Spent most of Wednesday at home, until Clint came home after work around 4. We headed to Elm to meet up with one of the school's nurses/teachers, Suwa sensei, to pick up a yukata for Clint! Yay. Once we found her, we headed straight to the kimono/yukata shop, and got to the work. The shop attendants were super excited at the prospect of dressing up a white person, so it was a lot of fun. The attendants picked out a few patterns for us to choose from, and we had fun playing dress up. Putting on a yukata is a lot of work, hokay?
Went for dinner at Kappa Zushi after we finished shopping - our diet is so varied, no? Headed home later and watched endless episodes Star Trek. STORY OF MY LIFE. Thursday was Clint's last day at work, so as usual, I spent most of the day at home watching TV and Redditing. That being said, Clint and I discovered some buttons on his TV remote that have unlocked at least 40 new channels...even channels in ENGLISH, so I've been watching a lot of that. I think they're cable TV channels...? The only catch is that they have this obnoxious signage that takes up about 30% of the screen telling us that we need to subscribe to get rid of it. Herpderp.
Clint got home after school, and we headed back to the middle school to meet up with one of his colleagues as she would be taking us to Clint's enkai/farewell party. The original plan was for us to drive to the bar
in Hirosaki, but that would mean Clint wouldn't be able to drink a lot, which was NOT ACCEPTABLE. So we got chauffeurs instead. Boss. Got to the bar after a somewhat awkward 40 minute drive, and it was really nice. We got there right at 6, so people were just getting in.
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| Learning how to tie an obi. You can bet your bottom dollar we've already forgotten. |
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| Ta-daaaa! |
The teachers at Clint's school all donated some money to help get Clint a farewell gift, which was really awesome. So, not only did Clint get a badass yukata, he also received a jinbei with matching shoes, and a nice fan.
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| Boom. My boyfriend is spoiled! |
Went for dinner at Kappa Zushi after we finished shopping - our diet is so varied, no? Headed home later and watched endless episodes Star Trek. STORY OF MY LIFE. Thursday was Clint's last day at work, so as usual, I spent most of the day at home watching TV and Redditing. That being said, Clint and I discovered some buttons on his TV remote that have unlocked at least 40 new channels...even channels in ENGLISH, so I've been watching a lot of that. I think they're cable TV channels...? The only catch is that they have this obnoxious signage that takes up about 30% of the screen telling us that we need to subscribe to get rid of it. Herpderp.
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| Magical buttons! |
Clint got home after school, and we headed back to the middle school to meet up with one of his colleagues as she would be taking us to Clint's enkai/farewell party. The original plan was for us to drive to the bar
in Hirosaki, but that would mean Clint wouldn't be able to drink a lot, which was NOT ACCEPTABLE. So we got chauffeurs instead. Boss. Got to the bar after a somewhat awkward 40 minute drive, and it was really nice. We got there right at 6, so people were just getting in.
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| The personalized menu! |
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| Salad - this was SO GOOD holy goddd. |
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| Oh, just some sashimi as an appetizer, no big deal. |
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| Fish...stuff? Idk. It was good. |
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| Egg + eel, seaweed, and green beans covered in WEIRD STUFF. Do not want. |
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| Us! :D |
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| Got some beer. Nomz. |
So part of Japanese culture requires people to NOT start eating until the person of the highest rank at the party starts, which meant that we couldn't start nomming until the principal got there...30 minutes later. It was horrible with all the food on the table and I was starving. He finally got there at around 6:30, and lucky for him, he's an adorable old man.
Clint had to give a farewell speech near the end...
And then there was more food, ahmahgah.
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| Yakitori. Score. |
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| Trying to decipher this, we got: bamboo bird thing language. |
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| Some famous Tsugaru dishes...yeah. Did not try them. |
Clint had to give a farewell speech near the end...
And then there was more food, ahmahgah.
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| Yakisoba! |
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| Fried rice. |
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| Too much sake! |
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| Soba! |
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| Mochi and cake! |
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| Clint ended up drinking my beer. I was trying to get him drunk. No luck. |
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| People hanging out. |
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| Dessert was ice cream. Yaaayy. |
We finally left at around 9:00pm and got home and went to bed!
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