Seaweed Variety

Today in International Business while talking about different companies in Japan, the teacher began telling us about the varieties of seaweed in the Japanese diet. None of us were sure about exactly how we got to that. Then he started talking about possible visits to Japanese comapanies in the area. Like going and touring a Nissan or Honda plant. Then he said that we could as a class go on a weekend trip to one city, I think Nagano, where there is a Nissan plant. Which sounded pretty fun, I mean how often do you get a chance to visit a japanese automobile manufacturing class and make a weekend trip out of it with people from all over the world. He is this older japanese man that always talks really highly of the USA and the UK. So it's always funny the ideas that he has for the class. What he said about the trip was "We could go and eat a dinner and drink together for the night". Nothing about anything educational. Oh, Japan.

After class Rachel, Holly and I went to Harajuku. Harajuku is such an interesting expirience. It's worth the trip to Japan alone. I went about a month ago, yet the fashion has still changed a bit since last month. It, as well as more trendy parts of Tokyo, are now dressed up for Halloween. One store had the story of Halloween on it's wall. Halloween, called Hallooeen on this sign, is a time to "dress up as your favourite animal or hero apparently".

Then later on tonite some guys and I went to the Tiny Cafe. I think we hae become locals. Pretty exciting. It was some girl's birthday and she wanted us to celebrate with her. So we all did "kanpai" (cheers) with some champagne. The waitress/boss lady was excited to see us back. It was a lot busier than last week, so we didn't get to mingle as much with the locals as last time. But oh well. Still a good relaxing time.