In Nagoya, which only took about an hour and a half to get to there by car, I went shopping, pretty much the whole time. I went into a mall with six floors of the most fashionable women, men, and children's clothes I have ever seen- but some what on the expensive side. The clothes were all so fashionable and unique, and there were all different types of shops for whatever style you can rock; this has been the usual when I go shopping here! Yet, sometimes it is hard to find my size in certain things- it's the worst feeling when you see the cutest pair of pants and they look like they would barely fit a toddler, but most of the time I can find my size in shirts, dresses, and shoes.
It was great to see the "night life" in Nagoya as well; the fashion, city lights, music, dancing, and crowds.
I had a great time, and I was clearly amazed by everything around me. I hope to return to Nagoya, and maybe not spend so much money ¥¥¥!
The next day I went to Kobe, Japan with some classmates and Sensei Okuma, my high school's world history teacher. They invited me along to join them for the day. We got their by train, which took a while, maybe 2 hours, but I didn't mind cause I got the chance to speak to the students and get to know them more.
When we first got there, we went to China Town. Who would think that there would be a China Town in Japan??? It was very cool, and so much to see, eat, and buy! The food, obviously Chinese, was delicious. People were waiting in hour lines just to order certain foods. Also, there were many traditional Chinese decorations around- like dragons and lanterns.
Later, we did some street shopping, it was very busy the day we went, so shopping was kind of difficult to do. Plus, I had little money...thanks to Nagoya! UGH HAHA! Next, Sensai ( Note: this is mostly what you call your teachers, you may have heard the word before, it's a title of respect) and I went into the mountains were there was much German and British influence in the area. There, we went into the "Old Thomas House of 1909," which was the house of a German family that settled in Japan and brought with them bread and pastry recipes with them. Now, Kobe is know for their bread, candies, and desserts; there were MANY shops selling these items, SO DELICIOUS! It was great that I got to go with Sensei because he taught me a lot of things. Since he is a world history teacher, he was very knowledgeable on Kobe and its history; very smart man, he is great!
Like Nagoya, Kobe was very city like. Yet, there was much more to see like mountain areas and Kobe sea port. I was so fortunate to be invited to Kobe, I learned so much and made some new friends from school.
Here are some other things I did:
- tried Tofu Donuts- SO tasty & healthy
- went to Prada and Louis Vuitton- Beautiful clothes/purses, but nothing my Visa card could cover :(
- visited a Cat Cafe which is basically a cafe, with random cats walking around you can play with and dress up. Japan is so funny sometimes!
- went into a pet shop and saw some exotic fish and snakes! My worst fear in snakes.............
- eat octopus for the first time, (In Japanese: ta/ko, タコ)
- saw 2 Japanese weddings - very cute
- Purikura with friends ( the Japanese photo booths)
- saw an International school- I wonder what it would be like to go to one?
- went to a tea shop called Musica Tea, that imported tea from all over the world, mostly India. I ordered Peanut Butter tea- YUM!<3
I uploaded my photos from Nagoya and Kobe to my Flickr, so you can go look at them!
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