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10.31.2000
8:41 AM | Link |
 Two hours to go. This is when I go crazy - I've watched all the TV, read a whole book, and there is nothing to do but snack. I'm playing with a deck of cards and drinking coffee. My ears hurt from the headphones. First evening in Japan - we arrive, take a sleepy bus ride to Osaka from Kansai Airport, then a cab ride (complete with bow-tied driver) to Mariko's mother's apartment. It has been raining lightly, and I leave my kasa (umbrella) in the cab, of course. I remember at the last minute and snatch it before the cab gets too far. Mariko's mother meets us at the doorway with a konban wa (good evening). I meet her and Mariko's sister and have tea seated on cushions on the floor of the small but beautiful apartment. Barron and I watch baseball and laugh at okashii (funny) commercials. I use my entire Japanese vocabulary in minutes and wish I knew more.
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