Mother 2!!!

I made a trip back to Nakano today and managed to find and buy Mother 2. I also picked up a bunch of other Japanese only releases that looked like fun. On the way to Nakano I stopped at a bunch of cell phone places and asked about pre-paid phones. Apparently as of last year they have all but disappeared from the Japanese market. This poses a problem for my mother who wants one to keep in contact. Luckily Don Capener (our program director) has offered my the chance to use his. He has an extra because his family returned to the US for the winter and some of the spring. What a lucky break!!

In other news, I went out with Kyohei and Vaso to hang out. Kyohei has previously told us that he hates the Tokyo trains because they are always so crowded. He took us out in his car. First of all, his car is sweet! It's a Red Mercedes Benz and a typical Japanese compact car. There was no GPS system, but that makes it more of an adventure driving around it Tokyo. It was my first experience of the Tokyo street life since last year. I must say that there are a ton of cars, people, and even animals everywhere. I never want to drive in Tokyo.

We went to go bowling at some big sports center. These bowling balls had smiley faces on them instead of the basketballs of last time. It was still rather amusing. While we waited for a lane to open, we wandered around the place a little bit. There were billiards, darts, batting cages, driving ranges, and a mini-arcade. The arcade section had none other than a pinball machine!!! It was the first one I have ever seen in an arcade before! I played one game and lost almost immediately. For whatever reason it gave me an extra credit. Whoo me! A lane opened so we grabbed shoes and a ball. I always forget what shoe size I am in centimeters. 28 centimeters equals approximately a 12 in American shoe sizes supposedly (Thats what my shoes say anyway). We bowled 2 games. I had a 148 and a 92. My first game is always better than the others.... Overall I beat Vaso by 1 pin, Kyohei beat me by 6 pins, and I had the highest and lowest game. Ironic.

For dinner we went to this place called Royal House. I had some sort of rice donburi looking thing with cheese, mushrooms, corn, and shrimp in it. Vaso and Kyohei both had meatloaf (called Hanbagu for some reason.) After that we went back to where Vaso lives and had desert at a Mister Donut.