i didn't think april fools existed in japan,
so it didn't even cross my mind.
this morning my host mom told me a bomb
went off in the tokyo subway so i wouldn't be able to go to school.
after trying to keep a straight face watching my reaction, "USO!!! HONTO NI???? YABAI!!!",
she asked me what day it is. I said, "thursday?"
she cracked up and said, "no, no, what month is it? what day is it?"
i thought about it for a second, and then we both started laughing hysterically.
it was great.
so it didn't even cross my mind.
this morning my host mom told me a bomb
went off in the tokyo subway so i wouldn't be able to go to school.
after trying to keep a straight face watching my reaction, "USO!!! HONTO NI???? YABAI!!!",
she asked me what day it is. I said, "thursday?"
she cracked up and said, "no, no, what month is it? what day is it?"
i thought about it for a second, and then we both started laughing hysterically.
it was great.
then getting off the bus today, there were some kids playing outside. the wind blew my hat
off so they all laughed at me and ran over to me to let me know how funny they thought it was.
they asked me if i was american. when i said yes, one of the little boys yelled "AMERICAAAAAAN!!!!!!!" which sent at least 10 more little kids running over eager to talk to me (and jump on me). a few of the probably 8 year old dudes really wanted to know if i've ever kissed a girl before, and when they got the answer they wanted they looked at eachother and went "HEEEEEEEEEE!!!!????". then they asked me to take pictures of them. one of them thought it would be cool to pretend he was Buddha. i hope they let me hang out with them again soon so we can talk about girls and video games.
went to a baseball game tuesday night at yokohama stadium.
tokyo giants vs. yokohama bay stars.
i rooted for the home team, but only because they gave me free yokohama gear
and sat me right in the middle of the yokohama crowd, which went absolutely ballistic the whole
game. the cheers they came up with for japanese baseball are completely outrageous.
it was a blast. and i caught a foul ball.
and also, on the train to yokohama, which is about a 25 minute straight shot south from tokyo,
i finally saw mount fuji peeking out in the distance. i seriously bolted up out of my seat and yelled
MOUNT FUJI! the Js on the train thought it was pretty funny. i didn't get over it for the rest of the night.
beautiful sight.
tokyo giants vs. yokohama bay stars.
i rooted for the home team, but only because they gave me free yokohama gear
and sat me right in the middle of the yokohama crowd, which went absolutely ballistic the whole
game. the cheers they came up with for japanese baseball are completely outrageous.
it was a blast. and i caught a foul ball.
and also, on the train to yokohama, which is about a 25 minute straight shot south from tokyo,
i finally saw mount fuji peeking out in the distance. i seriously bolted up out of my seat and yelled
MOUNT FUJI! the Js on the train thought it was pretty funny. i didn't get over it for the rest of the night.
beautiful sight.
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