Eighth and Ninth Weeks

 EIGHTH WEEK

The previous week I was so exhausted that I just rested in my room.  The only things I did at all during the week was go to class. 

NINTH WEEK

POKEMON CENTER NAGOYA

 On the yellow Higashiyama Line, the same line from Hongo Station, get off at Sakae Station.  Look for Exit #5, but don't go up.

 Staying underground, look for the ticket counter near exit 5.

 Then look for the sign that says "Bus Terminal (Oasis 21).

 Follow the sign and head for the Oasis 21.

 Just follow the sign.

 Go down the stairs.

Go straight.

 You'll come across an opening with many restaurants.

 Keep to the left and keep going straight.

 It's all the way to the end of the restaurants where a curve starts.  Follow the curve.

 One the way there is also this store.

 Which carries Studio Ghilbi goods and other stuff.

 After that there is a Jump Shop.

 For the Jump fans.

 And then to the right is the Pokemon Center.  There seemed to be some kind of activity that day, so it was packed and I didn't go in.

There was however a cute Pikachu dressed like Santa.


SCIENCE AND ART MUSEUMS

 The science and art museums in Nagoya are in Fushimi Station, also in the Higashiyama line, just one station closer from Sakae.

And they are by Exit #5.

 Just go to exit 5.

 The top is the says Nagoya City Science Museum and the bottom says Nagoya City Art Museum.

 Go up the stairs to the right.

 Go to the left.

 Pass the first street.

 Pass the second street.

 Pass a neat looking tree.

 Pass the third street.

 Where there is a small golden statue.

 Pass a fourth street.

 And go into the park to the left.

 Pas the statue of a rabbit with horse legs... whatever that is.

 And the Science Museum is the large building to the left.

 There is a fountain in front of it.

 The Science Museum, which was sadly closed by the time I got there. Just half an hour earlier and I would have made it inside.  I'll have to go another time to go inside.

SOBA MAKING

The university had an soba making workshop for us. I couldn't take pictures and make soba, but I managed to get some shots.

 Once we got the mixture done we got to cut the soba ourselves, which isn't easy since they have to be cut really thin.

 We were going to be able to eat the soba we made ourselves.

 We also got some kind of tea.

 The workshop store was actually in Gifu Prefecture, a few hours away from Nagoya, and it had some nice mountain views.

 This was the store, which had a room for soba making.

At the end we got to get a postcard with a stamp of the store.

FUN FACT

Fruits are interesting in Japan.  Not only are they extremely expensive but they are either huge or small.  The apple on the right is about the size of a normal apple in the United States, which cost me over $2.  The apple on the left was enormous and a gift, so I have no idea what it cost.