After class, I came home and booked our hotel for Golden Week. Golden Week is pretty much a week of holidays and we have Tuesday-Thursday off of school. April 29th is Shouwa Day; which is based on Emperor Hirohito's birthday. May 3rd is Constitution Day. May 4th isn't actually a holiday, but Japanese law declares any weekday between two official holidays must be a holiday; so, we get the day off as well (although, I do believe they are calling it Greenery Day now). And,May 5th is Children's Day.
I managed to find a hotel for Steve & I for two nights for only $136.00 or 11,161Y. Whoo! I don't know if I could find cheaper during a holiday in the States. I'm pretty damn proud of myself (I spent hours last night and today looking at hotels). We're staying Tuesday and Wednesday night and returning late Thursday. It'll be a nice get away. Steve is working on reserving our bus tickets to Osaka as I type. Looks like they're going to cost as much as the hotel, but, we don't really have any other options. I can't wait!
I also went to a book store today and bought a street map of Osaka and I'm going to work up a rough itinerary and mark down routes on the map because it looks like the two of us are going to be on our own. Lauren, Natalia, Iona, and Nausicaa are also probably going, but they're going to be doing their own thing. For my map project, I bought these really nifty highlighters. They have windows in the tips so you can see what you're highlighting as you're highlighting it. No more crooked highlighting!!!
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After the book store and hotel booking and such, Lauren, Natalia, Iona and I made our way to the Moriyama Ward office. I FINALLY got my Gaijin (or Alien Registration) Card! Whooo! I no longer have to carry my passport with me everywhere. It makes me nervous when I do. I also got my National Health Insurance Card. Something I really needed before traveling outside of the city.
All in all, it was a rather productive day. Till next time!
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So glad you now know how to tell the doctor you have diarrhea if need be! LOL!!
ReplyDeleteYou did get a bit excited over the highlighters... Sometimes I worry about you. :-)
But really, sounds like you will have alot of fun in Osaka - be sure to take LOTS of pictures! Love and Miss you! Mom
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