{"id":1172,"date":"2011-12-13T23:17:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T04:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2015-05-24T09:08:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T14:08:53","slug":"a-master-of-saying-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"A Master of Saying Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have our main class (AIJP) final tomorrow, for chapters 5-12. We’ve all been studying like crazy, too! Most of our classes have been review, and I’ve been reviewing whenever I can, including on the train.<\/p>\n

Today I was awesome in JBPP.<\/p>\n

I have fully mastered the art of saying nothing.<\/p>\n

It’s important to know how and when to use filler words. Even in formal situations, there are times when they’re necessary.<\/p>\n

I really have come a long way!<\/p>\n

But I still have a lot of things to do before I can leave town.<\/p>\n

Last Excursion to Nagoya, For a While, Anyway<\/h3>\n

After class, I went to the post office to pay some bills, get some cash, and then I headed to Nagoya for (probably?) the last time until I leave for Tokyo.<\/p>\n

While I was waiting for the train at JR Okazaki, I snapped a couple of photos:
\n\"JR<\/a><\/p>\n

\"JR<\/a><\/p>\n

When I got to Nagoya, I stopped by Maruzen, and found some good \u00e6\u203a\u00b8\u00e9\u0081\u201c books, then went to the \u00e6\u203a\u00b8\u00e9\u0081\u201c supply store in Sakae to get things like stones for carving seals, knives for carving, etc.<\/p>\n

While I was in Sakae, I took a few pictures. First, the area near one of the supply stores:
\n\"Nagoya,<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I headed to the park, and saw this weird little sign way off in the distance:
\n\"Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Aww, it’s kind of cute!
\n\"Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay, maybe creepy-cute?
\n\"Park<\/a><\/p>\n

I also grabbed an obligatory shot of the Nagoya broadcast tower:
\n\"Nagoya<\/a><\/p>\n

And I tried a little too hard to be artsy about it:
\n\"Nagoya<\/a><\/p>\n

For dinner, I made my last trip to Mokumoku. That food is great, especially the beef stew. I’m going to miss it!<\/p>\n

Then I went down a few floors to Tokyu Hands to get a few more \u00e6\u203a\u00b8\u00e9\u0081\u201c supplies for me, and some souvenirs for family members.<\/p>\n

Going Home<\/h3>\n

By then it was getting on 9 pm, so I grabbed a train back to Okazaki. I wanted to say “home,” because really, by now Okazaki feels like home to me, but in a few days I will be leaving home to go to Tokyo, then back to my other home in the US.<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/p>\n

This is all kind of bittersweet for me. I have had an incredible experience here, and a wonderful time, but it’s a little sad, too.<\/p>\n

It’s also incredible motivation for me to get back here as soon as I can. I’m not sure how long it’s going to take, but I will<\/em> come back to live here for a while. (More than three months, I can assure you!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getting ready for the big test tomorrow; mastering how to say nothing; one last trip to Nagoya to pick up supplies and souvenirs. I’m going to really miss living in Okazaki!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,3,4,5],"tags":[899,894,828,12,533,314,150,100,542,895],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-japan-trip","category-japanese-language-study","category-travel","tag-food","tag-japan-trip","tag-japan2011","tag-japanese","tag-jbpp","tag-maruzen","tag-nagoya","tag-okazaki","tag-shopping","tag-travel","category-117-id","category-3-id","category-4-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1630,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}