Just a normal day

Here is something about our daily routine in Japan. In the morning we are usually awakened by the sunlight (no daylight saving time in Japan) shining through our curtains. Then we start to hear the crows which are some times noisier than the traffic. After we got up and have showered we leave the house, greeting the janitor in the entrance with “Ohayo Gozaimasu”. The university campus is just around the corner. Once inside the campus we stop by at a convenience store, where we buy our breakfast.



convenience store (Konbini in short)

For me breakfast is usually a coffee (cold) and an Onigiri. Chiara normally takes Onigiri, Yoghurt and water (unless we don’t forget to bring water from home). Onigiri: Now we have found out how to unpack them properly. It is actually very easy you can rip open the plastic in the middle and then pull on both sides. The Nori which was kept in some separated pocket wraps around the rice automatically.



My breakfast of today




This is what an Onigri looks like



When I arrive in the office I am often the first one to be here, so I immediately turn on the air-conditioning. In the middle of the summer it is incredibly hot and humid here. After working (or typing something for the blog ;) ) until about 13:00 we go for lunch. That would be either in the cafeteria or in one of the nearby restaurants, which are actually quite reasonably priced, compared with the cafeteria. We choose to go so late in order to avoid the masses of students at 12:00.

After Lunch we stay in the office until 19:00 or 20:00. In the meantime we sometimes drink a coffee (this time hot, or rather hotto as they say here). When we come home, we often cook Japanese pasta (cooks in about 2-3 min) for dinner and watch one of the DVDs we brought from home, as we currently do not have TV. On the weekend we then travel to explore Japan...