A delicious day

Listening to: Till the world ends by Britney Spears
Currently drinking: Yummy Starbucks mocha and a cappuccino before that 


Yet another thing I will miss about Japan is that many of the restaurants have specials called "nomihodai" and/or "tabehodai" which are basically special times or deals when you can go to the restaurant and get all you can eat for a certain amount of time. In America we have something very similar to this (i.e. Old Country Buffet), but the difference is that the food provided by the restaurants in Japan is worlds apart from the crappy, cardboard tasting "food" you get at American style buffets.

Today was another special day we had planned for our last few remaining weeks here. Two of our friends', Julia and Kan-chan, birthdays are coming up, so we decided to throw them a small surprise birthday party in the guise of going out and getting our serious grub on. Sweets Paradise, or スイパラ in kana, was our destination of choice. It boasted all you can eat desserts, as well as pasta, curry, sandwiches, and other delicious meal stuffs. Pictured below is the scale they had waiting at the entrance so you could weigh yourself before and after the meal to see how much net weight you gained from 120 minutes of pure gorging. 

Sadly, I didn't really get any great pictures of aforementioned birthday girls, so I am basically stalking everyone else's Facebook profiles until they are uploaded and I find one that I like (of course photo credits will go to the appropriate photographer). That's all I have for today's adventures. Tomorrow, we are learning the art of いけばな, ikebana in romaji, or flower arranging. I'm actually quite excited for this workshop, seeing as I love all things home/interior decorating, so I'm sure I will post some sort of update for you on that as well. Saturday, I have tickets to go see Nagoya's professional soccer team, the Nagoya Grampus, and they aren't just any tickets, they are suite style seats. This means that we will be getting free food and drink (including those of the alcoholic kind), as well as getting to meet the President of Toyota Company... a little nerve wracking right? Anyway, just figured I would give you a little heads up as to what I will be writing about over the next few days. I should probably get some beauty rest now =)

As always, love you lattes!!