{"id":19136,"date":"2011-05-15T21:50:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T05:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hyakupa.net\/wordpress\/?p=19136"},"modified":"2011-05-15T21:50:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T05:50:39","slug":"outdoor-training-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nantonaku.mittsi.net\/?p=19136","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor training 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So our group of newcomers are still struggling with
\nthe fundamentals of speaking…<\/p>\n

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So the other day, we did some outdoor training
\non “Practice giving a report”<\/p>\n

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On anything we wanted!<\/p>\n

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Apparently it’s an annual tradition they do.
\nWe got on a shaky bus and headed towards Fuji…<\/p>\n

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First off, we went to the site of the Fuji Shibazakura festival.<\/p>\n

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Oh that day, there were still a third of the flowers in bloom,
\nbut in full bloom, a full sea of beautiful cherry blossoms
\ntogether with Mt. Fujiwould be so amazing and really
\nrepresent what Japan is about…<\/p>\n

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What an amazing festival ^^<\/p>\n

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Apparently it’s also getting pretty well established as a premiere tourist attraction<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately the weather that day wasn’t that great
\nbut in good weather with everything in full bloom
\nwould be just absolutely amazing huh.
\nI definitely want to go back again.<\/p>\n

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Next time on a day with good weather!<\/p>\n

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Even though it was a little covered by the clouds,
\nseeing Mt. Fuji so close up was absolutely breath taking<\/p>\n

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And so
\nwe got started on reporting practice right away
\nand started rolling some film…<\/p>\n

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And yeah… it’s hard<\/p>\n

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I had done my prep for the reading, and it was only talking
\n(like introducing goods or dates of the festival)
\nbut I couldn’t even talk about the basic details of location<\/p>\n

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There were a lot of other problems too,
\nLike I realized so quickly how poor my ability to describe things are
\nand how small my vocabulary is.<\/p>\n

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There were also other things to enjoy there aside from the flowers.
\nThere was a “Mt. Fuji tasty things festival”
\nwith food and drink booths<\/p>\n

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There were things like a recent famous B grade gourmet dish called “Fujinomiya yakisoba”
\nand famous local dishes like “Yoshida udon” and “Houtou”!<\/p>\n

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I really like Fujinomiya yakisoba, the noodles are so unique and chewy
\nWhen I went to Shizuoka before
\nI had bought them at a supermarket and brought them home to cook…<\/p>\n

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So of course my very first order was “1 Fujinomiya Yakisoba”<\/p>\n

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And then what do to for my second order…<\/p>\n

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There’s no mistake that I love pumpkin
\nand “Houtou” has pumpkin in it,
\nbut I was in the mood for ordering some soba… (><)\n\n\n

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So when I was eating there
\nor well… where ever really, I’m always thinking if I’m eating too much
\nand that always happens when I visit some place…<\/p>\n

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Anyway, there were a ton of things on the menu,
\nand everything looked so good! ^^
\nThen right as I was leaving, I noticed the lovely aroma of
\ngrilled salted iwana fish in the air.<\/p>\n

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My colleague Ueda ordered some Fujinomiya yakisoba and Houtou.
\nUnlike me, she is very decisive.<\/p>\n

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Ueda said “I’ll give you a little of my Houtou!”
\nSo I ended up having Fujinomiya yakisoba for my first order
\nand Saisai soba for my second order.<\/p>\n

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The soba wasn’t famous or anything
\nbut it was a really good choice!<\/p>\n

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The noodles were a little thick and hard, but in a good way.
\nAdd some sauce with crispy saisai, it was so good ^^<\/p>\n

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And the “Houtou”<\/p>\n

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You can’t really see in the pic, but in the middle is my favorite, pumpkin!
\nThere were also a ton of mushrooms, bok choy and other veggies.
\nThe soup also had some miso flavor to it.
\nAnd again, the noodles… were very chewy.
\nSo much goodness ^^<\/p>\n

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There was also a cafe with some original sweets made by hotel maids
\ncalled “Sakura cafe FUJIYAMA SWEETS”.
\nThey had a ton of delicious sweets lined up in rows
\nI’m a slow eater so I barely just made it to dessert
\nwhen it was time to meet up with everyone.
\nThat was my only regret. Too bad…<\/p>\n

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…Ah, that was a long rant about food.
\nSorry about that ><\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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