Week 34 in Japan: the best curry shop, baseball game, and free ice cream

For week 34 the first super cool thing was on Wednesday when after work I went with some friends to an awesome curry restaurant. It was my second time there and it didn't disappoint. One great thing about the place other than the obvious which is that the curry is great is that they have the most spicy curry that I know of in existence. There is I'm sure more spicy curry at various places in the universe but this is the most mouth/throat/stomach burning experience that I know of. The second thing that is awesome is that you get to have as much 'Nan' as you want which is the super tasty Indian bread/toast stuff you get with it. The restaurant is called Loc Sumey and it is and Indian curry shop. Also they didn't even pay me to write this.
       On Friday I started teaching again in Yurihonjo city at a kindergarten. Lots of fun and I love the train ride going there and back because it goes right along the ocean for a lot of the trip. After work there before going back to Akita I went with one of the teachers at the school Junko to a coffee place. Again it was my second time at this place and again I want to say that it is the best coffee place... That I know of at least. The place is a super fancy and the coffee is fantastic. The decorations and the cool vibes in the place are partially what make it great. Also the toast and fresh jam or honey is great too. It's a hard place for me to describe but it is awesome and maybe I'll get some pictures. On the way back from Yurihonjo the train was slowed way down because of the strong winds. The train tracks are right along the ocean so it's a great view as you ride but if the wind is strong a lot of times they have to slow the train down. I heard that a couple years ago because of the wind there was a big train crash in the same area because of strong winds so since then they have been very cautious.

       Saturday was actually for me one of my top ten days in Japan so far. Nothing too crazy but it ended up just being really simple and enjoyable. I spent the day with two friends from my part time job Kana, and Hikaru who are both Japanese. Anyways first we took a bus to the baseball stadium in Akita City and saw the Rakuten Eagles against the Seibu Lions. I was rooting for the Eagles because they are Akita's team (along with the rest of Touhoku Japan like Sendai). The Seibu Lions are a team from Saitama which is a city just south of Tokyo. The Lions ended up beating the Eagles 7-0 so that was definitely a dissapointment but still the experience was really fantastic. Being at a baseball game again was truly nostalgic and just an all round good time. One cool thing was that we got free Rakuten Eagles Jereseys when we got there so we were repping our team. Also the crowds in Japan for baseball are so energetic. There are special cheers for each player when they get up to bat. So for example the guy who played shortstop was Fujita, and when he batted people said something like "Fight, Fight, Fujji--ta!". And every single player had there own chant that is created by the fans. Also there were a lot of Seibu Lions fans there and they were the craziest. Runnining around and dancing with big flags and somebody had a trumpet. Soo much team spirit. If you follow baseball you may know Masahiro Tanaka who started playing for the Yankees this year. Tanaka actually came fromt the Eagles so I saw a lot of people with Tanaka jerseys on. Anyways after the game we went to go have dinner at an Italian restaurant my friend had told me about, supposedly it was real Italian food (the friend who told me about it was Italian and she works there). We got there and it was a super nice restaurant where somebody in a suit greets you at the door. Picture us going into the restaurant wearing Rakuten Eagles Jerseys haha. I didn't mind so much but the girls I was with were so embarresed. Turns out we could not eat there because everything was reserved but before we left they gave us free ice cream. Also it wasn't any ordinary ice cream, it was Italian ice cream and was some of the best stuff I've ever had. We each got to pick three flavors, I had Pistachio, Blueberry, and the third kind I can't remember the name of but it was my favorite. It was a really fun thing to have happen to us.. Free ice cream for the win. From there we went to a different Italian restaurant that had a place for us to sit. We had really great food and some good wine too. The girls actually changed out of their jereseys before going to the second place but I was repping the shirt the whole time :). Together we bought a bottle of wine and it was like 2800 yen if I remember right. So just under 30 dollars. It was the most expensive wine I had ever had. Can't say it was delicious but it was certainly noticeably better than some cheap wine I've had before.

I'm behind on blogs but I'm going to try and get more done soon~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 I met a dog named Genta outside of the curry restaurant. Golden Retrievers are not so common here so I had to say hi :). If I remember right genta is 12 years old but still full of energy.

 This was a photo sphere I took at the game. I didn't realize photo spheres were so awesome~~

 Another shot of the field.

 People trying to get a look at the players as they head for the bus.

 Hikaru on the left, Kana in the middle and me on the right. I was crying cause the Eagles were losing so badly.