Today I went to see "National Treasure" with Yufuka and Yuki in kokura, which is just under 1 hour away on train from Nogata. Etsuko showed me where the station was and which platform to use so getting there wasn`t so bad, although about halfway through the train ride, the train stopped at one of the stations and the announcer said something in Japanese that I didn`t understand and then straight after a few people got off the train, so I had no idea what was going on. I asked one of the people who was leaving if she spoke English but she didnt, then I turned to four old women who where sitting behind me and asked them, but they didn`t speak English either, so I decided to try out my Japanese to ask why the train had stopped, I think I said something like "Suminasen, doshite wa densha no made desu ka" which means "Excuse, why has the train stopped" and then then said a few things that I only caught part of. Just then another train pulled up to the other tracks with the words "Kokura" on, so I was just about to leave the train when I asked the women "kore wa densha no Kokura ni ikimashitaka" , but I should have said "ikimasuka" instead of "ikimashitaka" which meant "Has this train gone to Kokura", but they got the idea and said that I should stay on this train and they were also going to Kokura.
After a nervous wait for the train to start again it did and off I went to Kokura where I met Yuka and Yuki. We then went to the Riverwalk and I found out that Japanese cinema`s are very expensive, costing me 1800 yen which is about 9 pound. After the movie we went to have some dinner at the restaurant "Moby Dick" and I had a hamburger steak with italian chesse, which was different from english burgers and steaks, but was nice non the less. After eating we went for purikura (as is common pratice in Japan it seems) then we went to a few off the shops before figuring out the trains I needed to catch to get back to Nogata.
I got back at about 5.30 and went for a walk round the shops for an hour and then went for a 5 minute nap before heading off to the church to use the computer, have tea and use the computer again, which is where I currently am and I am very tired, but I am looking forward to monday and tuesday where I have the days off and maybe I can wake up later than 8am.
I am going to go to sleep now as I am very tired and so much want to sleep in tommorow, but I have to get up early for Easter service. *yawn*
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