日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 15

Previously....
Drunks invited us to go drink with them.

It was the day for matsuri but we had to dig.... If I remember correctly, Dr.Weber made us a deal saying that  we could go to the matsuri in the afternoon in exchange for working half a day the day after(Sunday). Honestly tho, I was too excited for this so I didn't write anything down in my diary about the dig lol so I'm just going to skip ahead to the matsuri part.

We got back to the hotel and went to the town center where we saw the mikoshi, the most important thing in a Shinto jinsha (i have no idea how to describe this in English) on a truck being driven further into town. The mikoshi carrying started on the street where Marine Mart is located (there's only one street anyway) and it was the kids who were doing the carrying. 

When I showed the video to my grandparents, they said he did the same thing and yelled out the same exact things too.

The dancing part was really cool too and you could tell there would always be the kids who dance a bit slower than the others. After it was done, the mikoshi was once again loaded up to the truck and was driven to the elementary school in Funadomari and that was where the main event would be.

We walked to the school which was about less than 5 minutes away from Marine Mart. This time, it was the younger kids who had to dance. According to Chen, when the kids were dancing, one of them apparently peed himself and his mom had to take away from the group LOL OWNED! It was great to see the kids though especially one this island of less than 3000 people. After the event, we walked around the school square for some food. There were yakitori, takoyaki, yakisoba, hot dog, and shaved ice. I think I ate all of them except the noodle.

Chen and I went to the beach after the school's event. We took a walk along the beach and it was interesting to see the sand there was mainly made out of broken shells. We saw the park near our hotel and that park and some interesting playthings....like something with an octopus shaped thingy. I really enjoyed that walk probably because the day was a good one and we just had a lot of food too and maybe, just maybe walking along the beach reminded me of my childhood of playing on the beach of Hsinchu. We later saw Maeda san, Takafumi, and Dai on the beach. We started talking and together we walked toward Kafuka town center again. Maeda san told Chen and I that she thought we were a couple then I laughed. I said Chen got a crush on Shota and I told them about Ms.*F. We ended back at Marine Mart again and this time I bought a ramune because it was so nostalgic. I tried to open but i ended up with the soda all over my shirt. Chen gave me a look like I was some kind of an idiot. Hmmm....I don't disagree with her. I also bought 2 dorayaki, one is chocolate flavor and the other is cheese flavor. Chen and I learned some Japanese from them and we began to grow more familiar with them and I think it was that day on that we started calling Maeda san, Toshiko san instead (will be referring to her as Toshiko san from now on in the future entries). We went back to the hotel after then I remembered there was another matsuri at Hamanaka's elementary school, at first, we weren't going to go but we thought we probably wouldn't have another chance so we went anyway. On the way there, there were a lot of caterpillars on the road, probably was the season for them or something. There were some pretty fat ones and I was yelling, "Chen, check this one out! It's huge!" or "There are so many of them!" Let's just say she was not a fan of them at all. We got to the school which was about a few minutes away from our digging site. We went in and saw Shuu at the yakitori stand and today he was actually sober. He said hello and we stayed at the school for a while to check out the games. When we were going to leave, I wanted to buy yakitori from Shuu but he wouldn't take my money so he just gave it to me for free. It tasted better than the one than Kafuka's. When we left, there was a little boy who knew we were foreigners and started shooting me with his toy gun thing. I didn't do anything back but Chen started chasing him.

 

When we got back to the hotel, we saw a police officer there, uh oh busted. No, actually, someone from our group found some money at the Kafuka elementary school so the police just came to record down some information.  Our dinner was spectacular as usual and probably even more so than before. We had a famous Hokkaido dish, Genghis Khan Dish. It's lamb stewed in pot and it's quite a popular dish across Hokkaido. After dinner, Toshiko san were teaching us Japanese at the hotel lobby.

Every fun day had to end and I went to bed at around 10 something.



To be Continued...
  
上回
遇見了一位酒駕的PTA會長



祭典之日...可是我們還是得繼續做我們的進度. 沒記錯的話, Dr. Weber 答應我們下午可以去祭典只要我們明天(星期天)挖半天. 雖然我們還是有去遺址挖了個半天可是我對那天挖到什麼卻什麼都記不得, 因為我對祭典的印象比較深刻. 那我就直接跳到祭典那邊吧.

我們回到旅館的時候, 我們一群外人就走到了鎮中心準備看祭典. 在路上的時候我們又看到一座神轎在卡車上開往船泊的小山丘. 我們到鎮中心的時候, 就已經看到一些高年級的小學生在抬剛才的神轎. 他們會在一些特定的商店停下來然後特別說以寫感謝及多多指教的話. 接下來當他們把神轎抬到Marine Mart對面的小廣場時, 那群小鬼開始跳兩種傳統的日本舞蹈. 我想他們因改在學校練了很久吧? 可是還是看得出來有幾個久不管怎樣都有點跟不太上節奏 (笑). 跳完後, 打人就又把神交給載走了, 小孩們也上了車不曉得被載到哪裡去. 我記得有幾個看到我們這些外國人還和燦爛的笑著跟我們揮手而去.
 

我們路過船泊小學的時候又看到他們那邊有擺攤子所以當時覺得神轎因該是被在到那裡去了. 我們到小學的時候, 攤子也已經都設好了可是大家事等著看低年級的準備跳舞. 跳的其實跟高年級的是大同小異啦只不過還有個小插曲就是了. 陳小姐說其中一個小還好想跳的時候好像不小心拉尿了所以被他媽媽拉到旁邊...好像還真的有點糗. 他們跳完後, 我就去攤子前買了很多吃的像串燒啦, 章魚燒, 熱狗, 刨冰. 我還看到撈金魚的遊戲, 有點懷念的說. 而且那時候看到的時候讓我想到了一個問題. 撈金魚是從日本傳到台灣的嗎???

 

  

 

吃完後, 我跟陳小姐一起走到海邊散步. 我那時候起時還滿後悔沒有帶拖鞋, 我又不像再穿旅館的血腥拖鞋, 所以我也只好涉水而過. 我那時候有跟陳小姐談到某些事讓我覺得她真的是個很特別的女生, 至於話題是什麼呢? 我也不知道, 我只是在日記裡有記載到這一段而已. 我們之後看到前田小姐, Takafumi, Dai他們也在散步. 我們開始跟他們聊天結果前田小姐跟我們兩個說他以為我們是一對. 哈哈哈. 我跟他說了關於新*小姐的事然後我也很自然的說出陳小姐覺得Shota很可愛 ㄎㄎㄎ. 我們5 個人之後走回到船泊鎮中心, 我們大家在Marine Mart買了一些吃的. 我個人買了2 個銅鑼燒(起司, 巧克力)還有彈珠汽水. 我在開彈珠汽水的時候還不小心把汽水噴到我身上. 當時陳小姐還給了我一個"你這個白癡"的眼神. 我們回到旅館的時候稍微休息了一下. 之後我跟陳小姐又走去離我們遺址很近的濱中小學(不確定名字所以這樣稱呼)辦的祭典. 我們路上發現很多毛毛蟲而我一直說像你看你看 這隻好肥喔~之類的話. 我好像還有支樹根把一隻毛毛蟲舉起來給他看. 不知不覺的我們就走到了濱中小學, 他們的祭典是辦在體育館裡然後我們一進去就看到Shuu桑再考串燒. 他看到我們也跟我們打了一聲招呼, 看樣子他前一天並沒有喝的那麼醉. 我們在會場裡繞了幾圈, 跟船泊的攤子其實都差不多. 陳小姐買了一份薯條吃, 看他在照片裡的樣子, 那薯條應該是滿好吃的才對. 我們要走的時候, 我掏出錢要跟Shuu桑買串燒來吃可是他就不肯收我的錢. 我跟他說了聲謝謝, 我們就往回旅館走. 我們還在濱中小學的操場的時候, 有一個小男孩跑過來跟我們說 "外國人 &%^*&*&(^%$#" 我只有聽到他說外國人什麼什麼的. 結果他開始用他的玩具槍射我. 我事沒有做什麼反應啦 可是陳小姐反而開始追著他跑.

我們回到旅館的時候發現有個警察在那裡後來時說我們這群中有個人在船泊小學那裡撿到錢而那位警察只是來做一些筆錄而已. 我們晚餐的時候有吃北海道很有名的成吉思汗鍋, 基本上就是把羊肉還有其他蔬菜放在鍋子裡面悶烤. 雖然看似簡單可是卻比遠比我想的還美味.
晚餐過後, 我們許多人在大廳上前田小姐的基礎日文. 好像也是從那天起我也開始稱呼他為Toshiko桑.

續

日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 14

5點準時起床.

當天挖掘時, 多了一件很....吵的事. 還不到12點的時候, 挖掘現場旁邊的住宅傳出了陣陣的大笑聲. 一開始還不覺得有什麼大不了的, 可是他們一直在笑..一直一直. 所以大家很合理的推理出他們上午就在喝酒. 原本以為午飯後他們就回去睡午覺還什麼的可是並沒有, 下午的時候他們也還是繼續喝酒. 忘記是誰說的不過由於隔天有祭典, 所以大家已經開始於所準備了(準備就是喝酒). 他們也好像注意到我們這群外人*在後院不曉得在種菜還是在挖什麼的, 其中幾位走到我們這裡來看我們到底在幹嘛. 他們看我們在做的事也很感興趣, 他們還邀我們收工時去神社跟他們一起喝酒. 教授他們當時是覺得有點不妥因為他們已經滿醉了, 誰知道他們會對我們做什麼事. 我那時候是覺得不會怎樣啦只是覺得酒駕好像不太好ㄟ.... 收工的時候也因為ㄠ不過他們於是我們也被般被逼迫的去了一趟神社. 雖然其中一位說可以載我們一些人去可是大家都已經知道他已經醉的臉紅通通了.  Tomoda老師倒是很給面子, 他就坐在卡車後面載貨地方跟著他一起走.

 

大廳/lobby

 

開會/briefing

要出土的陶器/pottery

神社是在一個在山丘上靠海邊的地方. 而神社拜的是狐狸所以就當然是稻荷神社啦. 我們到神社的時候已經有幾個人在那裏喝酒吃東西了. 他們也很好客的招待我們就怕我們不吃不喝. 其中一位酒駕先生問了我一些問題, 像是大家是從哪裡來之類的. 我跟他說我是台灣人, 他還跟我說台灣是個好地方, 我問說他有去過台灣嗎? 他回說沒有. 哈哈哈哈, 我想也是. 他還問我了我那個最漂亮的可愛女生是誰然後他是從哪裡來的. 我跟他說那位是英國來的Jess而且才19歲而已.  他還跟我解釋說鰻魚的骨頭也可以吃......老兄......這在台灣也有啊. 他跟我說他叫Shuu. Amanda說Shuu桑是當地小學的PTA會長. 我聽到就傻眼. PTA會長還酒駕??? 要走時, 我們一行人也拍了張照片做為紀念. 我覺得是這趟旅行最有fu的照片之一. 要回去的時候, Shuu很好心幫我們指揮倒車可是他差點害我們掉下小坡...他也沒有緊張或有歉意, 還是一樣嘻皮笑臉的跟我們說再見. 我只能說Shuu桑, 你醉了.

Jinsha/神社

神社上的view/View from the Jinsha

food/吃的

回旅館後發現網路已經搭好了. Dr. Weber在晚餐的時候跟我們說雖然他知道我們都很想去看祭典不過因為要趕工所以就沒辦法了. 有點小失望不過至少在神社度過了難忘的一天.而我當天的日記就以我邊喝可爾必思邊寫著日記結束了.

續 

Got up at the usual 5am.

What was different about the dig that day was that there a bunch of loud drunks at the house next to us. When we were doing our usual digging, we heard loud, loud laughter. We thought it was kind of strange but we didn't pay much attention to them until we realized that they hadn't stop laughing in the whole morning. The inevitable conclusion was they were drunk even before noon. It was either Tomoda or Kato sensei who told us there was a matsuri (festival) the day after so they were just preparing for that....by getting drunk. Even after lunch, they were still drinking and laughing. I noticed one of them looked at us and soon, they all came to check out what we were doing. They invited us to go drink with them after the dig even though we had our doubts, for example, they were drunk and they offered to drive us there. Right..... They really insisted so we couldn't say no so we went after work. 

corpses/屍體

Todo Island/海獅島(todo=海獅)

We went on our usual van but Tomoda sensei rode on the back of those drunks' truck. Sigh.....he did that just for us lol. The shrine is located at a small hill by a small dock. It was a fox worshipping jinsha called, "Inari Jinsha." These kinds of fox worshipping shrines are located throughout Japan with the center being at the one in Kyoto. We got invited into the shrine where they had food and beer. One of the drunks introduced to me as Shuu. Amanda said Shuu is the PTA president at the local elementary school. I was like wow.....PTA president was DUI. He was asking me where about where we were from. I said I was from Taiwan then he said Taiwan is a nice place. I asked him had he ever been there before and he said no. LOL He also asked me who the "cute girl" was. I said that girl's name was Jess and she was only 19. So before we left, we took a group photo which I think it's one of the best picture that I have. So, Shuu was giving us directions for backing our car but I think he was too drunk to give us the correct direction since we almost fell from the little hill. It was cool tho for him......since he was all smiles

Tom drinking. Daniela smiling.

Amanda&Shuu

local kids/當地的小孩

By the time we got back to the hotel, the internet was set up. All of us were really looking forward to the matsuri but Dr. Weber said we still had work to do so going there was out of the question. We were really disappointed but at least we had a great day. I ended my diary of the day with this sentence, "Now hanging out in lobby doing nothing except this and drinking calpis."




To be Continued