Today I woke up at 8 for an 8:30 table tennis practice. I had to get there very fast with a bicycle that had weird brakes. One of the brakes is very weak and the other, no matter how softly you press, is like an emergency brake. It is very hard to slow down. The bike also has no gears and is very heavy, so going up hills is near impossible. Afterwards I went to back home to get my wallet because I forgot to bring it when I was in a rush. I saw the end of an exhibition baseball game and ran into my elementary school baseball coach. He drove me home. Then I went back to Minoshima to meet Miguel. There is a television show called "nodojiman" which is a singing show that was being done in the library in Minoshima. The television show is a big deal because it is run by a television company called NHK which is the biggest television company in Japan. It is a show where regular people go on and sing, and either pass or fail, kind of like the voice. There was a huge line in order to get a lottery ticket to get in. Miguel's friend was going to be singing in it. Afterwards we went to the dollar store to get fishing supplies, and went fishing. In the tetra pods the water was very rough, so we went on the dock. The water was very murky, so it was hard to guess where the fish was. The dock is also significantly higher than the tetra pods, so I had to improvise a little bit. I cut the fishing line that I usually cut at 130cm at about 3m, so that the hooks would reach the water. Today we caught a lot of saba and koaji. The saba are still "kosaba" meaning small saba, but they are getting bigger very quickly.
At night we went to Nishiki which is an "izakaya". An izakaya is an bar. Although this is a bar it is not like an American bar where children cannot go in. We were invited to an "enkai", party, with some of my old baseball friends and family. There is a private room in the back that we always use. There is a karaoke machine and plenty of space for little kids to run around. At an people usually sit around a long table and sit on the ground on "zabuton", mats, and take the food that is in the middle using chopsticks. This izakaya is run by the elementary school baseball coach. He loves to socialize, and creates a fun environment. It was good to see how my old friends that I played baseball with for many years were doing.
Sounds like a great day!
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