Hi all
Well it has been another rainy day and night here in Japan. I am a wee bit tired of all this wetness. We spent most of the day indoors doing bookwork and just lounging, since it is the 1st real day since we have been here, that we have had with nothing planned. Later this evening after dinner we decided to go and see a movie.
So with umbrellas in hand, we left for the subway. Luckily we did not have to use them on the way there, but we did on the way home as it was pouring out.
We saw the movie Hancock with Will Smith. It was ok, but not as good as I had anticipated.
When we arrived at the 109 theater complex near the Jack Mall, there was a live bad of 2 girls on keyboards singing and playing outside. Lots of people were sitting at tables near some other fancy building with all kinds of lights on the trees and bushes. It actually felt a bit like Christmas. It looked to be like some kind of church or something as it had a cross above the front entrance? CJ thought perhaps it was a place for weddings, as it looked similar to one we have like that in Motomachi?
Thankfully the movie was in English with Japanese sub titles. They had you look at a chart to pick your seat out like you do when buying a ticket to a rock concert. It cost $18.00 per adult ticket 3800yen. We then got a medium 1/2 and 1/2 popcorn and an orange soda special for 650yen. It was 1/2 regular yellow popcorn and the other 1/2 carmel like. I think I like our butter drenched and salted stuff at AMC better.
They also sold potatoe wedges, crossaints and poppy seed rolls? Odd I thought? I did not see any candy for sale. They also had a gift shop like area and were selling charms and other movie souvenirs. There was a Hagen Daz ice cream bar there too and another stand with those crepes like I had by the Tokyo Tower. CJ got one of those on the way home after the movie. Carmel with bananas, chocolate, ice cream with whip cream on top. It was good!
We got to the theater a bit early so we already had our popcorn gone before we even got into the theater. I went to the bathroom before hand and thought it was funny they had an automatic noise machine that made a flushing sound to make for more privacy and it went on as soon as you shut the stall door and made the motion to sit. It was very loud and actually made me jump when it first went off.
When we handed our tickets to the guy, you could take a child booster seat or a blanket with you into the theater as well, if needed.
The seats had lots of leg room, but were a bit uncomfortable on our lower backs. They actually had two rows a little further behind us that reclined a bit. I think you had to pay more for those?
On our way back to the subway we walked through a large book store with a coffee shop similar to Barnes and Noble and every table in the place was full of younger couples and friends chatting and drinking coffee. It was odd to see a whole book store of all Japanese books. Though, I did see a few travel and Japan info books in English.
Back home and a refreshing walk in the rain, typed up this post and now I am off to bed. I don't know if it is all the rain, but CJ and I are both pooped and can hardly stay awake past 10 each night. I guess I was up early today though, as I could not sleep when the thunder storm was rolling through.
Graham and Kalen are together this weekend in Chicago and they were having pizza when they called us this afternoon. CJ will go visit the Japanese doctor here on Monday afternoon for his swollen elbow. It is retaining some fluid on it. He fell on it quite hard, many months ago playing basketball back in MN and for some reason it has flared up the last few weeks?
More tomorrow
Karla and CJ
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