Day 02

    I get curry for breakfast!?  This day started off wonderfully!!  The curry had red pickles served with it, along with a "hanpen".  A fish mixture filled with MORE CURRY.  Curry tastes wonderful when it sits, which is a wonderful thing about it-- It ages like wine. (^ v ~)

    After breakfast, Masami and I headed out to the local book store.  I didn't buy anything, but it was fun too look around.  I found lots of Persona stuff, along with cosplay magazines, and Gotcha Gotchas-- the machines you put money in and out pops a plastic ball with a toy or candy.  In Japan, they're all toys of sorts, and I ended up trying out the Kamen Rider one.  I got one of the newest characters, so I am not familiar with him yet-- but his eyes light up!! (^ o ^)

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    Lunch time!!  Masami and I stopped by the grocery store on the way home for lunch and ran into one of her friends.  Masami told me that her friend enjoys the Katekyo Hitman Reborn series... and for about five minutes straight, her friend and I talked the entire time, leaving my aunt with a clueless look on her face.  It was fun!! She told me her favorite character is Mukuro, and I told her that mine was Gokudera-- Immediately after that, we both realized that we could style our own hair as each other's favorite characters.  (> v <-)  And we both have chibi figures and a hi-bird in our rooms.

    Once the conversation was over, I picked out some drinks and a pasta salad for lunch.  At home, Masami made me some takoyaki (bread balls filled with octopus) to go along with my pasta salad!  What a great food day~!  For dessert, I had a Calpico chocolate strawberry 'ice cream' candy.  It was sweet, but not too sweet.  Aside from the taste, it was light yet satisfying~

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    Mireka arrived home.  We played Taiko no Tatsujin; a Taiko drum game on the Wii that had many songs that I actually knew!  Such as a opening for Pokemon, a song by BASEBALL BEAR, and even a Naruto song!  The ones that I didn't do so well on, Mireka did almost perfect on and vice-versa.  Once we got bored with it, we played Wii Party!  I got to make my own Mii character and I learned some Japanese terms for the sake of all of the mini games!  I didn't do too badly on it, and neither did Mireka.  There are lots of different types of challenges, from balance to speed to pure luck!

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    Right before dinner, I got a call from a friend of the family who currently resides in Japan.  Mrs. Fuji, said that she would like to meet up with me!  We have plans to see each other next Thursday for lunch somewhere in Yokohama.  I'm excited for this~

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    My cousin Miriya left for karate while I had dinner with my cousins Mireka and Miina.  Their mother created a handful of dishes with potato, katsuobushi (fish diced into dried flakes) and spinach, steamed fish and a bowl of white rice.  The different flavors complimented each other with sweet, salty, and vinegary.

    Before Miriya left, I said that I would accept his Pokemon battle challenge, but before he could get home I was already in my pajamas.  I was so tired I practically passed out right when he arrived home.  Once i told him "Good night", he was a little sad, but he was also very tired and hungry from karate.  Looks like I'll have a challenge tomorrow!  He's very confident that his team will be stronger than mine.  I have been training my Pokemon Black version team in hopes of making them all level 100-- since that's where he's at.  The big difference between his team and mine will be that he will have almost all legendary Pokemon and I don't have any.  I'll be sure to report my Pokemon adventures!