We did a bit of shopping in the mall and Steve and I bought a down jacket (really warm and trendy!), I bought a beanie and some ear muffs because it gets really cold riding a bike in five degrees Celsius and my ears were hurting from the wind. I also bought a small coin purse. It’s cool!
It was pretty much time to go after that because we had to catch a train to Osaka to meet up with Hideo.
When we got to Osaka, we met up with Hideo, Hisako (his wife), Idie (his daughter), Hiro (his friend). Hideo took us to this really cool restaurant where you can cook your own meat on a hot plate on the table. We tried cow tongue, cow stomach, raw beef and any meat off a cow. It was absolutely DELICIOUS!!! I am so glad we got to try it. It sounds gross, but you can’t knock something until you’ve tried it and I can honestly say that none of that cow went to waste!
After tea, Hideo took us to his friend’s bar which was also a tiny, tiny little pub, not much bigger than that jazz club. We got introduced to this American guy called Derek who has lived n Japan for three and a half years. His Japanese was so good and Steve, Tina and I were jealous. Ho could speak and understand everything!
We said a quiet ‘Happy New Year’ to each other and then Hideo drove us to Wakayama which is where he lives. We got dropped off at his friend’s guest house. She let us stay in this house for free for three nights! We thought that was pretty nice of her, so we bought her some souvenirs from Adelaide when we met her.
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