Later that week I stopped at
a friend’s Juku (cram school) at her request. She teaches two students from my
school and she wanted me to drop in and have some English conversation. The two
students were shy, but the boy in particular was quite sweet and tried his best
to chat. Overall it was awkward but I walked away with a bunch of gifts
including a fan, chopsticks, furoshiki and some natural pressed juices. I made
my friend happy, and I probably brightened up some otherwise tiresome lessons.
Monday, 13 July 2015
Earl Grey Beer and Tiger Mosquitos
A few weeks ago, before typhoon and crazy humudity hit, I headed for Mt. Daisen to enjoy the local Beer Fest. Every year the mountain in Yonago is the host for
a craft beer festival. The event features close to 75 craft beers from all over
Japan, and a nomihoudai ticket for $45, which includes a limited edition beer
glass. If you are cheap like me you can just buy a 5 drink ticket (or 2) for
around $16, which is more than enough considering this is real beer and not the
watered down stuff they normally serve at izakayas. Anyways the beer of the day
was definitely the Earl Grey beer. Seems like a strange combination but it was
the most refreshing beer I have ever tried!! I made the mistake of trying the
banana beer, not good. I love fruit beers, but banana was a bust. The location
was superb, as the festival was just at the mountain base. In addition to all
the beer there was handmade food being sold and performances throughout the
day. Camping is also free for people attending the event, so if you are a
Tottori resident it is a must do summer event! One major downside was the
allergic reaction I had to the tiger mosquitos at the event. Yes, tiger
mosquitos, they are a bug found mostly within Asian countries. My foot swelled
up and was itchy in a way I had never experienced before. After two trips to
the doctor and the ophthalmologist (my vision became blurry!!) I slowly began
to recover. Also the eye doctor is insane in Japan. It felt like a twilight
zone episode as I was led into a dusty old room filled with books and told to
press my face into a giant round machine while clinic staff watched, all in the
same matching pale teal colour uniform. It was so outdated and I felt like a
specimen. The appointment ending with them laughing at me because ‘my eyes were
fine’. It was bizzare and I definitely can’t wait to be able to go to an
appointment next year and actually communicate effectively.
Labels:
JET,
JET Program,
JET Programme,
Mt. Daisen,
Tottori,
Tottori Beer Festival,
Yonago
Location:
日本, 〒689-3318 鳥取県西伯郡大山町大山 大山
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