It was a bit gloomy, but we wandered around town checking things out. There is a large mall, a huge ferris wheel, and Japan’s tallest building, the Landmark Tower. See how it reaches into the clouds:
We checked out the Museum of Art as well as the Mitsubishi Industrial Museum. The latter was really nicely done, having all kind of interesting interactive displays.
We also got to try a pretty life-like helicopter simulation. I was the pilot and I realized I might want to rethink my life-long dream of becoming a helicopter pilot. After a detailed instructional video, we forgot how to fly forward. We also managed to fly into a couple buildings and really muck up the landing.
We went back to Hiratsuka to meet up with Jeremy and his Japanese girlfriend.
Here we did a really fun thing called Yaki-niku. Here they place a burning charcoal grill right in the middle of the table and they bring you raw meat to cook on it. We got a 2-hour all you can eat and drink special. We ate many different kinds of meat but I managed to try something uncooked. It was raw beef covered in raw egg.
Supposedly they don’t have as many problems with Salmonella there. I had a bite and wasn’t completely repulsed, although I will never eat such a thing again.
After this we stopped by a bar to meet up with more locals and we ended up at a karaoke place. It was pretty fun, but we didn’t stay long because the place was very smoky and making us ill. Which reminds me; the Japanese smoke like chimneys. We encountered tons of cigarette smoke virtually everywhere (hack, cough, wheez…)
Anyhow, it was a great evening.
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