More photos

Well, here I am, still without my network connection. It's weird. Sometimes it will work - from lounges and the like - but it never works in my room; which is the one place I want to use it from. Oh well, perhaps today.

Anyway, I have some photos to post. I think I'll stick to doing them in groups of nine. Also, I am developing a microformat to make viewing them a little easier. Anyway, here we go:

This was our table at the Kappa Zushi, a sushi bar here in Hirakata. You can see the conveyor belt running past with the little plates on it. Each plate cost ¥105. The yellow-rimmed ones used no wasabi, the red ones did. All in all very good.

This is a view behind us. You can see the way the belt runs out. Eventually, it curves around and comes back.

This is a photo of me and my speaking parters. From the left Kanae-san, me, and Sayumi-san. They are 18 and 19, respectively. Both are english majors and are trying to learn my language. They ask a lot of questions about how to say things, what America is like, etc. They both want to visit New York and New York City. They want to see Times Square, the Empire State Building, and other such like that.

This is the first of three pictures, sort of a panorama, of our neighbors here at KGU: the Komatsu Tractor company's main plant. There is a huge gate complex that I ride past in the mornings. You can't see it here, but it's to the right.

This is the second photo in the series.

This is the final photo in the series.

This is my room. In this photo, you are looking at my side of it. We have an 8-tatami sized room with shouji screens to separate the work area from the main area.

This is the other side of the room; belonging to my roomate, Mark.

This is the center of our room. Here you can see our table. Right now everything is plain, though I am thinking about getting some small thing as a decoration. I haven't decided on that yet.