Today was the day we were to sit in on Myra's classes and watch her teach. So at least we didn't have to do much walking around. We probably have started an epidemic though. First Myra will catch is and then pass it on to all of the teachers, who will spread it to their students, who will take it home to their parents, who will go out and infect anyone left. Good thing Rich didn't suffer from Zombieness.
The classes were lots of fun, even through the pounding headache and pressurized ears. There were three of the same class in a row (though different students of course). I think we we observing a 6th grade class at Yoshikawa Shogaku. They were learning "Where do you want to go?" and "I want to go to _". So I got to say "I want to go to Australia" like ten times before I got bored and started wanting to go other places. It was really funny when I would say a place not in their textbook. Russia, England, and Mexico all caused much yelling and confusion. Mexico was especially funny. One boy clutched his head in confusion. Also, Rich wanting to go to Italy really amused them for some reason. Italy wasn't in their book proper, but it was in the chapter heading. And despite the fact that their word for Italy, Itallia, is really similar to our word, they couldn't make the connection. Rich finally changed his desired destination when he got tired of being laughed at.
After class we went to revolving sushi. I didn't object to this in the slightest, since at that point the mere thought of food made me feel like hurling. So I got some French fries at my family's urging and was able to eat them as I worked hard not to think about the sushi all around me. It was an interesting restaurant and I actually had fun, while Mom and Rich stated that they had found paradise. It was super cheap. The way it works is like this: there is a conveyer belt going by your table with a bunch of different types of sushi. You do not eat thesse (Myra says they sit there for a while and may not be safe). Every table has a little touch interface where you place orders for individual plates. Your order is delivered to you on the conveyer belt, but on a little red booster seat so you can differentiate between it and the free range stuff. They have tons of different types of sushi, regular nigiri, maki, vegetable sushi, and other types of meat besides seafood.
After lunch Myra drove us to the station and we departed to Kanazawa. The train ride was short, mostly because I slept though it all. Upon arriving, we secured our tickets to and from Shirakawago, then caught a bus to near our hotel. Then we eventually found the hotel (it was a little hidden) and checked into our Japanese style rooms. We had two rooms, which was really nice since Rich is mostly recovered now, so he doesn't have to put up with sleeping in a sick room.
After dumping our luggage, we immediently set off for Kenrokuen garden. To get there we went through the Kanazawa castle park. We were too late to enter the castle (they close and 4:30 and last entry is 4), but we were able to wonder the grounds a bit and see the buildings from the outside.
We found the gardens and paid our 300 yen admission. I was almost immediently done at that point, being totally drained of energy with a choruses of little bells singing pounding at my head. But we managed to wander the gardens for about a half hour. The were pretty, but I get the feeling that they are only really worth seeing when either the blossoms are blooming or the autumn colors have arrived. We did enjoy hunting down the garden's fountain, which is the oldest fountain in Japan and works through natural pressure. Then we were ready to call it a day.
We were told by my family that we should buy food in Sabae and take it with us, since Kanazawa didn't have any food. This was a lie. Sadly, we didn't feel up to going to any if the 20 restaurants we passed to and from the garden. So we hunted down a combini, which was further than we thought, bought dinner and breakfast, and then returned to the hotel for a nice relaxing bath and dinner. I then tiredly wrote this post and then went to bed at 8:30. Good night.
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