Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Weekly sushi and a shot at pachinko
It sure is windy today. Soo, Jeni, Caleb and Mike and Mike came to visit me in Hachinohe, and we ate sushi at the sushi-go-round at the fish market. It was superior sushi...fresh, with the coolest cups to drink tea from. We spent 10 minutes in the pachinko parlour that opened recently near my house. I won two silver ball bearings after putting in 100 yen. I put them back in and they of course disappeared. I am not sure I understood the concept of pachinko. It was noisy, smoky and full of middle-aged men, but the bathrooms were nice.