Sunday 21st October 2006
The girls and I did a little Uniqlo shopping this morning to purchase some 'layers' and fleecy jammies (oh and a handbag...whoops!). Kat headed home before lunch and Kyla and I wandered around Tokyu Life Food Show and got to try some nice vegetable roll/fritata things. We had some lunch and then jumped on a bus to Big Hat, which was apparently the venue for Nagano Winter Sports Fest 2006! When we arrived, we queued for 10 mins or so and were given flyers and an a ID badge type thing. They ushered us into the building in groups of 15 or so and had us sit down and listen to a Japanese speech about something or another. Once the speech was over, we were then bundled into a tiny room and handed credit card applications! Luckily we spotted what was going on so no forms were filled in by Kyla and me and we had to wait patiently for about 20mins while the others eagerly filled there's in.
Once we were set free, we walked into a huge stadium filled with winter sports gear. To be honest, I love the idea of being into snowboarding but I know I'm going to be rubbish at it but there was no harm in trying on some seriously cute jackets and gear! I ended up buying a Burton jacket (well, whether i snowboard or not the snow is going to get pretty deep outside my front door!) and helped Kyla pick out a cool snowboard (for about £150!) and some boots.
The girls and I did a little Uniqlo shopping this morning to purchase some 'layers' and fleecy jammies (oh and a handbag...whoops!). Kat headed home before lunch and Kyla and I wandered around Tokyu Life Food Show and got to try some nice vegetable roll/fritata things. We had some lunch and then jumped on a bus to Big Hat, which was apparently the venue for Nagano Winter Sports Fest 2006! When we arrived, we queued for 10 mins or so and were given flyers and an a ID badge type thing. They ushered us into the building in groups of 15 or so and had us sit down and listen to a Japanese speech about something or another. Once the speech was over, we were then bundled into a tiny room and handed credit card applications! Luckily we spotted what was going on so no forms were filled in by Kyla and me and we had to wait patiently for about 20mins while the others eagerly filled there's in.
Once we were set free, we walked into a huge stadium filled with winter sports gear. To be honest, I love the idea of being into snowboarding but I know I'm going to be rubbish at it but there was no harm in trying on some seriously cute jackets and gear! I ended up buying a Burton jacket (well, whether i snowboard or not the snow is going to get pretty deep outside my front door!) and helped Kyla pick out a cool snowboard (for about £150!) and some boots.
After a Tully's seasonal special (Chestnut Latte) I jumped on my favourite wee train back to Iiyama. As I was on the train, I got to thinking that pretty soon I won't be able to rely on the wee train to help me escape rural Iiyama and Nagano City may become a summer memory. Kyla assures me that we will be too busy snowboarding every weekend for me to suffer from cabin fever but I am a little concerned that without wheels (Ricycle or otherwise..) I might not leave the area until winter passes... Yikes!
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