On Friday night, us English teachers had a work party in Takasaki with the old and current teachers. I stopped by Animate before it, but they didn’t have what I was looking for. The restaurant, Dragon Cafe, was right across the street. What cool decor too. We had our own little private cubby. I took advantage of the all you can drink part to finally have cranberry juice again. It’s been ages! The food was also very yummy, but I did not eat the raw egg with rice dish. I went home straight after because I had to get up early this morning to get on a 2.5 hour train ride to Yokohama! I was meeting B and her boyfriend there. I know B from Prague as we were in the same TEFL class. She spent the last two years teaching in Vietnam and has moved for a brief moment to Japan.
I got to Yokohama station shortly after 10:30 am and went to try and meet them. We had a bit of a mix up and ended finding each other by the subway gates about 30 minutes later. It was awesome to see her again! We headed off to Minatomirai, the harbor, port area. Ocean! The wonderful smell of salt. Ah, how I love that smell. We walked along the waterfront over to the famous red brick warehouses and checked out the shops inside. After a slightly pricey lunch there at a burger and sandwich shack, we stopped by a pie shop (pie!!) before proceeding to the Yokohama ship terminal deck. What a view! It was so windy too! The ocean breeze helped keep us cool.
We headed next for the Chinatown, one of the largest in the world, passing by the stadium where there was currently a game going on. We stopped for some booze at a conbini and drank it on our way. Oh, how nice it is to have no open container laws. Chinatown was cool and filled with dumplings and other SE Asian shops. We popped in and out of stores. Our feet were quite weary so we headed to the nearby waterfront park and took a break to eat our pie. The gardens in the park were stunning and filled with roses. There was a fountain too that was a gift from San Diego. We ended up strolling back along the water to the subway station. I had a great time hanging out with them and seeing a new city! We said our goodbyes, and I went back to Yokohama station to try and see the outside. I bought a postcard with the old station facade, but didn’t realize they had updated it a long time ago. No more pretty building. After a quick Starbucks stop, I got back on the trains to head back to Gunma.
On Friday night, us English teachers had a work party in Takasaki with the old and current teachers. I stopped by Animate before it, but they didn’t have what I was looking for. The restaurant, Dragon Cafe, was right across the street. What cool decor too. We had our own little private cubby. I took advantage of the all you can drink part to finally have cranberry juice again. It’s been ages! The food was also very yummy, but I did not eat the raw egg with rice dish. I went home straight after because I had to get up early this morning to get on a 2.5 hour train ride to Yokohama! I was meeting B and her boyfriend there. I know B from Prague as we were in the same TEFL class. She spent the last two years teaching in Vietnam and has moved for a brief moment to Japan.
I got to Yokohama station shortly after 10:30 am and went to try and meet them. We had a bit of a mix up and ended finding each other by the subway gates about 30 minutes later. It was awesome to see her again! We headed off to Minatomirai, the harbor, port area. Ocean! The wonderful smell of salt. Ah, how I love that smell. We walked along the waterfront over to the famous red brick warehouses and checked out the shops inside. After a slightly pricey lunch there at a burger and sandwich shack, we stopped by a pie shop (pie!!) before proceeding to the Yokohama ship terminal deck. What a view! It was so windy too! The ocean breeze helped keep us cool.
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