Classes Started this week, so far, normal, but they are all much more interesting than most of my previous classes. I am taking one on Shinto, one on Japan in Western Film and Literature, and of course my language and writing courses. Class is fun, but the 9:00 Classes suck to get to, I have to be out the door by 8:20-8:25 or else the mile+ walk makes me late for class. These photos are of the campus, which is rather large, so I couldn't get all of it.
This is the center of campus from a window in the building where my classes are.
This is a corridor, that's right a corridor
This is the main building from the center of the lawn at night, quite a spectacle.
And this is campus during the day, not as pretty, but rather nice non the less.
After classes I usually hit up a grocery store or 100 yen shop. Walking around is always a bit of fun, and I've found that you never quite know what to expect if you're willing to poke around a bit. Although I wish I had a bike, without walking I never would have found these beauties.
That's right, it's exactly what you think it is. These were lying just to the side of the sidewalk I come down from the grocery store. Don't get me going on the porn in the 7/11.
You would also be surprised at their agricultural habits. Right in the middle of town, and in random places throughout the city, are bits of rice fields and random gardens, all quite large.
This is a pathway going through a large rice field. That is a garden in the back, it is very nice and there are always a few elderly people working the fields.
I know the things in the air are hard to see, but i couldn't help but grab a picture of all the bats over the field pictured above. The sky was just full, I'm betting bats in the attic are a common thing for the houses in the surrounding area.
This is a palm tree. Nothing amazing, but I have been passing it every day and I just noticed it. Yay, palm tree.
This scared the crap out of me. This was in the local Top World, some sort of grocery chain, and my reaction was enough to attract attention from the grocer stocking the shelves behind me. I don't know how this attracts customers, the guy just screams Gingerbread House Fiasco, to me at least.
While it doesn't come out as well as I would like, this is a garden I passed in the rain. I liked the way the rain gathered to the right of the walkway and it's contrast with the rains sheen off the greenery to the left.
This was a large apple, that's a normal sized computer mouse, yeah. I also like the individual suits given to the apples, imagine a large box full of these :D. While it was a juicy apple I still prefer the crunchy sweet apples from home.
