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| Day Four: Himaji, Osaka | |
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10.31.2000
8:33 AM | Link |
 I sleep in a little, then get up and watch some Ranma 1/2 (two episodes I haven't seen) in Japanese and eat some Pocky while I write. Last night was chilly, but the space heater in my room made everything comfortable. Matt's roommate Mitch awakes and tells me there was an earthquake last night! I slept though the whole thing. Matt tells me he felt it and wasn't scared. We get dressed and head out to breakfast at Kohekan (Coffee Can) and have a small cheese sandwich and coffee, then travel to Umeda to buy our shinkansen (bullet train) tickets for tomorrow. At first we are worried aboiut the language barrier, but it turns out to be incredibly easy to spend 13,750 yen a piece - one way! Now we are next to broke, but have just enough to today's trip, an hour's ride to Himaji. The ride is relaxing and runs by the shoreline, so there is plenty to look at. Once we arrive in Himaji, we walk up the main street until we are greeted by Himeji Castle - the best in Japan. As we buy our tickets and approach the entrance, we are stopped by Kazuhiro Monguchi - a 70+ year old Japanese man who wants to speak English! He was a high school teacher ten years ago and now it seems he has been hanging around waiting for Americans like us to talk with. He accompanies us the entire time in the castle, providing extra history and reading kanji to us along the way.
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