Kobe: Day 1/10

..inside my sister's apartment. I was lucky enough to find really good internet here but unfortunately I left my USB cable for my phone at home. I apologise for the lack of images, however, thanks to my Yellow Blog Diary (refer to post Yellow Blog Diary in 10th march 2008) I'm able to at least write down my experiences on my way from Kansai-Osaka to walking down the freezing streets of Kobe.

It was raining (it's now spring and the sakura hadn't bloom yet) and the temperature is around 5-10 degrees. Now, seeing as living in Brunei where the average is around 30 degrees, you'll agree with me that Japan is definitely bloody cold.

Kaka Naj came to bring us to her apartment and help did all the paperwork for transportation. It was an hour bus ride to Kobe, then after that a train ride to her area. After that is a long walk in the cold streets with our heavy bags then more walking up the hill to her apartment.

The meals aren't hard to get here, since Japanese dishes are mainly seafood.

Vending machines are widely available here. Food and warm drinks(!) can be bought and they also return your change if you pay with 1000 yen. Even there's a cigarette vending machine here.

For lunch, we went to this pastry cafe (to Fakhrul, pls check out the definition for 'Theme Cafe') and the service was so different from how it works in Brunei. There was even a variety of sweeteners here. The breads are so amazing to look at and most of the stuff there you'll never see in other places.

For dinner, we went for Sushi. I found out it was a popular game to count who has the most sushi dishes. My mom brought my appetite up, "A game like that? You'll lose to Azzi in a long stride". The sushi is definitely delicious. We had crab mayo, egg sushi, california maki, blowfish (yes, that toxic fish. I heard you need a special licence to serve that), and sweet Inari-zushi to end the meal.

Went to the grocery store after that. They don;t give you any plastic bags for your goods, you have to use your own bag. Funny isn't it?

Forgive me for saying this too, bathrooms are amazing too. The taps have motion sensors and the urinals flush themselves! Even the toiler seat has a heater!

To Syazani. I can't get a pic here.
Remember "Calorie Mate" in MGS3? They sell it here! It isn't fictional after all.
Kaka's friend Aurelie has a PSP too, and plays Naruto, Valkyrie Profile, and Crisis Core.
Yes, Crisis Core FFVII. The gameplay is interesting but it seems the soundtrack used is from the original FF7 game. Cool FMV though. Buy that game and when I come home I'll get Patapon.

Pata-pata-pata-pon!