Sora Cafe

Yesterday, I went with Ai and friends to the Sora Cafe in Hirakata for lunch. It was really cute. It's almost open-air (sora means sky), but not quite because Japan's weather isn't that nice. But they do a really nice job of incorporating the space with an outside feeling despite the fact that you're on the 6th floor. You get a set lunch with a kind of Japanese-Western fusion going on which comes with a ton of food and all the fruit juice and iced tea or coffee you can drink. They also have a 200 yen discount (about 1/3 off) on 2 desserts-of-the-day, so for all that food (and fruit juice!) it was really a pretty good deal. We had a good time talking about school and language and music. The Japanese students at Kansai Gaidai start classes in a week and a half, so they're all in a tizzy over the last traces of their spring break (which is like our summer break, so they're all about to become 2nd years after being off since the beginning of February). They're taking a trip to Korea beforehand though, so hopefully they won't get hit by that missle. Honestly, North Korea, what are you thinking?

I'm going to Takarazuka on Sunday (!!!) so look out for a post about that. And next weekend I'm going back to Hiroshima to meet up with Andy and his mom, who's joining him for part of his biking journey. Fun things!

P.S. Chris said it seems like all I talk about is food and Ferris wheels. This is probably true, isn't it?