Today's Randomness!
Original scheme for the day: To be out of the house. To see snow and general adventure. With a bit of shenanigans and tomfoolery to boot.
Original destination: Hirakata
Reason: Snow Park. (Fake snow!)
Time to destination: 26minutes on the subway and Keihan trains.
Actual scheme: To be out of the house. To see snow and general adventure. With a bit of shenanigans and tomfoolery to boot.
Actual destination: Kusatsu
Reason: why the heck not!
Time to destination: 65 minutes on uber fast JR.
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I have lived in Japan for almost a year. Lived through the icky gross summer (my least favourite season) and now that winter is upon us and is soon to depart for the gross season again, don't I deserve to see the one thing I have never seen in all my years of life? Yes, I have never seen snow. And apparently it is now avoiding me. Don't know how or why it chooses to do that, but it is! It's a conspiracy. Its not like I haven't tried. I know it doesn't snow really at all in Osaka, but I have been to the places where it does snow! I have been to Kyoto, Nagoya, Hiroshima and Nara every weekend! But still to no avail!!!
So today, started out like any other day...me sleeping in and then thinking that I have to do my laundry. Next thought -'screw the laundry, where does that train go!'. Which is exactly what happened!
I was going to go to the Snow Park in Hirakata city, but seriously I haven't seen snow to this point, fake snow just doesn't cut it! I am determined to say I saw real snow or that I have lived in Japan for a year and never saw it! There is no halfsies! So I decided that I would head to Kyoto, there is meant to be snow there! At the station, the next uber fast train was bound for Tsuruga. I always wanted to go there! what?? it sounds like a song we used to play on DDR.
Anyway, I got on, and while I sooo wanted to stay on the train till the end, it was late in the afternoon, so I choose to get off in Kusatsu. (been there before for work, but didn't explore the area.) and hey there is meant to be a Lake or something.
I wandered down the main street if you can call it a mainstreet. and found a shopping mall arrrrrggghh to much hanging with Americans centre. Found some niffty shops that sold real pasta!!! the kind that is spinach and riccotta filled pillows of pastalike goodness! and real tea forgummical to help with sleeping! Then there was random guy selling Japanse sweets, who was awesome! He gave me an extra 3! declaring it as service! lol. Then of all places I go, i cannot resist! clothes I can actually wear! there was a Uniqlo. Got me some bargains! go the end of season sale, before the end of season!
Where by it felt like the time to find me a train home. Go the uber special rapid! However in the true Japanes style, I glanced at the delays board just to check before finding my train. The JR loop line had been delayed due to "Human Damage Accident". Hmmmmm. Not so good, but as always weird combination of words! I shouldn't laugh, but human damage??
I made it back to Shin Osaka in time for my tummy to rumble and declare its need for food. But I got a bit delayed in fulfilling this need caus there was a bag sale right at my exit! so I may have bought another bag...it was only 10 bucks!! Finally there was food and an awesomely wonderful conversation with my boy! Woooooo! Which also consisted of finding out why my DS was on the fritz! Yay!! more puzzle games for me!
Now I should sleep.
Oh my day even got a theme song! Weird, I know, but when you actually hear something in English it tends to get stuck in your head!
Theme song for the day: Yellow submarine.
Original destination: Hirakata
Reason: Snow Park. (Fake snow!)
Time to destination: 26minutes on the subway and Keihan trains.
Actual scheme: To be out of the house. To see snow and general adventure. With a bit of shenanigans and tomfoolery to boot.
Actual destination: Kusatsu
Reason: why the heck not!
Time to destination: 65 minutes on uber fast JR.
">s83.photobucket.com/albums/j317/zuish/
I have lived in Japan for almost a year. Lived through the icky gross summer (my least favourite season) and now that winter is upon us and is soon to depart for the gross season again, don't I deserve to see the one thing I have never seen in all my years of life? Yes, I have never seen snow. And apparently it is now avoiding me. Don't know how or why it chooses to do that, but it is! It's a conspiracy. Its not like I haven't tried. I know it doesn't snow really at all in Osaka, but I have been to the places where it does snow! I have been to Kyoto, Nagoya, Hiroshima and Nara every weekend! But still to no avail!!!
So today, started out like any other day...me sleeping in and then thinking that I have to do my laundry. Next thought -'screw the laundry, where does that train go!'. Which is exactly what happened!
I was going to go to the Snow Park in Hirakata city, but seriously I haven't seen snow to this point, fake snow just doesn't cut it! I am determined to say I saw real snow or that I have lived in Japan for a year and never saw it! There is no halfsies! So I decided that I would head to Kyoto, there is meant to be snow there! At the station, the next uber fast train was bound for Tsuruga. I always wanted to go there! what?? it sounds like a song we used to play on DDR.
Anyway, I got on, and while I sooo wanted to stay on the train till the end, it was late in the afternoon, so I choose to get off in Kusatsu. (been there before for work, but didn't explore the area.) and hey there is meant to be a Lake or something.
I wandered down the main street if you can call it a mainstreet. and found a shopping mall arrrrrggghh to much hanging with Americans centre. Found some niffty shops that sold real pasta!!! the kind that is spinach and riccotta filled pillows of pastalike goodness! and real tea forgummical to help with sleeping! Then there was random guy selling Japanse sweets, who was awesome! He gave me an extra 3! declaring it as service! lol. Then of all places I go, i cannot resist! clothes I can actually wear! there was a Uniqlo. Got me some bargains! go the end of season sale, before the end of season!
Where by it felt like the time to find me a train home. Go the uber special rapid! However in the true Japanes style, I glanced at the delays board just to check before finding my train. The JR loop line had been delayed due to "Human Damage Accident". Hmmmmm. Not so good, but as always weird combination of words! I shouldn't laugh, but human damage??
I made it back to Shin Osaka in time for my tummy to rumble and declare its need for food. But I got a bit delayed in fulfilling this need caus there was a bag sale right at my exit! so I may have bought another bag...it was only 10 bucks!! Finally there was food and an awesomely wonderful conversation with my boy! Woooooo! Which also consisted of finding out why my DS was on the fritz! Yay!! more puzzle games for me!
Now I should sleep.
Oh my day even got a theme song! Weird, I know, but when you actually hear something in English it tends to get stuck in your head!
Theme song for the day: Yellow submarine.