It's been about two and a half years since I lived in Nagoya and barely anything has changed. Saturday night, we hung out with my university friends in Osu Kannon, went for okonomiyaki (an omelette-like pancake), and out for coffee, then went back to Sobue-cho with Mayu to stay at her house.
Sunday we took it easy :) Denise got some course work done while Mayu and I went for a bike ride to get groceries for... waffles! Denise had brought my Japanese waffle maker all the way from Nelson to give it to Mayu. It was great to share the waffles with her whole family on a Sunday night, according to our family tradition. Mayu's 90-some-year-old grandparents ate the waffles with chopsticks.
Monday we made our way to Nisshin to stay two nights at Mr.Nomoto's house. I met him when I lived at the Nagoya University of Foreign Studies dormitories and went out for a morning walk in the neighbouring community where he lives. His wife is a certified chef and she prepared us two beautiful breakfasts and a wonderful dinner!
It was great to visit the university again, walk to lunch at Ikue's with her daughter, Ayumi, go out to a new sushi bar with Fabien and Maina (past NUFS students), and visit the hill shrine where I spent so much of my time. On Tuesday, we spent the whole day in Nagoya with the Suzukis who treated us to a visit to the Tokugawa Art Musuem, a beautiful picnic lunch, and a tour of Nagoya Castle.
I had a fabulous time with you guys!!!!! Let's eat waffles again next time we see each other!!! Mayu
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