Day 4: Daruma factory, sushi, make rice cracker and Book-off

Cael:

Today we made Daruma. A Daruma figure is a thing to help you grant your wish. The origin of Daruma is that he was a monk who prayed so hard his arms and legs fell off. 

There are a few different types of Daruma. Red ones are general wishes, yellow ones are for money, and purple is for health and longevity. When you make your wish you fill in the left eye, and when it comes true you fill in the right eye.

The general impression was that painting Daruma is hard but fun.

Alex: we went to the conveyer belt sushi restaurant(kura-sushi). As the name suggests, sushi is served on conveyor belts. You have two options for ordering: 1. Sushi is spinning around on the belts and you can just take what you want or 2. You can order specifically what you want through a small screen and it will be delivered to you.

Each plate at the place we went was only 115円 or a little less than $1 so it's really cheap. The food was really good as well, especially for how cheap it was. I got 6 plates of sushi, soy milk ice cream, and a rice cola. All of is was delicious and it only costed 1010円 ($7)!!!

Erin: After we ate at the conveyer belt sushi restaurant we walked to an osenbe cafe. Everybody made them together by frying the uncooked osenbe on a grill. You have to flip it every three seconds, and once it starts to puff up you apply pressure to flatten it out. I ended up burning my first one, but the second one I made turned out really well! Once they're done cooking, you brush soy sauce over the top of it. I thought it was a really interesting process because of how quickly they would puff up. The experience was really fun and everyone seemed satisfied with their creations.

Lauren: Today we went to a Book-off, a type of store where they have books, games, manga (Japanese comics) and more for quite cheap. This book-off had two floors, and we spent a lot of time looking at the manga! Some people bought a lot of manga, and others bought video games. Personally, I bought three manga from a series that isn't available in America.