Friday:
I was really tired from the week, I had some rough experiences that really took a toll on my body and left me to wonder whether or not I was going to go to Mutsu. We had the SIFA cooking class on Thursday evening and I got home late from that, which was a ton of fun as always. I got to see the whole Mutsu gang and Alex B. led the cooki
ng with some amazing Australian recipes. So anyway, I was really tired when I got back from school on Friday and after messing around on the internet, it was around 6:00 PM when I wanted to nap. I got a call from Alex Q. and decided to go to Mutsu. I got to Mike's place and Alex was talking to Dave. We chatted for awhile and then went to Discovery Cafe where we had some western food, pizza and gratin and shared a dessert with each other! After, we decided to go to karaoke with some of the SIFA women and Keiko was amongst them! After belting out song after song with Alex and friends (Alex Q. is really good by the way), we avoided going out with Satoko and then went to a bar called, "One Love," which by the title, one would assume it is a reggae-themed bar, which it was. I got to meet Ichiro, the owner and the workers there. They were awesome and it was exactly the kind of place I want to hang out at frequently. Alex and I chilled there for a couple hours, maybe more. Like 11:30-3:00... OK, that is more than a couple hours, but it was fun. I made some new friends and Alex bought me drinks. I also got a drink paid by a woman I met there. So nice to be friendly and a little flirt! ;) Afterwards, Ichiro, Alex, Miyoko (sp?) went out for ramen to a nice, quaint place in Tanabu. It was amazing to have some food after some drinking. We headed back to Mike's place to crash. It was so good to sleep!Saturday:
Waking up to the doorbell ringing and then Alex B. jumping on me was not so good. After making a quick and groggy decision, I decided to go on the hike that Amy had organized! The hike was amazing! The people that went were Amy, Alex B., Toby, Mike and Carly R. It was a hard trek to the top, but well worth it. I think it took us about 1 hour
to reach the summit, but the view was breathless. It was ridiculous! We did some cliff jumping! And Amy led us on her more, "manly" adventures which was scaling and bouldering... We came back down and then went to Bon Cafe for their famous beef curry ball with melty, gooey cheese on the inside. Afterward, Mike and I headed back to his place to shower and take naps. We were both really exhausted. I took a nice, long one and then settled for poker around 6:00, but more like 6:30 PM. It was good. It was Mike, Alex, Toby, Kazuyo and I. I felt bad because Kazuyo, Keiko and another girl I can't remember the name of started to make food for us to eat. Gabriel and Keiko later joined us. It was not a good night for Alex B. or Gabriel as they bought in a couple times each. It was good for me until Dave started playing late and I got hammered by him. Also, Keiko killed me on a couple head to head rounds. My decision making abilities were a little questionable as I consumed three large cans of 酎ハイ (chu-hai, or flavoured souchu with a fruit taste, usually) in very short periods of time. Everyone left around 12:00 AM and then we went to bed!Sunday:
Sunday was Mike and I's lazy day! We woke up late and kind of stumbled around. We decided to do a lot of shopping that day. First, we found Autobacs where they could changed my way overdue oil and we walked to the Aeon on the four corners of Mutsu. After that, we went back to Autobacs, got the car and went to other shopping venues in Mutsu. The big Maeda was one of the places we went to and I had to get more money from the ATM. One social faux pas, wait until the people in the ATM are finished before barging in and scaring the shite out of them. Nice surprise though, I got more money from my CO for something. It was like two paychecks! So I splurged a little! ;) I had soccer that night in Ohata, so I asked Mike if he wanted to go and
he said yes, so we were going to leave to go back to Oma, then back to Ohata for practice and then back to my place to spend the night. Dave decided to come and I was happy for people to just come to my place. We got to Oma, I started to cook some brown rice! Mike and I went to the practice and saw Akiko there whilst Dave walked around Oma. It was a fun practice except I didn't have socks and got blisters from wearing my shoes on my barefeet! I also hurt my lower back and was barely to walk afterward. We made our way back to Oma and I cooked mabodofu and reheated some miso soup for my guests. I also made some soba with fish sauce to dip in. Afterward, I set up the beds upstairs and we went to bed.Monday:
We had to leave early in the morning the next day because Dave was going to Hakodate with his girlfriend, Miki. We got back and realized we need more things for the trip to the beach. We went to Sunday and picked up more bungee cords, a cooler a lighter and a towel. After that we got some ice and drinks and was ready for the trip to the beach in Rokkasho. We decided to take the 279, then the 179, but not before stopping at the Yokohama visitors center! I really had to go to the bathroom and when I came out, we were both hungry. We sat down in the restaurant and ordered. I had some カツカレー (katsu kare) and Mike had some type of gyodon. I can't really remember. After a delicious meal where army guys stared at us for speaking English and maybe because Mike was white, we headed off to the treacherous 179 where the tank tackled it! We stopped to take a picture of the scary bear sign and were off! I would rank the 179 in being the third best route to take to get to Rokkasho for time, but for the fun factor, definitely the best! We got to Rokkasho and the surf was great. We went to the beach we surfed at last (can't remember the name) and the waves were pretty poor. (I think it has to do with the tide breakers off the beach), so we went to the other beach after some disc throwing. When we got to the other beach, the surf was much better! Shinniya beach is more suited for surfing and you could tell it was the "haven" in Rokkasho as many of the locals were there. Mike hit up the waves and I sat on the beach and read a little bit of, "A Scanner Darkly." After a while, I got sleepy and decided to try out the flatbed in my tank. I
t was nice, but I drifted in and out sleep. When Mike was done, we went to Roca Poca. After a good 1.5 hours there (where I didn't lose my keys!!!!) we headed out to dinner. We re-enacted the date between Mike and Ayuko, where I was the women and it was a lot of fun. Then we headed back to the beach where we started a bonfire. The wood we collected earlier really helped us out, but we had to make a couple trips back to the beach to keep the fire going. It lasted a long time until we decided to sleep. The flatbed was kind of uncomfortable for me plus I got bitten by mosquitoes all night long. A lot of mods coming to that bed and tank soon...Tuesday:
I was woken up by the call of Angella-nuna and she told me she was not coming to the beach that day. It was OK, I was too sleepy to even care at that point. I got back into the truck and fell back asleep. When I finally woke up later, Mike was up and ready to hit the waves. The waves were very good and there were a lot of locals in the water all vying for a spot to catch a wave. Unfortunately for Mike, this meant he would not be able to get as many as he would have liked. It started to rain and when Mike came in, I told him Ayuko and Kiyomi were not going to meet us because of it. We headed out and went to Eunjin-nuna's place to say hi. It was good. We headed back to Mutsu and to Alex B's house in Ori to drop off his stuff. A boy was playing Wii and we just went on our business. After, we went to this restaurant, which had skillet meat and all you can eat salad bar. It was good since our breakfast was very small and minute, so we kind of pigged out. After that we headed to a carwash and power-washed all the salt, sand and grime built on my car from the beach and whenever Brian Y. washed it last. We got back to Mike's place and it was like coming home, or my second home. We got to relax, shower and take a short nap. I decided to stick around because Keiko was coming over, so we decided to make some pork curry with onions, carrots and potatoes. It was delicious. Hayako came over with some rokkayozuke... hmmmm soooooo goooooddddd! Dave and Alex joined us a bit later and I finally went back to Oma around 9:30 PM. Whew. A lot to write about!
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