! There were 5 or 6 old men painting there but this one was the best artist and angle. This was the highlight of the park but the entire park was equally beautiful. It’s home to a huge gazebo, a baseball field, tonnes of Cherry trees, a few large ponds, and many other things. We’ve been told that this park is the best spot in Nagoya for watching the cherry blossoms!
June 26th, 2015. Today Allison and I arrived in Japan! It’s pretty surreal at this point, and my brain still has no hope of processing this...