gaijin bike powers;

So today, I had my first bike experience. For some reason they thought it was a great idea to supply all the large bikes, because apparently they think all "Gaijin" aka white American tourists are super tall. Long story short, I had a hell of a time trying to ride the damn thing efficiently.

We went out for sushi tonight, and it's apparently a 20-30 minute walk from the KIT campus, so going via biking was the quickest way to get there. Getting there though, is what was so hilarious. Since I had such a difficult time getting the actual bike started, I kept crashing into things.

We were biking past a Hagen Daaz, and I literally crashed into the outside balcony seating where a bunch of Japanese people were sitting. I'm pretty sure it was one of my more embarrassing moments on this trip.

I also almost landed in one of the gutters, which would have been the most disgusting experience of my life.

Ultimately, our destination was somewhat well worth the bike there. We went to this conveyor belt sushi place, and I had some delicious eel, tuna, and shrimp sushi! I went to a different place earlier in the week, and that was better in my opinion, but the sushi at this restaurant was mad cheap. Pretty sure each plate was only 105 yen or so.

Since the boys were still hungry we hit up our first McDonalds here in Japan. There's this item called McPork which is basically a pork pattie, the katsu sauce, onions and lettuce and is basically happiness in your mouth xD I was full and was waiting for mochi ice-cream at the super market, so I didn't indulge myself yet.

My friend Taylor also took a photo of the garbage area because it was so complex, and on the other side there were two school kids and they were totally taking photos of us on their phones and sending messages to all their friends. The obnoxious giggling didn't help either, but it was hilarious.

But yeah, no bikes for me for the time being. At least not until they give us the bike lock codes to get the smaller ones ;A;