Train Rides & Nisshin

So on July 1st (Canada day) my Canadian roommate Kerry and I went to try to celebrate the Canadian way – drinking. :) Sadly, we failed…. We went to Nagoya looking for a bar she had seen advertising “come celebrate canada day”. We took the train/subway after work and got out in Sakae and proceeded to try to find the bar. Apparently the map in the ad was upside down. So we walked around for around 30 minutes, semi-aimlessly, and giggled at all of the awful 80s hair! Heehee! I can’t remember the last time I saw so many mullets, feathered hair, and otherwise big, oversprayed hair. Very goofy. We eventually asked a parking attendant for directions – we were four blocks away…. :-P The bar was tiny and pretty goofy. No one was particularly friendly but we got to drink Heineken and listen to Canadian music. And then we went home…. :-(

Then this past Thursday (the 6th) I had kids training at a Nova branch in a city called Toyohashi (not to be confused with plain old Toyota). It took about an hour and a half to get there by train, including the two switchovers. We took our regular train to Toyota, transfered to another train to get to Chiryu and then waited around to transfer to an express train to get to Toyohashi. The express train went somewhere around 130km/hr. It was pretty neato. So kids training was awful and made me question what the heck I was doing in Japan. (We all know how much I LOVE kids.) So I took some time to reflect (literally) on the train ride(s) back to Nisshin. Photos below:

Very interesting trips on the trains. Always on time too (what an idea). Last but not least I’ve got some miscellaneous pictures from the last week or so. Including a picture of My Nuts. I haven’t had the courage to open them up yet – the package is just too funny….