Yakyuu

Wow, so as of today, 5 of my friends (from whichever part of the world) have been/are going to China. What is up, people! All of a sudden everybody's traveling, and to China at that! Whatever you guys do, hope all you guys are having fun because I know I am!

As you can see above, we went to a baseball game of the Hiroshima Carps. I can't really say I know much about baseball (or sports in general) but if there's one thing that stuck out, it was the crazy fans. Japanese people are totally hardcore. From start to end everybody was just cheering and doing all sort of ouendan. Then there was one point during the 7th inning where everybody let go of these baloons with whistle rings attached to them.


This was taken by a friend of mine and I didn't even know. But it's a pretty cool picture so thanks to Fumihiko! Those things are are the "carps" that we let go. You can only imagine thousands of them flying at the same time.

The game ended pretty late so everybody decided to go to McDonalds!


I got that Tamago Double Burger set (with drinks, fries AND nuggets) which was better than I expected, to be honest. I had to learn how to say Omochikaeri right at that time too. A very helpful vocabulary.

So we made it back to the university when all of a sudden, on our way up walking to the Seminar House, we see an enourmous inoshishi! They're wild boars basically but it was funny because somebody was just talking about it right before it happened. Nobody has actually seen one before, even Sensei (she has, served on a plate), so we were all laughing. It's a pig and it was so random! I did not dare take a picture because I was not in the mood to be running uphill with some boar chasing us all.

It's the Tokasan festival tomorrow! Can't wait to step inside the horror booth and see some crazy Japanese people. As usual, I'll be attacking with pictures so check back soon!

ps.
Here's one last picture, just because I feel like posting it.


This is a couple of blocks down the university, during one of our walks to a nearby restaurant. I think this picture represents how I see Hiroshima so far. It's the mix of rural, urban, beauty, history and hope.