Random shots.

Today, I woke up and got lunch at Skylark Gusto, a family restaurant. Family restaurants are pretty much the same as family restaurants in America, but the food is weird and random, but cheap. Skylark just started serving a kind of sukiyaki dish so I tried it and it was really good!

It was a beautiful day today. I've learned that after typhoons pass, you can expect great weather. Today was no exception. So, I headed to Tsukuba on my bike. Good exercise. I took some pictures.

There was a big science expo in Tsukuba in 1986 or something, and they have a really nice expo center in the middle of the park. In the center there's a life-size rocket. Random, but cool.


On the street between Tsuchiura and Tsukuba, there's a gas station. Here's the sign. Also random and oddly disturbing (and might i add...mildly arousing!)


And finally, a classic "Engrish" sign.


The librarian at yon-chu was excited to show me their selection of english books, and had me check out a book called "Flowers for Avergnon." While the title seemed vaguely familiar, I had no idea what it was about. I did brief internet research and it sounded cool, so tonight I started reading it. Anyone out there read this book? It's really cool so far. I'm about 65 pages in. I reccomend it so far.

Lates.