My adventure to Umeda

So today I was going to go out for a few drinks with this really sugoi Japanese guy I met around 7:30pm. I woke up around 9am, but relaxed until about 1:30pm because I had studied late the night before while doing laundry. Around 1:30pm I got up and decided that I would take a trip to Umeda by myself just out of nowhere.

So I got dressed, asked some of my room mates about the trains and then went on my way to Umeda. I caught a bus at the Katahoko-chou bus stop and rode to Hirakatashi eki (station). From there I rode a bus to Kyobashi. At Kyobashi I switched from the Keihan line to the JR line and rode it the rest of the way to Umeda.

When I was on the Osaka loop I accidentally got on going in the wrong direction so instead of just having to wait 2 stops I had to wait about 10 stops. It was okay. I got where I wanted to go and then wandered the streets of Umeda for a few hours until I found the Pokemon center. It is so good to have room mates' phone numbers because I was able to get a basic idea of where I needed to go. The Pokemon Center was awesome.

I bought some random little items, including a black hoodie. Then I grabbed a Japanese copy of Pokemon Black. It is so cool. I can practice translating it as I play it. Anyhow as it approached 5:00pm I headed back to the Umeda station and annoyingly found out that there was an exit from the station to the street 3 streets closer than where exited at.

I made my way back to the Kyobashi station where I was able to catch a rapid express train (no extra cost thankfully) back to Hirakatashi eki. I then went back to Seminar house to drop off all of my souveneirs I bought in Umeda and got dressed up to go meet Daisuke. I was a little late meeting him, which I felt very bad about. I usually prefer to be early, but I took too long getting ready.

I got there and I met up with him and his friend Saori in front of Starbucks. It was so much fun. I am always so shy, but they were so nice it really helped a lot. I hope I can spend more time with them, and all the other wonderful friends I have made here in Japan.