Hi!! Since this is my first post, I guess I'll talk a little bit about the blog before I get into talking about Japan. The blog's name, Naruhodo, means something like, "I see", or "I should have known!". It doesn't really carry any deep meaning, unlike my friends' blog titles (http://meliabernal.blogspot.jp/ http://zheqi.blogspot.jp/ <----check them out!!!). However, naruhodo is basically my favorite Japanese word/phrase besides komarimasita nee, which, according to Google Translate means "I was troubled", and that's not a very positive blog title...even though it might be pretty accurate....Anyways, I also plan to always use a Japanese word or phrase that best represents what each post is about. For this post, that word is taihen.
Taihen basically means a mess or a very difficult time, and I assure you, my trip getting to Japan was definitely taihen!!!! The plane rides were long, but not too bad, so that was ok. I talked to some nice people on the plane in Japanese and then struggled for the next 10 hours not to fall asleep on them. However, once I got to the airport, I needed to take a train and meet up with my friends. I ended up wandering train stations for a total of 3 hours and I bought the wrong ticket 3 times. The train station in Japan didn't have turnstiles like the NY subways do. It looks like you can just walk through without buying a ticket. I should have known better than that...(Naruhodo!!!) Well, I tried to go through with the wrong ticket, and so these gates came out of nowhere and blocked me.
Taihen basically means a mess or a very difficult time, and I assure you, my trip getting to Japan was definitely taihen!!!! The plane rides were long, but not too bad, so that was ok. I talked to some nice people on the plane in Japanese and then struggled for the next 10 hours not to fall asleep on them. However, once I got to the airport, I needed to take a train and meet up with my friends. I ended up wandering train stations for a total of 3 hours and I bought the wrong ticket 3 times. The train station in Japan didn't have turnstiles like the NY subways do. It looks like you can just walk through without buying a ticket. I should have known better than that...(Naruhodo!!!) Well, I tried to go through with the wrong ticket, and so these gates came out of nowhere and blocked me.
Usually they're open, except if something goes wrong the gates pop out, like on the right
This Japanese train station was also really busy and I had a ton of luggage, so as I get blocked by the gate I try to back out and find a ton of other people squashed behind me. たいへんですねえ！Well that happened another two times, but I finally found my way to the correct train. I get to the station to meet my friends, but we never really specified a place to meet. We just kind of said, the station. Oh! I forgot the worst part. About 3 hours before I need to be at the airport I left my wallet and phone somewhere for 10 minutes and they got stolen....-_-. So, I'm in this foreign country, I don't know where my friends are, and I don't have my phone! I was getting pretty worried, but luckily I bought some wifi for an hour and facebook messaged my friends where I was and they were just like, "Don't move please. We will find you". And they did!!!!! Thank god they have their stuff together. Well, that was the end of my troubles. After that my friends helped me a ton! (本当にたすかりました)
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