We left Oita Today after one last ice cream with Kenji (the GSE Coordinator) in the airport. Actually, Kenji didn't have ice cream, he had a hamburger because "Japanese men don't eat ice cream"-- as a told Jeff. Jeff announced that at 6 foot 1 inch with big feet, he was clearly not a Japanese man. Jeff also announced to us later that Kenji enjoys ice cream in the privacy of his own home (Kenji's house was one of Jeff's homestays). :)
Much to my relief, I survived the plane ride (the first test of my condition for the long journey home). We checked into our GORGEOUS hotel room. There was quite a lot of fuss in Oita while we were booking the room because Jeff, Stacy, and I wanted to stay in the same hotel room. Apparently, the message came across loud and clear because in our corner room there were three beds (as we referred to them-- papa bear, mama bear, and baby bear's beds). The bathroom was roughly the size of my room at home with a separate glassed off area for the toilet and a separate glassed off area for the shower and bathtub.
We walked around Ginza (the shopping district) for the afternoon before returning to the hotel and having guest services book us a window seat reservation on the 41st floor of the next building for Chinese food.
We were very pleased with ourselves for ordering our own meal and enjoying a drink while overlooking the city. The food was outstanding. There is this mayonnaise sauce that the Japanese serve with fried shrimp in Chinese food. We all want to try to recreate it (we had it the first day we were in Kumamoto as well).
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