Every Moment, Filled With Laughter

 Today was a Sunday. This meant 'NO SCHOOL!!!' 😁😁😁 In Jishukan, a Sunday was weekend for the students. The night before Okasaan told me " don't worry, you don't have to wake up early. You can sleep in". I am glad she said that as I was able to catch up on sleep that I missed out on over past 3 days. 

Waking up around 9ish, I changed and had breakfast. Since, later on the day, my buddy and I were going to the Tanabata fesitval, we changed into Yukata's. After fully getting ready, we headed out. Otosan took us out to for a drive where we headed towards Odawara castle. The castle was sooo HUGE and BEAUTIFUL. After the castle sightseeing, we rested for a while. Following on from that we headed to a resturtant in that area that was famous for their Soba (cold noodles). It was my first time eating soba and it actually Oshii. I loved eating the tempura maybe it's cause I really love eating shrimp. Overall soba was pretty nice. During the meal, we got into conversations such as they were asking me about famous foods back in New Zealand to how I am finding Japan right now. It was cute to see my parents trying their hardest to talk to me. One thing that was amazing about Japanese was their excellent customer service. The lady forgot my buddies order and when my okasaan reminded her she felt so bad that she kept on bring free drinks and desserts. Even we we finished and was leaving, the chef also came out and apologised for their mistake. I was impressed at how good customer service in Japan is. 

After lunch, me and my buddy separated from our parents. Saying goodbye to them and with only 3 minutes left, we began to run. I am going to say this a lot, but Yukata is honestly really hard to manage. Especially if you are running and the slit keeps opening up. Just barely making it to the train station, we caught the next train to Hirastuka, where our friends were waiting for us. 

Wearing a yukata and walking around, I felt a bit awkward but my buddy told me not to worry as it was quite normal. One thing that I have come to relaise is that wearing a Yukata is REALLY DIFFICULT. I don't know how people in Japan manage that.
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