Hello Chrissy!

This weekend and the beginning of the week were really excellent. My friend Chrissy came from America this week with a few of her coworkers. I got the chance to show them around Osaka on Monday night and Kyoto on Tuesday afternoon. I really enjoyed hanging out with everyone. It's nice to know that some things from America still cature and hold my interest. (^_-)

On Monday I went to a hotel to have a good meal and a nice onsen bath. It was the Seiryu hotel, which I believe means blue dragon. One of our Dans (the Japanese word for team, or group) at culture festival is called Seiryu. The hotel's name is written in Katakana so it's hard to tell. That said, we had an amazing feast that consisted of sashimi, cold dishes, a personal nabe, teppan yaki, soup that was boiled in a small tea pot, and rice boiled in a small pot. Along with it was red miso soup, Japanese style beef stew and a strawberry crepe. The bath was very nice, and included an indoor and outdoor area. We got rained on a bit but it wasn't too bad.

In the evening we went shopping at Heart E. I wore my lacy Bodyline skirt and my lacy cutsew. I bought some parasol's from Metamorphose and one matched the outfit perfectly. We picked up Chrissy and her friends at their Ryokan-which was suprisingly in Soemoncho. It's one of the sexed up areas of Osaka. In spite of that it seemed like a nice place. I took them to the covered walk way to see some of the fashions in Osaka. We checked out Sanrio store- and Chrissy (a big Hello Kitty fan) lost the power to speak during the experience. We also saw my favorite 300 yen store wich is a plethora of cute stuff. To round it off we went to the all you can eat cake place, "Sweets Paradise". All in all it was a good day.

Monday I met them in Kyoto in the afternoon. After a little fumbling during the outset, we walked around gion and Yasaka Shrine. Everyone there enjoyed taking photographs so they really enjoyed the scenery. As it got a little cold we found a restaurant with a great view of the river and had chanko nabe. I really enjoyed being able to translate and play guido-san for my people. It was pretty great!