"They waited for you", was the first thing we heard when we arrived at Nagoya airport, hmm...pardon.. "sakura". They are still out, the 6th of April turned out to be a great day to arrive in Japan, so pretty, warm weather yet crisp mornings and fresh sea air. After boarding the flight from Singapore at Melbourne 4am time, it was no wonder that Oliver landed in Japan with a singapore airlines "spew" bag. (Can't take the country out of the girl) he is fine now and a good sport, no sleep and a suspicious mouthful in singapore is just too much for a 12 year old to bare. The next thing that hit me was the enormous nets all over the place. What are they, bird catching nets? "No, golf practice nets, they are every where, apparently golf costs about $250 to play, the national obsession.
I can't really get over how extremely polite everyone is, bowing left, right and centre. Apparently the shop assistants are saying "welcome", welcome here, welcome there. welcome everwhere.
Our temporary apartment is 15 minutes walk to Nagoya train station, the centre of town. We are walking everwhere and shopping for food, carrying everthing by hand. The locals all seem to get around by bike, with great big baskets on the front and back. Evertime you stop your car here in Nagoya it costs money to park, so a bicycle is a good option. Ours are due in from Australia in a month or so.
Better hit the train station now, got to pick up the kids from school.
ps. does anyone no how to use a Japanese rice cooker?
HI Diana,
ReplyDeletePhillipa forwarded your blog link. You have a blog!! You are the first person we know to have one - what a great idea!
Glad to hear you all arrived safely, even though Oliver had a bit of a rough start. Can't wait to hear more about your adventures. Don't know how these things work, but we will do our best to keep up to date. Have a wonderful time. Make sure you post lots of piks - can't imagine what it is like there.. So glad you got to see the blossoms.
Lol from us,
Toni & Deborah & Minnie xxx